The present disclosure relates to an intraoral scanning
system for providing enhanced internal structure information of teeth by determining a composed scan information. The intraoral scanning
system may be configured to provide a composed scan data based on captured visible light information and internal light information. The
system may include a handheld intraoral scanning device that includes a
projector unit configured to emit light with different wavelengths during time periods onto at least a
dental arch, wherein the different wavelengths include at least a near-
infrared wavelength and at least a visible
wavelength. The handheld intraoral scanning device may further include an
image sensor unit configured to capture visible light information and internal light information from at least the
dental arch caused by the emitted light at the different wavelengths. The system may further comprise one or more processors operably connected to the
image sensor unit, the one or more processors is configured to receive the visible light information and the internal light information, determine, in real time, surface information from the visible light information for generating or updating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the
dental arch using the surface information, determine internal structure information of the dental arch from the internal light information, and determine composed scan information including a composition of the internal structure information and the visible light information.