Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dental attachment placement structure
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Application No.: US14963527Application Date: 2015-12-09
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Publication No.: US11596502B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Peter Webber , Ryan Kimura , Chunhua Li , Srinivas Kaza
- 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: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61C7/14
- IPC: A61C7/14 ; A61C7/00 ; B29C64/40 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B33Y80/00 ; A61C7/08 ; A61C13/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment placement structure. One dental attachment placement apparatus includes a body having an attachment placement surface that is to be placed on an attachment affixing surface of a tooth and wherein the attachment placement surface includes a portion that is shaped to allow placement of an attachment at a particular position on the affixing surface of the tooth and a portion of the body having a contour that is shaped to correspond with a contour of an alignment surface of a tooth and when the contour of the body and the corresponding contour is aligned, the attachment is located at the particular position and can be secured to the affixing surface of the tooth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170165032A1 DENTAL ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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