Augmented reality enhancements for dental practitioners
Apparatuses and methods for performing orthodontic treatment planning are provided. Virtual/Augmented Reality devices can be used to virtually manipulate patient's teeth, modify virtual models of the patient's teeth, analyze the fit of a dental appliance on the patient's teeth, analyze the position of attachment sites for dental appliances, and provide overlays showing forces applied to the patient's teeth. The VR/AR devices can be used by physicians and/or the patient to provide and display treatment planning.
1. A method of evaluating attachments for an orthodontic appliance, comprising:
capturing, with an augmented reality system including a wearable display worn by a dental practitioner, image data of a patient's teeth including one or more attachments for the orthodontic appliance configured to be attached to the patient's teeth;
identifying from the image data, with a processor, an error condition indicative of improper position or orientation of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth;
generating a visual overlay identifying the error condition; and
outputting the visual overlay to the wearable display worn by the dental practitioner, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the patient's teeth and of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capturing is performed at a start of an orthodontic treatment.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capturing is done during an ongoing orthodontic treatment.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a target location for each of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more of: a target location, position, size, shape, or orientation for each of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error condition comprises a location of the one or more attachments that is different from a target attachment site location.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error condition comprises one or more missing attachments.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error condition comprises an orientation of the one or more attachments that is different from a target orientation.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the visual overlay comprises displaying the error condition in a color and/or with an alphanumeric indicator.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the orthodontic appliance comprises an aligner.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the visual overlay to a display of the augmented reality system comprises outputting the visual overlay to a plurality of displays concurrently.
12. A method of evaluating attachments for an orthodontic appliance, comprising:
capturing, with an augmented reality system including a wearable display worn by a dental practitioner, image data of a patient's teeth including one or more attachments for the orthodontic appliance attached to the patient's teeth;
identifying from the image data, with a processor, one or more of: forces acting on the one or more attachments, and an error condition indicative of improper position or orientation of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth;
generating a visual overlay identifying one or more of: the forces acting on the one or more attachments and the error condition; and
outputting the visual overlay to the wearable display worn by the dental practitioner, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the patient's teeth and of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving a target location for each of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving one or more of: a target location, position, size, shape, or orientation for each of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the error condition comprises a location of the one or more attachments that is different from a target attachment site location.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the error condition comprises one or more missing attachments.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the error condition comprises an orientation of the one or more attachments that is different from a target orientation.
18. A system comprising:
a wearable augmented reality display;
one or more processors;
a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory configured to store computer-program instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
capturing image data of a patient's teeth including one or more attachment sites for one or more attachments for an orthodontic appliance configured to be attached to the patient's teeth;
identifying from the image data, with the one or more processors, an error condition indicative of improper position or orientation of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth;
generating a visual overlay identifying the error condition;
outputting the visual overlay to the wearable augmented reality display to display the visual overlay superimposed over a view of the patient's teeth and of the one or more attachments on the patient's teeth.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to identifying from the image data forces acting on the one or more attachments.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to generate the forces acting on the one or more attachments.