Patent ID: 11896456
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A system for aiding in orthodontic treatment, the system comprising:
one or more processors and memory, wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to:
receive data of a patient's teeth, the data comprising initial shapes of the patient's teeth;
generate a treatment plan based at least in part on the data received, the treatment plan comprising: one or more orthodontic movement steps comprising movement and/or rotation of one or more of the patient's teeth, and a modification to at least one of the patient's teeth, wherein the modification comprises at least one step of interproximal reduction;
determine, for the modification, a shape adjustment from an initial shape of the at least one tooth to a final shape of the at least one tooth, wherein the shape adjustment comprises material removed from the at least one tooth; and
render a visualization for one or more steps of the treatment plan, the visualization indicating the shape adjustment from the initial shape of the at least one tooth to the final shape of the at least one tooth;
wherein the material removed is determined based at least part on a thicknesses of enamel of adjacent teeth.