REINFORCED ALIGNER HOOKS
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240307152A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18669333

    申请日:2024-05-20

    CPC classification number: A61C7/002 A61C7/08 B33Y50/02 G06F30/20 A61C9/0046

    Abstract: A method of forming a system of aligners may include generating a first digital model of a first mold for a first orthodontic aligner including a first geometry for forming teeth receiving cavities to receive and reposition a first set of teeth, a first digital model of a first witness object for a first integral hook portion of the aligner on at least one of the tooth receiving cavities may be generated. A first mold with the first witness object based on the first digital model of the first mold with the first digital model of the first witness object may be fabricated. The first orthodontic aligner may fabricated by thermoforming polymeric material over the first mold. A material removal operation may be performed on the first integral hook portion to form a first u-shaped aperture to receive an elastic therein.

    PROTRUDING ALIGNER HOOKS
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230200939A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18115987

    申请日:2023-03-01

    CPC classification number: A61C7/002 A61C7/08 G06F30/20 B33Y50/02 A61C9/0046

    Abstract: Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices may comprise a pair of orthodontic aligners for use as part of an orthodontic treatment plan. The pair of orthodontic aligners may include an upper aligner with a first integrally formed hook and a lower aligner with a second integrally formed hook. The first integrally formed hook and the second integrally formed hook may be configured to engage with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force to, for example, generate orthodontic forces on the patient's teeth. Each of the first integrally formed hook and the second integrally formed hook may extend buccally from the upper aligner and the lower aligner, respectively.

    TREATMENT PROGRESS TRACKING AND RECALIBRATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230181285A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18165322

    申请日:2023-02-06

    CPC classification number: A61C7/00 A61C7/002 A61C7/08

    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods of developing and tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan. One method includes identifying deviations from an orthodontic treatment plan, including receiving a digital representation of an actual arrangement of a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun for the patient and prior to completion of the orthodontic treatment plan. The method further includes comparing the actual arrangement to a pre-determined planned arrangement to determine if the actual arrangement substantially deviates from the planned arrangement, the comparing comprising matching teeth from a previously segmented model to a surface of an unsegmented representation of the actual arrangement; and calculating one or more positional differences between the actual and planned arrangements of at least some of the corresponding teeth.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PROGRESS TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20240024073A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18448878

    申请日:2023-08-11

    CPC classification number: A61C7/00 A61C7/002 A61C7/08

    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods of developing and tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan. One method includes identifying deviations from an orthodontic treatment plan, including receiving a digital representation of an actual arrangement of a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun for the patient and prior to completion of the orthodontic treatment plan. The method further includes comparing the actual arrangement to a pre-determined planned arrangement to determine if the actual arrangement substantially deviates from the planned arrangement, the comparing comprising matching teeth from a previously segmented model to a surface of an unsegmented representation of the actual arrangement; and calculating one or more positional differences between the actual and planned arrangements of at least some of the corresponding teeth.

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