Arrangements for intraoral scanning
Systems and methods for intraoral scanning include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that a completed in-home dental impression kit has not been received from a user, 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, scheduling the appointment based on the request, 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.
1. A method comprising:
determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that a completed in-home dental impression kit has not been received from a user, wherein the in-home dental impression kit comprises a dental impression that is a negative mold of the user's teeth in an impression material, and wherein determining that the in-home dental impression kit is incomplete includes reviewing a dental impression and determining its suitability for manufacturing dental aligners;
generating and communicating, by the appointment management system, a message to the user based on the condition, the message prompting the user to schedule an appointment at an intraoral scanning site;
receiving, by the appointment management system, a request to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site, the intraoral scanning site having an intraoral scanner configured to conduct an intraoral scan of a mouth of the user;
scheduling, by the appointment management system, the appointment based on the request;
conducting, using the intraoral scanner, the intraoral scan at the intraoral scanning site, the intraoral scan generating three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user; and
producing, at a fabrication site, a plurality of aligners based on the three-dimensional data, the plurality of aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition is based on a failure to receive a completed in-home dental impression kit within a predetermined amount of time.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein not receiving the completed in-home dental impression kit comprises not receiving an in-home dental impression kit from the user.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein not receiving the completed in-home dental impression kit comprises receiving an in-home dental impression kit with incomplete impressions.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining, by the appointment management system, the impressions are incomplete in the received in-home dental impression kit.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the condition further comprises identifying, by the appointment management system a time between one of an order date or a shipment date of the dental impression kit to the user and a current date, and comparing the identified time to a threshold time indicative of the user likely not returning impressions from the dental impression kit.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, by a treatment plan computing system located at a treatment plan site, a treatment plan for the user based on the three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user; and
receiving an approval of the treatment plan by a dental or orthodontic professional, wherein the approval is received without the dental or orthodontic professional physically seeing the user in person.
8. A method comprising:
determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that a completed in-home dental impression kit has not been received from a user within a predetermined time period, wherein the in-home dental impression kit comprises a dental impression that is a negative mold of the user's teeth in an impression material, and wherein determining that the in-home dental impression kit is incomplete includes reviewing a dental impression and determining its suitability for manufacturing dental aligners;
generating and communicating, by the appointment management system, a message to the user based on the condition, the message prompting the user to schedule an appointment at an intraoral scanning site;
conducting, using an intraoral scanner, an intraoral scan at the intraoral scanning site, the intraoral scan generating three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user; and
producing, at a fabrication site, a plurality of aligners based on the three-dimensional data generated by the intraoral scan of the mouth of the user, the plurality of aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, by the appointment management system, a request to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site, the intraoral scanning site having an intraoral scanner configured to conduct an intraoral scan of a mouth of the user;
scheduling, by the appointment management system, the appointment based on the request; and
conducting, using the intraoral scanner, the intraoral scan at the intraoral scanning site during the scheduled appointment, the intraoral scan generating the three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the condition is based on a failure to receive a completed in-home dental impression kit within a predetermined amount of time.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein not receiving the completed in-home dental impression kit comprises not receiving an in-home dental impression kit from the user.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein not receiving the completed in-home dental impression kit comprises receiving an in-home dental impression kit with incomplete impressions.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining, by the appointment management system, the impressions are incomplete in the received in-home dental impression kit.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the condition further comprises identifying, by the appointment management system a time between one of an order date or a shipment date of the dental impression kit to the user and a current date, and comparing the identified time to a threshold time indicative of the user likely not returning impressions from the dental impression kit.
15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
conducting, using the intraoral scanner, the intraoral scan at the intraoral scanning site, the intraoral scan generating the three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user.
16. A system comprising:
an intraoral scanning site comprising an intraoral scanner configured to conduct an intraoral scan of a mouth of a user; and
an appointment management system configured to:
determine a condition that a completed in-home dental impression kit has not been received from the user, wherein the in-home dental impression kit comprises a dental impression that is a negative mold of the user's teeth in an impression material, and wherein determining that the in-home dental impression kit is incomplete includes reviewing a dental impression and determining its suitability for manufacturing dental aligners;
generate and communicate a message to the user based on the condition, the message prompting the user to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site;
receive a request to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site; and
schedule the appointment based on the request; and
an intraoral scanner configured to generate three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user during an intraoral scan conducted at the intraoral scanning site; and
a fabrication site configured to produce a plurality of aligners based on three-dimensional data generated by an intraoral scan of the mouth of the user, the plurality of aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.