AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF PRECISION CUTS
    24.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190167384A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-06

    申请号:US16148740

    申请日:2018-10-01

    Abstract: An orthodontic positioning device and methods for making an orthodontic positioning device including a first patient removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth provided in one of an upper jaw and a lower jaw. The first appliance includes a hook configured to receive an orthodontic elastic band. The orthodontic positioning device also includes a second patient removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth provided in the other of the upper jaw and the lower jaw. The second appliance includes a cutout operable to expose an orthodontic elastic band receiving member.

    Reinforced aligner hooks
    25.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10271923B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-30

    申请号:US14951245

    申请日:2015-11-24

    Abstract: Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices are configured to couple with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force from the elastic member into the appliance to, for example, generate traction forces on the patient's teeth to produce a desired occlusion. A positioning device includes a patient removable tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hook configured to interface with an orthodontic elastic member. The hook can be configured to be offset from a surface of a tooth when the appliance is coupled with the patient's teeth and no elastic member is coupled with the tooth. The hook can be curved so that the hook is more retentive on the aligner. The hook can be reinforced so that the reinforcement resists deformation when the elastic is in place.

    PHOTOGRAPH-BASED ASSESSMENT OF DENTAL TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES
    27.
    发明申请
    PHOTOGRAPH-BASED ASSESSMENT OF DENTAL TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES 审中-公开
    基于摄影的牙科治疗和程序评估

    公开(公告)号:US20170049311A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-23

    申请号:US14831548

    申请日:2015-08-20

    Abstract: The current document is directed to methods and systems for monitoring a dental patient's progress during a course of treatment. A three-dimensional model of the expected positions of the patient's teeth can be projected, in time, from a three-dimensional model of the patient's teeth prepared prior to beginning the treatment. A digital camera is used to take one or more two-dimensional photographs of the patient's teeth, which are input to a monitoring system. The monitoring system determines virtual-camera parameters for each two-dimensional input image with respect to the time-projected three-dimensional model, uses the determined virtual-camera parameters to generate two-dimensional images from the three-dimensional model, and then compares each input photograph to the corresponding generated two-dimensional image in order to determine how closely the three-dimensional arrangement of the patient's teeth corresponds to the time-projected three-dimensional arrangement.

    Abstract translation: 目前的文件是针对在治疗过程中监测牙齿病人进展情况的方法和系统。 患者牙齿的预期位置的三维模型可以及时地从开始治疗前准备的患者牙齿的三维模型投射出来。 数码相机用于拍摄患者牙齿的一个或多个二维照片,这些照片被输入到监视系统。 监视系统根据时间投影的三维模型确定每个二维输入图像的虚拟摄像机参数,使用确定的虚拟摄像机参数从三维模型生成二维图像,然后进行比较 每个输入照片到相应的生成的二维图像,以便确定患者牙齿的三维布置对应于时间投影的三维布置的接近程度。

    REINFORCED ALIGNER HOOKS
    28.
    发明申请
    REINFORCED ALIGNER HOOKS 审中-公开
    强化对准钩

    公开(公告)号:US20160074137A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-17

    申请号:US14951245

    申请日:2015-11-24

    CPC classification number: A61C7/002 A61C7/08 A61C9/0046 B33Y50/02 G06F17/5009

    Abstract: Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices are configured to couple with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force from the elastic member into the appliance to, for example, generate traction forces on the patient's teeth to produce a desired occlusion. A positioning device includes a patient removable tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hook configured to interface with an orthodontic elastic member. The hook can be configured to be offset from a surface of a tooth when the appliance is coupled with the patient's teeth and no elastic member is coupled with the tooth. The hook can be curved so that the hook is more retentive on the aligner. The hook can be reinforced so that the reinforcement resists deformation when the elastic is in place.

    Abstract translation: 正畸定位装置以及相关的方法和系统被公开用于一个或多个正畸弹性部件。 所公开的装置被配置为与正牙弹性构件联接,以便使来自弹性构件的力反应到器具中,以便例如在患者的牙齿上产生牵引力以产生所需的闭塞。 定位装置包括患者可移除的牙齿定位装置,其具有接收空腔的牙齿接收空腔,该空腔成形为接收并向患者的牙齿施加弹性定位力。 该器具包括构造成与正畸弹性构件相接合的钩。 当器具与患者的牙齿联接并且没有弹性构件与牙齿联接时,钩可以构造成从牙齿的表面偏移。 钩可以是弯曲的,使得钩在对准器上更加保持。 可以加固钩子,使得当弹性件就位时,加强件可抵抗变形。

    AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF PRECISION CUTS
    29.
    发明申请
    AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF PRECISION CUTS 审中-公开
    自动放置精密CUTS

    公开(公告)号:US20140120490A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-01

    申请号:US14148453

    申请日:2014-01-06

    Abstract: An orthodontic positioning device and methods for making an orthodontic positioning device including a first patient removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth provided in one of an upper jaw and a lower jaw. The first appliance includes a hook configured to receive an orthodontic elastic band. The orthodontic positioning device also includes a second patient removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth provided in the other of the upper jaw and the lower jaw. The second appliance includes a cutout operable to expose an orthodontic elastic band receiving member.

    Abstract translation: 一种正畸定位装置和用于制造正畸定位装置的方法,所述矫正定位装置包括第一患者可移除矫正牙齿定位装置,其具有接收空腔的牙齿接收空腔,所述牙齿接收空腔被成形为接收并且向设置在上颌和下颚之一中的一个中的患者牙齿施加弹性定位力。 第一器具包括构造成接收正畸弹性带的钩。 正畸定位装置还包括第二患者可移除的正畸牙定位装置,其具有接收空腔的牙齿接收空腔,该空腔成形为接收并向设置在上颌和下颌中的另一个中的患者牙齿施加弹性定位力。 第二器具包括可操作以暴露正畸弹性带接收构件的切口。

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