Patent ID: 11864969
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for viewing three-dimensional (3D) dental elements, comprising:
a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon; and
a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
receive a dental data set including spatial information regarding presentation of dental elements in a virtual 3D space to be viewed on a user interface, the dental elements including a first dental element and a second dental element;
display the first dental element and the second dental element such that the first dental element is in front of at least a portion of the second dental element, wherein the first dental element is at least partially transparent such that the at least a portion of the second dental element is visible through the first dental element, wherein a first reference point is movable along a surface of the first dental element in preference over the second dental; and
receive input from a user to move a second reference point, different from the first reference point, along a surface of the at least a portion of the second dental element without changing a transparency of the first dental element such that the second reference point is viewable through the first dental element.