Patent ID: 11883259
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An intraoral scanning system for scanning a patient's dentition, the system comprising:
a wand having at least one image sensor, a visible light light source and near-infrared (near-IR) light light source;
one or more processors operably connected to the wand, the one or more processors configured to:
receive scan data of a patient's dentition comprising a first set of two-dimensional (2D) images taken with an intraoral scanner capturing surface topology using structured light;
receive a plurality of 2D near-infrared (near-IR) images of the patient's dentition taken with the intraoral scanner while taking the first set of 2D images;
display a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the patient's dental arch based on the captured surface topology; and
display one or more 2D near-IR images from the plurality of 2D near-IR images correlating to the displayed 3D model of at least the portion of the patient's dental arch.