Patent ID: 11972873
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method, the method comprising:
receiving an image of a face of a patient showing a smile of the patient including at least a frontal image of lips of the patient and teeth of the patient that are visible between the lips;
forming a modified image of the teeth of the patient to simulate a dental treatment of the teeth of the patient;
combining the modified image of the teeth of the patient with the image of the face of the patient by swapping out at least a portion of an area within an edge of a smile inner lip line of the image of the face of the patient, to form a modified image of the face of the patient wherein the teeth of the patient are shown with the modified image of the teeth of the patient to show the smile of the patient as it would appear on the face of the patient according to the dental treatment simulated by the modified image of the teeth of the patient;
displaying, to the patient, the modified image of the face of the patient;
toggling between the image of the face of the patient and the modified image of the face of the patient based on patient input; and
treating the teeth of the patient to according to the dental treatment corresponding to the modified image of the face of the patient.