AU2001274895A1 - Efficient data representation of teeth model - Google Patents

Efficient data representation of teeth model

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AU2001274895A1
AU2001274895A1 AU2001274895A AU7489501A AU2001274895A1 AU 2001274895 A1 AU2001274895 A1 AU 2001274895A1 AU 2001274895 A AU2001274895 A AU 2001274895A AU 7489501 A AU7489501 A AU 7489501A AU 2001274895 A1 AU2001274895 A1 AU 2001274895A1
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Sergey Nikolskiy
Elena Pavloskaia
Huafeng Wen
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Align Technology Inc
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