Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dental appliance binding structure
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Application No.: US14734774Application Date: 2015-06-09
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Publication No.: US10213277B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Peter Webber , Jennifer C. Chen , Yan Chen , Bastien Pesenti , Crystal Tjhia
- 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: A61C7/08
- IPC: A61C7/08 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/36 ; G16H50/50

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental appliance binding structure. One method can include to create a treatment plan based on a virtual model of a jaw of a patient, wherein the treatment plan includes use of a dental appliance having a first surface that defines a plurality of cavities shaped to receive a plurality of teeth, modify the virtual model of the jaw in a first configuration to include a virtual binding structure on a second surface, the platform shaped to receive a specialized feature that provides one or more force characteristics, select a particular specialized feature as an attachment to the dental appliance, and adjust the virtual model of the jaw from a first configuration to a second configuration, based at least in part on a modeled force provided by the virtual binding structure and the particular specialized feature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160361139A1 DENTAL APPLIANCE BINDING STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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