Treatment plan specific bite adjustment structures

A method, comprising:

• receiving a digital model of a patient's teeth comprising a first jaw and a second jaw and including a deep bite malocclusion of the patient's teeth and in response to the receiving the digital model:
• positioning a plurality of digital bite adjustment structures on a corresponding plurality of digital teeth of a digital model of a first jaw at a first stage of a treatment plan;
• configuring the digital bite adjustment structures to have a first shape and location specific to the first stage of the treatment plan designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw, the digital bite adjustment structures including an edge where each respective digital bite adjustment structure meets a respective one of the digital teeth and to have a surface corresponding to an outer surface of a physical appliance;
• adjusting the digital bite adjustment structures by changing a vertical position of the plurality of digital bite adjustment structures on the corresponding plurality of digital teeth of the digital model of the first jaw at a second stage of the treatment plan to aid in correcting the deep bite malocclusion;
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• outputting the digital model of the first jaw for fabrication of physical appliances corresponding to the first jaw at the first and the second stages of the treatment plan, the appliances having cavities shaped to receive the teeth of the model and bite adjustment structures shaped according to the surface corresponding to the outer surface of a physical appliance.