公开(公告)号：US20230210636A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18149030

申请日：2022-12-30

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi KOPELMAN ,  Jun SATO ,  Jessica SCHILTZ ,  Tzishing Jesse LIM ,  John Y. MORTON

IPC: A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/08

Abstract: Described herein are attachments for an orthodontic appliance, such as an aligner, that include a base region configured to be rigidly mounted to a tooth surface and an interface surface region that is configured to engage with the orthodontic appliance, in which the base region and the interface surface region are movably connected. These attachments may be configured as force applying attachments and/or as force redirecting attachments. Also described herein are modular attachments.