公开(公告)号：US20240416459A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18740343

申请日：2024-06-11

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： David Turner ,  James Nishimuta ,  Alexey Kuts ,  Eduard Kopylov ,  Petr Budakovskiy ,  Alexey Kalinichenko

IPC: B23K26/38 ,  A61C7/08 ,  B29L31/00

Abstract: A method includes causing a sheet of plastic to be thermoformed over a mold to form a dental appliance and causing one or more preliminary laser operations to form a laser line in the dental appliance disposed on the mold. The dental appliance is associated with a dental arch of a user. The method further includes causing a one or more post-processing laser operations to smooth at least a portion of the laser line in the dental appliance disposed on the mold.