3D PRINTED COMPOSITES FROM A SINGLE RESIN BY PATTERNED LIGHT EXPOSURES

    公开(公告)号:US20190033719A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16024555

    申请日:2018-06-29

    Abstract: Provided herein are processes for the generation of composite polymer materials utilizing a single resin. The processes utilize diffusion between a region undergoing a polymerization reaction preferentially polymerizing one monomer component and an unreactive region. Diffusion and subsequent/concurrent polymerization results in a higher concentration of the more reactive monomer component in the reacting region and a higher concentration of the less reactive monomer components in the unreactive region. The unreactive region may be later polymerized. In embodiments, photopolymerization is used and the regions are generated by a mask or other mechanism to pattern the light.

    TOOTH SHADING, TRANSPARENCY AND GLAZING
    332.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190029784A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16046897

    申请日:2018-07-26

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein provide technical solutions to the highly technical problems of machine generation of dental restorations. In particular, these systems, methods and/or computer readable media may provide technical solutions to aid in the creation of dental restorations that more closely resemble a natural tooth (including its internal optical structure). These systems, methods and/or computer readable media may help in virtually rendering a tooth, including its internal optical structure, and apply these renderings (e.g., digital models) to the fabrication of the dental restoration.

    INTRAORAL SCANNER WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT
    333.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190011996A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US16129641

    申请日:2018-09-12

    Abstract: A method includes: displaying to a display a first indication of a first segment of a patient's oral cavity to be scanned; receiving a first user input via a hand held intraoral scanning device; causing the hand held intraoral scanning device to enter a scan mode; receiving one or more intraoral scans of the first segment; generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the first segment based on the one or more intraoral scans; displaying to the display the 3D model of the first segment; receiving a second user input via the intraoral scanning device after receiving the one or more intraoral scans of the first segment; and displaying to the display an overlay including a first element corresponding to third user input for navigating to a next segment and a second element corresponding to fourth user input for navigating to a previous segment.

    Arch expanding appliance
    336.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10130445B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15792313

    申请日:2017-10-24

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, systems, and devices for expanding arch of teeth. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include a removable shell formed of a first material having a number of cavities formed therein. The number of cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include an arch element extending from the removable shell in a lingual direction and across an arch width of the removable shell. The arch element can be formed of the first material and a second material that is a different material than the first material, can be designed to expand an arch of the teeth of the patient, and can have a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.

    ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES INCLUDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY UN-ERUPTED TEETH AND METHOD OF FORMING THEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180284727A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15942341

    申请日:2018-03-30

    Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design of highly accurate models of un-erupted or partially erupted teeth and help fabricate of aligners for un-erupted or partially erupted teeth. Automated agents that use machine learning models to parametrically represent three-dimensional (3d) virtual representations of teeth as 3D descriptors in a 3D descriptor space are provided herein. In some implementations, the automated agents described herein provide instructions to fabricate aligners for at least partially un-erupted teeth using representative 3D descriptor(s) of a tooth type.

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