System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances
    11.
    发明授权
    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances 有权
    用于释放牙齿定位器具的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06485298B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-26

    申请号:US10099187

    申请日:2002-03-13

    CPC classification number: A61C7/00 A61C7/002 A61C7/08 A61C13/0004 A61C2201/007

    Abstract: An improved dental appliance system, and methods for using and fabricating the improved appliance, including a polymeric overlay or shell having a teeth-receiving cavity formed therein. The dental appliance having the necessary stiffness or strength to firmly secure the appliance on the teeth and provide controlled forces required for repositioning the teeth, until such time as removal of the appliance is desired. The appliance may be configured for use with a removal mechanism. The removal mechanism provides for selective release of the appliance from the teeth as the removal mechanism undergoes a state change stimulated by an environmental stimulus or environmental switch.

    Abstract translation: 一种改进的牙科器具系统,以及使用和制造改进的器具的方法,包括在其中形成有齿接收腔的聚合物覆盖层或外壳。 牙科器具具有必要的刚度或强度,以将器具牢固地固定在牙齿上,并提供重新定位牙齿所需的受控力,直到需要去除器具。 设备可以被配置为与去除机构一起使用。 去除机构提供了从牙齿中选择性地释放器具,因为移除机构经历由环境刺激或环境开关刺激的状态变化。

    Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of dental appliances
    13.
    发明授权
    Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of dental appliances 有权
    用于制造牙科器具的可操作牙科模型系统

    公开(公告)号:US06394801B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-28

    申请号:US09779802

    申请日:2001-02-07

    Abstract: The present invention provides a manipulable or reconfigurable dental model system and methods for its use to model a series of tooth configurations corresponding to sequential tooth movements during an orthodontic treatment. When a patient undergoes orthodontic treatment, teeth and bite configurations are realigned in a series of stages. Each stage represents a new pattern or dental configuration that will eventually lead to a proper final positioning of the entire dentition. Progress from the initial configuration, through the intermediate stages and finally to the final configuration may be accomplished using any one or a combination of different dental appliances. Of particular interest to the present invention, many of these appliances may be made using a dental mold representing the patient's dental configuration. In particular, thermoformable plastic positioning appliances which fit over the patient's teeth may be formed over a three-dimensional mold of the patient's dentition. When successive appliances are used throughout treatment to reposition the teeth from initial to final configuration, a new mold has typically been produced to fabricate the appliance for each stage. The present invention provides an apparatus and methods which employ a manipulable or reconfigurable mold to model patient dentition and gingiva at each stage of treatment.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供了可操纵或可重新配置的牙齿模型系统及其用于在正牙治疗期间对应于顺序牙齿移动的一系列牙齿构造的建模方法。 当患者进行正畸治疗时,牙齿和咬合配置在一系列阶段重新对齐。 每个阶段代表一种新的模式或牙齿配置,最终将导致整个牙列的适当的最终定位。 可以使用任何一种或不同牙科器具的组合从初始构型,中间阶段和最后到最终构型的进展。 对于本发明特别感兴趣的是,许多这些器具可以使用表示患者牙科构造的牙科模具来制造。 特别地,可以在患者牙齿的三维模具上形成适合患者牙齿的热成型塑料定位器具。 当在整个治疗期间使用连续的器具以将牙齿从初始配置重新定位到最终配置时,通常已经生产出新的模具来制造每个阶段的器具。 本发明提供一种在每个治疗阶段使用可操纵或可重构模具来模拟患者牙列和牙龈的装置和方法。

    System and method for positioning teeth
    18.
    发明申请
    System and method for positioning teeth 有权
    定位牙齿的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080187879A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-07

    申请号:US11981680

    申请日:2007-10-31

    CPC classification number: A61C7/002 A61C7/08 A61C11/00 A61C19/045

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system and computing an occlusion based on interactions in the computer representation of the masticatory system.

    Abstract translation: 方法和装置通过产生咀嚼系统的计算机表示并基于咀嚼系统的计算机表示中的相互作用计算闭塞来在咀嚼系统中配合一组上下牙齿。

    Tooth path treatment plan
    20.
    发明申请
    Tooth path treatment plan 有权
    牙路治疗计划

    公开(公告)号:US20070003907A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-04

    申请号:US11096627

    申请日:2005-03-31

    CPC classification number: A61C7/00 A61C7/002 A61C9/0053

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to prepare a malocclusion treatment plan by selecting a tooth treatment pattern from a library of predetermined tooth treatment patterns; and generating the malocclusion treatment plan implementing the selected tooth treatment pattern.

    Abstract translation: 公开了系统和方法,以通过从预定牙齿处理图案库中选择牙齿处理图案来制备咬合处理计划; 并产生实施所选择的牙齿治疗模式的错牙合治疗计划。

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