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公开(公告)号:US20220370172A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17586543
申请日:2022-01-27
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Vadim MATOV , Fuming WU , Anton TEREKHOV , Tzishing Jesse LIM , Jihua CHENG , John MORTON
Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
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公开(公告)号:US20220147661A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-12
申请号:US17587707
申请日:2022-01-28
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Eric KUO , Juhua CHENG , Vadim MATOV , Caros ALVAREZ , Ali KAKAVAND
Abstract: System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual orthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; iterating on the transforming steps until substantially achieving the treatment goal; and generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the substantially achieved treatment goal
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公开(公告)号:US20240024155A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18480006
申请日:2023-10-03
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Bruce CAM , Crystal TJHIA , Chunhua LI , Vadim MATOV , John MORTON
Abstract: Improved systems, methods, and devices for treating sleep apnea are provided herein. In one aspect, an intraoral appliance for treating sleep apnea in a patient comprises an appliance shell comprising a plurality of cavities shaped to receive teeth of a jaw of the patient. The appliance shell can comprise an advancement structure arranged to interact with an opposing jaw of the patient so as to displace the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw. The plurality of cavities can comprise cavity geometries shaped to reduce repositioning of one or more received teeth elicited by displacement of the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw.
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公开(公告)号:US20230363859A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US18135564
申请日:2023-04-17
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Heng CAO , Vadim MATOV , John Y. MORTON , Jon MOSS , Ryan KIMURA
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20230355351A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US18314780
申请日:2023-05-09
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Fuming WU , Vadim MATOV , Artem BOROVINSKIH , Rene M. STERENTAL , Pavel AGAPOV , Anton SPIRIDONOV , Anatoliy BOLTUNOV
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , G06T19/20 , G06F30/00 , G06T2210/41 , G16H20/00
Abstract: The present disclosure provides computing device implemented methods, computing device readable media, and systems for adjustment of tooth position in a virtual dental model. Virtual dental modeling can include detecting space and/or collision between posterior teeth of an upper jaw and posterior teeth of a lower jaw in a virtual dental model that has been set in a preliminary target position. An energy function can be defined including the space and/or collision, tooth root movement, and align points. Weights can be assigned for each variable in the energy function. A position of the posterior teeth of the upper jaw and the posterior teeth of the lower jaw can be adjusted in six degrees of freedom to minimize the energy function. The detection, definition, assignment, and adjustment can be repeated until the energy function converges. The weights can be adjusted to reduce the space and/or collision.
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公开(公告)号:US20230293265A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US18168558
申请日:2023-02-13
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Eric E. KUO , Vadim MATOV , Larry LAI , Fuming WU , Jihua CHENG
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , A61B5/1128 , A61B5/7246 , G06F3/041 , G16C20/70 , A61C7/00 , G16H50/50 , G06F30/20 , G16H20/40
Abstract: Embodiments are provided for using an individualized orthodontic treatment index. One method embodiment includes receiving an initial virtual dental model from a first scan of a patient's dentition, modifying the initial virtual dental model to create a target virtual dental model according to a treatment goal, assigning a number of dental references to the target virtual dental model, receiving a treatment outcome virtual dental model from a second scan of the patient's dentition, mapping the number of dental references from the target virtual dental model to a treatment outcome virtual dental model, and calculating an individualized treatment index score for the treatment outcome virtual dental model according to one or more differences between the target virtual dental model and the treatment outcome virtual dental model based on the number of dental references.
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公开(公告)号:US20220287870A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17805153
申请日:2022-06-02
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Bruce CAM , Crystal TJHIA , Chunhua LI , Vadim MATOV , John MORTON
Abstract: Improved systems, methods, and devices for treating sleep apnea are provided herein. In one aspect, an intraoral appliance for treating sleep apnea in a patient comprises an appliance shell comprising a plurality of cavities shaped to receive teeth of a jaw of the patient. The appliance shell can comprise an advancement structure arranged to interact with an opposing jaw of the patient so as to displace the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw. The plurality of cavities can comprise cavity geometries shaped to reduce repositioning of one or more received teeth elicited by displacement of the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw.
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公开(公告)号:US20220142740A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-12
申请号:US17453591
申请日:2021-11-04
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Iman SHOJAEI , Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI , John Y. MORTON , Vadim MATOV , Eric YAU , Fuming WU , Sergei BRODSKY
Abstract: A system and method for determining a center of resistance of a tooth may include receiving a 3D digital representation of an initial arrangement and a final arrangement of a patient's teeth and determining a 3D treatment plan. The 3D treatment plan may include a plurality of 3D stages for rearranging the teeth from the initial arrangement toward the final arrangement. The method may also include determining, in accordance with the 3D treatment plan, an intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages and deriving, using a 3D resistance model, an applied force system for achieving the intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages. The method may also include deriving 3D geometries of oral appliances for the stages in response to the applied force system. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20210378791A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US17347300
申请日:2021-06-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim MATOV , Jihua CHENG , Fuming WU , Kenji TAN
Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a three-dimensional occlusogram are disclosed. One method includes determining a virtual three dimensional (3D) mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient and displaying the determined virtual 3D mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient wherein the 3D mesh model object includes a plurality of data sets associated with a set of occlusal information for the at least one tooth of the patient.
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