Systems and methods for nonlinear tooth modeling

• Main Authors: Brodsky, Sergei, Kvasov, Igor, Matusevich, Olga, Pesenti, Bastien, Valdivieso Casique, Manlio Fabio, Syrov, Yuri, Matov, Vadim, Tang, Ping
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.10.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DENTISTRY; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS

Systems and methods of generating an orthodontic model are disclosed. The method may include: generating an initial model of a patient dentition; generating a target model of the patient dentition; defining a plurality of caps and a plurality of links, wherein each link connects two of the plurality of caps; generating a relaxed model of a dental appliance from the plurality of caps and the plurality of links; generating a deformed model of a dental appliance from the plurality of caps and plurality of links; and determining a plurality of movements, wherein the plurality of moments transform the relaxed model to the deformed model and wherein the moments are configured to direct the patient dentition from the initial model to the target model.