Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Treatment of teeth by aligners
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Application No.: US15638141Application Date: 2017-06-29
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Publication No.: US11379097B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Huafeng Wen , Frank Zhenhuan Liu
- 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: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Main IPC: G06F3/0484
- IPC: G06F3/0484 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08 ; B33Y80/00 ; A61C9/00

Abstract:
A method for treating a subject's teeth. A target configuration for the subject's teeth is determined. Receiving features are produced on a dental base in response to the target configuration, the receiving features being configured to receive physical tooth models. The physical tooth models are assembled on the dental base to form a physical arch model. A dental aligner is produced using the physical arch model to move the subject's teeth to the target configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170300207A1 TREATMENT OF TEETH BY ALIGNERS Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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