Patent ID: 9566132
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61C,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A computing device implemented method for designing a smile, the method comprising: receiving scan data of a patient's teeth; developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via the computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data; receiving image data of a smile of the patient including at least a frontal image of a patient's lips defining the smile and teeth of the patient that are visible between the lips in the smile data; mapping a number of reference points in the image data of the smile and creating a line that intersects the reference points that defines an inner lip line of the smile; creating a dental treatment plan for the digital model of the patient's teeth to move one or more of the patient's teeth from an initial condition through a number of successive conditions to a final condition; and combining the digital model of the patient's teeth with the image data of the smile of the patient including the inner lip line of the smile to provide the smile as it would appear in the final condition according to the inner lip line and the digital model in the final condition.