Smile designer
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1. A computing device, comprising:
- a processor;
a data storage device communicatively coupled to the processor, the data storage device containing executable instructions to cause the computing device to;
receive an image of a patient'"'"'s teeth;
define a smile inner lip line from the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth and identify a number of teeth within a boundary area of the smile inner lip line as the patient'"'"'s smile;
select an image of a restored smile from a digital smile library database of images of restored smiles;
superimpose the selected image of the restored smile over the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the identified patient'"'"'s smile; and
create a dental treatment plan to create an improved smile for the patient based on the selected image of the restored smile.
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Abstract
Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient'"'"'s teeth, developing a digital model of the patient'"'"'s teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient'"'"'s teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.
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1. A computing device, comprising:
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a processor; a data storage device communicatively coupled to the processor, the data storage device containing executable instructions to cause the computing device to; receive an image of a patient'"'"'s teeth; define a smile inner lip line from the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth and identify a number of teeth within a boundary area of the smile inner lip line as the patient'"'"'s smile; select an image of a restored smile from a digital smile library database of images of restored smiles; superimpose the selected image of the restored smile over the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the identified patient'"'"'s smile; and create a dental treatment plan to create an improved smile for the patient based on the selected image of the restored smile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23)
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10. A computing device implemented method for creating an improved smile, the method comprising:
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receiving an image of a patient'"'"'s teeth; defining a smile inner lip line from the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth and identifying a number of teeth within a boundary area of the smile inner lip line as the patient'"'"'s smile; selecting an image of a restored smile from a digital smile library database of images of restored smiles; superimposing the selected smile image of the restored smile over the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the identified patient'"'"'s smile; and creating a dental treatment plan to create a smile for the patient based on the selected image of the restored smile. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computing device readable medium having executable instructions which can be executed by a processor to cause a computing device to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving an image of a patient'"'"'s teeth; defining a smile inner lip line from the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth and identifying a number of teeth within a boundary area of the smile inner lip line as the patient'"'"'s smile; selecting an image of a restored smile from a digital smile library database of images of restored smiles; superimposing the selected image of the restored smile over the image of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the identified patient'"'"'s smile; and creating a dental treatment plan to create an improved smile for the patient based on the selected image of the restored smile. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 24)
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