Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dental wire attachment
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Application No.: US15063062Application Date: 2016-03-07
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Publication No.: US10172693B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Douglas Brandt , Rick M. Matty
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61C7/20
- IPC: A61C7/20 ; A61C7/08 ; A61C7/12 ; B21F1/00 ; A61C7/14 ; A61C7/00 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160184055A1 DENTAL WIRE ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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