Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods
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Application No.: US17587707Application Date: 2022-01-28
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Publication No.: US11514199B2Publication Date: 2022-11-29
- Inventor: Eric Kuo , Jihua Cheng , Vadim Matov , Juan Carlos Alvarez , Ali Kakavand
- 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: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F30/00
- IPC: G06F30/00 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08 ; G16H50/50 ; A61C13/00 ; A61C9/00

Abstract:
System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual orthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; iterating on the transforming steps until substantially achieving the treatment goal; and generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the substantially achieved treatment goal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220147661A1 PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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