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  • Efficient data representation of teeth model
    Patent number: 7428481
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method generates a computer model of one or more teeth by receiving as input a digital data set of meshes representing the teeth; selecting a curved coordinate system with mappings to and from a 3D space; and generating a function in the curved coordinate system to represent each tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, Elena Pavloskaia, Huafeng Wen