Abstract: A system includes a handheld intraoral scanner comprising one or more light projectors, one or more cameras, and a wireless communication module configured to establish a wireless connection between the handheld intraoral scanner and a computing device and to transmit intraoral scan data to the computing device via the wireless connection. The system further includes the computing device, which is configured to determine a first display of a plurality of displays to associate with the handheld intraoral scanner, associate the handheld intraoral scanner with the first display, receive the intraoral scan data from the intraoral scanner via the wireless connection, generate a virtual 3D surface of at least part of the dental site based on the intraoral scan data, and output information for the virtual 3D surface to the first display associated with the handheld intraoral scanner.

Abstract: A system includes an intraoral scanner comprising one or more light projectors, one or more cameras configured to capture intraoral scan data, and a processor configured to process the intraoral scan data. The system further incudes a first computing device configured to receive the intraoral scan data from the intraoral scanner, generate a virtual 3D surface of at least part of the dental site based on the intraoral scan data, generate a plurality of views of the virtual 3D surface, and transmit the plurality of views of the virtual 3D surface to one or more second computing devices. The system further includes the one or more second computing devices, configured to receive the plurality of views of the virtual 3D surface and display the plurality of views of the virtual 3D surface on a display connected to or integrated in the one or more second computing device(s).

Abstract: A wireless intraoral scanner includes a body, a probe at a distal end of the body, one or more light projectors, one or more cameras, a rechargeable battery disposed within the body that supplies power to the one or more cameras and the one or more light projectors, and at least one charging module disposed within the body and configured to charge the rechargeable battery by a current that is generated in a secondary induction coil formed in the body by a magnetic field generated from a primary induction coil included in a cradle responsive to placement of the wireless intraoral scanner into the cradle.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (including devices and systems, such as intraoral scanners and software) for analyzing images of a subject's teeth. In some examples these methods may include examining the same teeth or tooth regions across different times and/or different imaging modalities, including but not limited to visible light, infrared, florescent, etc. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a single, master, control for automatically or semi-automatically simultaneously adjusting multiple imaging parameters across multiple images of a region taken with different imaging modalities and/or at different times.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein are directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for enabling the determination of enamel width and dentin shape and location from near infrared and 3D surface scan data for use in treating a patient’s dentition.

Abstract: A system includes an intraoral scanner configured to generate a two-dimensional images of a dental site, each image comprising data representing a surface of the dental site. The system further includes a computing device that is configured to: receive the plurality of two-dimensional images from the intraoral scanner; process data from each two-dimensional image of the plurality of two-dimensional images using a trained machine learning model that has been trained to classify regions of dental sites, wherein, for each two-dimensional image, the trained machine learning model outputs classification data identifying at least a tooth region and a gum region in the two-dimensional image; and selectively generate a three-dimensional model of the dental site from the plurality of two-dimensional images based on the classification data, wherein the three-dimensional model excludes at least a portion of data corresponding to regions that are classified as neither the tooth region nor the gum region.

Abstract: A system includes an intraoral scanner and a computing device. The intraoral scanner generates intraoral scans of a dental site. The computing device processes the intraoral scans using a trained machine learning model to classify points of the intraoral scans into first points having a first dental class and second points having a second dental class; generates a 3D model of the dental site from the intraoral scans; determines first points of the 3D model having the first dental class based on the first points of the intraoral scans and second points of the virtual 3D model having the second dental class based on the second points of the intraoral scans; and removes data for a plurality of the first points of the virtual 3D model having the first dental class to generate a modified virtual 3D model.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (including devices and systems, such as intraoral scanners and software) for analyzing images of a subject's teeth. In some examples these methods may include examining the same teeth or tooth regions across different times and/or different imaging modalities, including but not limited to visible light, infrared, florescent, etc. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a single, master, control for automatically or semi-automatically simultaneously adjusting multiple imaging parameters across multiple images of a region taken with different imaging modalities and/or at different times.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating and/or displaying a dynamic tooth chart. In some cases, the method can include receiving dataset(s) associated with a patient. Each dataset comprises data corresponding to an imaging modality of a plurality of imaging modalities and provides information on a dentition of the patient. The datasets are processed to generate, for each dataset, one or more tooth portions. Each tooth portion comprises an image of one or more teeth of the patient. The one or more tooth portions are arranged into a dental chart. A visualization of the dental chart of the patient is generated and provided to a user device for presentation in a user interface. In some cases, a method can include determining one or more chart annotations can by performing a shape analysis, a teeth arrangement analysis, and/or a material analysis on 3D dental model(s) and/or 2D images of the patient's jaw.

Abstract: A system comprising an intraoral scanner configured to generate scan data of a dental arch of a patient, and a computing device operatively coupled to the intraoral scanner, the computing device to provide oral health prognosis. In some cases, the computing device can receive the scan data. The computing device can provide the scan data as input to an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained to output a value indicating a predicted dental condition. The computing device can provide, to a user device, an indication of the predicted dental condition based on the output provided by the AI model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating a patient's intraoral health are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving scan data of a patient's intraoral cavity; receiving additional data for the patient, the additional data being different from the scan data; determining a first prediction of a condition of the intraoral cavity based on the scan data; determining a second prediction of a condition of the intraoral cavity based on the additional data; generating a predicted condition for the intraoral cavity based on a combination of the first and second predictions; and outputting an indication of the predicted condition on a display.

Abstract: Systems for modeling a digital articulator may include a processor in electronic communication with an extraoral imaging device and an intraoral imaging device and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor capture 3D data of the patient's face in with the extraoral imaging device, capture a 3D model of the patient's dentition, align the 3D model of the patient's dentition with 3D data of the patient's face, generate an estimate of the temporomandibular joint characteristics based on the 3D model of the patient's face, and derive digital articular settings for a digital articular based on the 3D model of the patient's dentition with the 3D data of the patient's face and the estimate of the temporomandibular joint characteristics.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a first 3D model of an upper jaw of a patient using an intraoral scanner and obtaining a second 3D model of the lower jaw of the patient using the intraoral scanner. The method may also include capturing a series of 2D images of the upper and lower jaws of the patient as the patient is moves the upper jaw and lower jaw in dynamic occlusion and processing the captured series of 2D images to identify features associated with the upper jaw of the patient and the lower jaw of the patient. For each 2D image in the captured series of 2D images, the method may include identifying a relative position of the first 3D model and the second 3D model based on alignment of features in the first 3D model and second 3D model with the features identified in the 2D image to generate a series of relative positions of the first 3D model and the second 3D model.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described that generate three-dimensional (3D) measurements from points in two-dimensional (2D) images. An example method includes determining an alignment between a 2D image of a dental site and a 3D surface of the dental site, determining a first point and a second point in the 2D image, projecting the first point and the second point onto the 3D surface based on the alignment between the 2D image and the 3D surface, performing a measurement of a distance between the projected first point and the projected second point on the 3D surface, and displaying at least one of a) a first visualization of the measurement on the 2D image or b) a second visualization of the measurement on the 3D surface.

Abstract: A method of intraoral scanning includes receiving a first one or more intraoral scans of a patient's oral cavity; automatically determining, based on processing of the first one or more intraoral scans, a first scanning role associated with the first one or more intraoral scans, wherein the first scanning role is a first one of an upper dental arch role, a lower dental arch role or a bite role; and determining a first three-dimensional surface associated with the first scanning role.

Abstract: In embodiments set forth herein, an intraoral scanning system includes a first intraoral scanner, a second intraoral scanner, and a computing device wirelessly connected to both the first intraoral scanner and the second intraoral scanner. The computing device receives first intraoral scan data from the first intraoral scanner and generates a first three-dimensional (3D) surface of at least a portion of a first patient's dental arch based on the first intraoral scan data. The computing device further receives second intraoral scan data from the second intraoral scanner and generates a second 3D surface of at least a portion of a second patient's dental arch based on the second intraoral scan data.

Abstract: A method comprises registering a current color-image scan to a current three-dimensional scan, registering the earlier color-image scan to an earlier three-dimensional scan, and correlating a current three-dimensional scan and the earlier three-dimensional scan to each other, such that a given area A of the current three-dimensional scan correlates to a corresponding area A? of the earlier three-dimensional scan. Based on the correlation of the current three-dimensional scan and the earlier three-dimensional scan, the registration of the current color-image scan to the current three-dimensional scan, and the registration of the earlier color-image scan to the earlier three-dimensional scan, for the given area A of the current three-dimensional scan, the method applies (i) a portion of the earlier color-image scan registered to corresponding area A? of the earlier three-dimensional scan to (ii) the given area A of the current three-dimensional scan.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for dental caries detection and communication. These methods and apparatuses may be used in real time, as part of an intraoral scanning system, or at any point following intraoral scanning. These methods and apparatuses may use a plurality of different images of the teeth, each having two or more fields (e.g., wavelengths such as visible light, near-infrared, fluorescent, etc.), and may use a trained pattern matching agent to detect possible caries centers from each image, then may project some or all of the possible caries centers onto a 3D model of the teeth to identify consensus caries and caries centers.

Abstract: A method includes receiving intraoral scan data of dental site of a patient, generating a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of the dental site using the intraoral scan data, and outputting a view of the virtual 3D model to a display. The method further includes identifying a plurality of areas of interest (AOIs) on the virtual 3D model, determining adjustments to the view of the virtual 3D model to transition between views of the plurality of AOIs, and automatically adjusting the view of the virtual 3D model based on the determined adjustments.

Abstract: An intraoral scanner comprises one or more reconfigurable buttons, a display configured to display at least one of one or more icons or one or more texts associated with the one or more reconfigurable buttons, one or more cameras configured to capture intraoral scan data of at least a part of a dental arch, and a communication module configured to transmit the intraoral scan data to a first computing device.