USER INTERFACE FOR A DENTAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

1 . A dental measurement method comprising:

inserting at least a portion of a dental measurement device, said portion including a final optical element of an imager, into a patient's mouth, said dental measurement device including a user interface;

collecting an image using said imager, wherein said image includes one or more of:

a portion of said dental measurement device obscured from a user's line of sight; and

a portion of said patient's mouth obscured from a user's line of sight; and

displaying said image on said user interface.

2 . The method of dental measurement according to claim 1 , further comprising identifying one or more portions of said image, including one or more portions obscured from the user's line of sight, and displaying said one or more portions.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said displaying includes displaying said image on one or more displays of said dental measurement device.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , comprising:

identifying, from said image, a portion of said image obscured from the user's line of sight, wherein when displayed on said display, said portion aligns with the user's view of patient mouth portions, and

displaying comprises displaying said portion of said image.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein said identifying comprises identifying said user's line of sight using one or more images of said user captured using one or more imagers of said dental measurement device.

6 . The method of dental measurement according to claim 1 , further comprising measuring an orientation of said dental measurement device with respect to one or more of:

a position of a user and with respect to said dental measurement device;

a dental object; and

a direction of gravity.

7 . The method of dental measurement according to claim 6 , wherein said measuring comprises identifying said position of said user with respect to said dental measurement device from images collected by the imager.

8 . The method of dental measurement according to claim 7 , wherein said identifying comprises identifying one or more of a facial feature of said user, an eye position of said user, and a body movement gesture of said user.

9 . The method of dental measurement according to claim 8 , further comprising locating, within a coordinate system of a 3D model of a mouth portion, a position of one or more of said dental measurement device and said identified one or more of a facial feature of said user, an eye position of said user, and a body movement gesture of said user.

10 . The method of dental measurement according to claim 6 , wherein:

said dental measurement device includes a plurality of user interfaces; and

said method further comprises selecting one or more user interfaces from said plurality of user interfaces based on said orientation.

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21 . A dental measurement device comprising an intraoral scanner (IOS) comprising:

an imager;

a distal portion sized and shaped for insertion into a human mouth and including a final optical element of said imager; and

at least one display configured to display images collected by said imager.

22 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein said displayed images comprise images of one or more of:

a portion of said dental measurement device obscured from a user's line of sight; and

a portion of a patient's mouth obscured from the user's line of sight.

23 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein said at least one display is disposed on more than one lateral side of said dental measurement device and extending from a first lateral side to one or more other lateral sides of the said intraoral scanner.

24 . The device according to claim 23 , wherein said at least one display is a flexible display.

25 . The device according to claim 24 , wherein said flexible display is wrapped around at least a portion of said intraoral scanner.