>They used a specialized sort of 3D camera on a stick to get an incredibly accurate model of my mouth

AFAIK Align's 3D scanning system is more or less branched from the same Israeli tech that went into the Xbox 360 kinect camera and the iPhone face-ID.

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avensec 2 hours ago | parent [-]

While both were originally companies based in Israel, the technology behind the Kinect is different.

iTero scanners (owned by Align Technology) use parallel confocal imaging via red light lasers. Their newer models also use Multi-Direct Capture techniques.

Kinect used a Light Coding technique, an infrared projector and camera. It was developed by a company called PrimeSense, which was later purchased by Apple.

	▲	joe_mamba an hour ago \| parent [-]
		>"The iTero intraoral scanner was originally developed by Cadent, Ltd., a company based in Israel." There's something with Israel and 3D scanning tech. But I don't think I would like the answer.