Abstract: A distributed system includes one or more servers configured to provide computing devices access to portals hosted by the one or more servers, where the portals include a patient intake portal accessible by a first computing device located at an office of an intake dentist or orthodontist, and an approving portal accessible by a second computing device remote from the first computing device. The distributed system includes a dental aligner fabrication system including a fabrication computing device and dental aligner fabrication equipment. The patient intake portal is configured to provide a plurality of status updates to the intake dentist or orthodontist regarding a status of the patient, where the plurality of status updates include an indication that the dental aligners have been sent to the patient.

Abstract: A device for repositioning a patient's teeth includes a shell having a shape corresponding to the patient's teeth and including an inner surface, where the inner surface is configured to engage with the patient's teeth. The device also includes at least one region of the inner surface having a higher frictional coefficient than a remaining portion of the inner surface, and where the at least one region is configured to apply a force to at least one tooth of the patient's teeth, wherein the at least one region comprises a local variation in geometry relative to a remainder of the inner surface.

Abstract: A method of cutting a dental aligner includes identifying, for each tooth of a plurality of teeth of a model representative of a dentition of a user, a first point and a second point based on a line around tooth (LAT) for the tooth, determining a distance between the first point and a cut plane based on a characteristic of the dentition where the distance for a first is different than the distance for a second tooth, identifying a plurality of points on a first LAT of the first tooth based on the first cut plane and a plurality of points on a second LAT of the second tooth based on the second cut plane, and defining a cut line based on the plurality of points on the first LAT and the plurality of points on the second LAT.

Abstract: Systems and methods for intraoral scanning include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that dental impressions have not been received from a user within a threshold time period where the user was provided with an in-home dental impression kit, generating and communicating a message to the user based on the condition where the message prompts the user to schedule an appointment at an intraoral scanning site, receiving a request to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site where the intraoral scanning site has an intraoral scanner configured to conduct an intraoral scan of a mouth of the user, and conducting the intraoral scan using the intraoral scanner at the intraoral scanning site where the intraoral scan generates three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating a dental aligner are provided. The system includes a computing system to receive and prepare a digital model of a dental aligner by adding one or more support structures to the digital model. The system includes a fabrication system to manufacture the dental aligner with the one or more support structures. The system includes a laser system to receive the fabricated dental aligner, orient the dental aligner relative to the laser system, and laser cut an interface between the support structures and the dental aligner to remove the one or more support structures from the dental aligner.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a model generation engine, an image of a dental arch of a user, executing, by the model generation engine, a machine learning model that is trained to receive the image and output a representation of the image, where in at least one iteration during training, the machine learning model determines a difference between one or more features extracted from an iteration of the representation of the image and a corresponding one or more features extracted from the image, and the method further includes outputting, by the model generation engine, an output representation of the image.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a digital model of a dentition comprising at least one tooth comprising a plurality of tooth faces, determining a factor of engagement for each of the plurality of tooth faces, determining an addressable area of the at least one tooth based on the factors of engagement of the plurality of tooth faces, identifying an area of engagement of the at least one tooth where the area of engagement comprises at least a portion of the addressable area and where the portion comprises at least one tooth face accessible by a dental appliance to apply a force to the at least one tooth to effectuate the movement, and outputting a controllability score for the at least one tooth based on the area of engagement.

Abstract: Systems and methods include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that an appointment to conduct an intraoral scan at an intraoral scanning site has been missed by a user, automatically generating a message to the user indicating that an at-home dental impression kit can be sent to the user based on determining that the appointment has been missed, and transmitting the automatically generated message to a communications device associated with the user.

Abstract: A fixture plate includes a base having a contact face configured to support a dental model having a material formed thereon. The material includes an aligner material portion and an excess material portion. The fixture plate includes one or more channels formed in the contact face. The fixture plate includes a bore extending through the base from a bottom opening to the contact face. A portion of the bore located along the bottom opening is configured to couple with a hose of a vacuum system configured to generate a suction force at the contact face via the one or more channels. The suction force is applied to the dental model and at least part of the excess material portion to retain the dental model and the material formed thereon against the contact face.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a user skeletal model are disclosed herein. A method includes receiving, by one or more processors, a digital representation of a user. The digital representation comprises at least one of a 2D image or a video. The method includes retrieving, by the one or more processors, a template skeletal model. The method includes adjusting, by the one or more processors, the template skeletal model to match a profile of the user depicted in the digital representation. The method includes generating, by the one or more processors, a user skeletal model that resembles a skeleton of the user.

Abstract: A system includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory memory, where the one or more processors are configured to generate, using a training set comprising one or more two-dimensional (2D) training images of a dental arch and a three-dimensional (3D) dental arch model, a machine-learning model configured to generate 3D models of dental arches from 2D images of the dental arches, receive one or more 2D images of a dental arch of a user obtained by a user device of the user, and execute the machine-learning model using the one or more 2D images as input to generate a 3D model of the dental arch of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a 3D model of a dentition are disclosed herein. A method includes generating a first 3D model of a dentition. The dentition includes a model tooth in a first position. The method includes receiving a digital representation comprising a patient tooth. The patient tooth corresponds to the model tooth of the first 3D model. The method includes determining a virtual camera parameter associated with the digital representation. The method includes adjusting the virtual camera parameter to determine a 3D position of the corresponding patient tooth. The method includes moving the model tooth of the first 3D model from the first position to a second position. The second position corresponds to the 3D position of the corresponding patient tooth. The method includes generating a second 3D model comprising the model tooth of the first 3D model in the second position.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating a dental aligner are provided. The system includes a computing system to receive and prepare a digital model of a dental aligner by adding one or more support structures to the digital model. The system includes a fabrication system to manufacture the dental aligner with the one or more support structures. The system includes a laser system to receive the fabricated dental aligner, orient the dental aligner relative to the laser system, and laser cut an interface between the support structures and the dental aligner to remove the one or more support structures from the dental aligner.

Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein include a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to receive an image representing a first portion of a mouth of a user, segment the image to generate segmented regions of teeth present in the image, generate an imaging record by mapping the segmented regions of teeth present in the image to a template model where the imaging record indicates regions of the teeth that remain to be captured, and provide feedback identifying the regions of the teeth that remain to be captured based on the imaging record.

Abstract: A method to generate a photo realistic dentition image includes receiving a 2D image of a patient dentition including a plurality of patient teeth. The method includes obtaining a template dentition including a plurality of template teeth that correspond with a subset of the patient teeth. The method includes generating a tooth location input to position the plurality of template teeth relative to the subset of the plurality of patient teeth. The method includes identifying an area of generation in the 2D image including a plurality of pixels and contextual information. The method includes generating new photo realistic teeth based on the tooth location input, the contextual information, and the area of generation. The method includes disposing the photo realistic teeth in the 2D image.

Abstract: Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners include a cut line system for identifying a first point and a second point based on a line around tooth (LAT) for a tooth of a model representative of a dentition of a user, where the first point is disposed on a tooth-gingiva interface of the tooth. The cut line system defines a cut plane at a distance from the first point toward the second point, where the cut plane intersects a line between the first point and the second point, identifies a plurality of points on the LAT based on the cut plane, defines a cut line based on the plurality of points on the LAT and the first point, and controls a cutting system to cut the dental aligner along the cut line.

Abstract: A system includes one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory, and the one or more processors are configured to receive a first image representing at least a portion of a mouth of a user, execute a first machine-learning architecture trained to generate a set of features from the first image, determine, based on the set of features, that the first image satisfies at least one criteria for executing a second machine-learning architecture based on the first image, and generate, based on the first image satisfying the at least one criteria, a prompt indicating feedback for capturing a second image representing at least a second portion of the mouth of the user.

Abstract: A method for orthodontic treatment includes providing a first set of aligners to a user. The first set of aligners includes a first aligner, a second aligner, and a third aligner configured to move a tooth of a user. The first aligner, the second aligner, and the third aligner are created using a single physical dental model and are substantially the same shape. The first aligner has a first thickness, the second aligner has a second thickness, and the third aligner has a third thickness. The first thickness is different than the second thickness and the third thickness, and the second thickness is at least substantially equivalent to the third thickness.

Abstract: A system includes a model generation system configured to receive one or more dental images corresponding to a dental arch of a user, generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the dental arch of the user by applying the one or more dental images to a machine learning model to generate the 3D model where the machine learning model is trained based on at least one of one or more training images or one or more three-dimensional (3D) training models, and output the 3D model of the at least the portion of the dental arch to one or more computing devices.