Distributed processing of scan data for fabricating dental aligners

A system for fabricating aligners for repositioning one or more teeth of a user, the system comprising:

• a management system configured to:
• provide a user interface for selecting a patient-intake option from a first patient-intake option and a second patient-intake option, the first patient-intake option comprising scheduling an intraoral scan, the second patient-intake option comprising receiving a dental impression kit for creating dental impressions;
• receive a request to schedule shipment of a dental impression kit to a user, the dental impression kit including a container containing a dental assembly and a dental appliance, the dental assembly including one or more dental trays and putty, the putty provided in an amount to be positioned in the one or more dental trays for creating the dental impressions, the dental appliance configured to hold open the user's upper and lower lips simultaneously to permit visualization of the user's teeth and further configured to continue holding open the user's upper and lower lips in a hands-free manner after being positioned at least partially within the user's mouth;
• schedule the shipment of the dental impression kit to the user based on the request;
• generate and cause transmission of a message to a device of the user, the message including a confirmation confirming the shipment of the dental impression kit;
• and
• fabrication equipment configured to fabricate a plurality of aligners based on a treatment plan generated using three-dimensional data captured by a scanner configured to scan the dental impressions created by the user using the dental impression kit, the plurality of aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user in accordance with the treatment plan;
• wherein all of the plurality of aligners are sent to the user at once, wherein the treatment plan is approved by an approving dentist or orthodontist without the approving dentist or orthodontist having physically seen the user, wherein the user receives orthodontic treatment without ever having physically seen the approving dentist or orthodontist.

A method of fabricating aligners for repositioning one or more teeth of a user, the method comprising:

• providing, by a management system, a user interface for selecting a patient-intake option from a first patient-intake option and a second patient-intake option, the first patient-intake option comprising scheduling an intraoral scan, the second patient-intake option comprising receiving a dental impression kit for creating dental impressions;
• receiving, by the management system, a request to schedule delivery of a dental impression kit to a user, the dental impression kit including a container containing a dental assembly and a dental appliance, the dental assembly including one or more dental trays and putty, the putty provided in an amount to be positioned in the one or more dental trays for creating the dental impressions, the dental appliance configured to hold open the user's upper and lower lips simultaneously to permit visualization of the user's teeth and further configured to continue holding open the user's upper and lower lips in a hands-free manner after being positioned at least partially within the user's mouth;
• scheduling, by the management system, the shipment of the dental impression kit to the user based on the request;
• generating and causing transmission of, by the management system, a message to a device of the user, the message including a confirmation confirming the shipment of the dental impression kit to the user;
• fabricating, using fabrication equipment, a plurality of aligners based on a treatment plan generated for the user based on three-dimensional data obtained by a scanner from the dental impressions created by the user using the dental impression kit, the plurality of aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user in accordance with the treatment plan;
• and
• causing all of the plurality of aligners to be sent to the user at once, wherein the treatment plan is approved by an approving dentist or orthodontist without the approving dentist or orthodontist having physically seen the user, wherein the user receives orthodontic treatment without ever having physically seen the approving dentist or orthodontist.

A method of fabricating aligners for repositioning one or more teeth of a user, the method comprising:

• providing, by a management system, a user interface for selecting a patient-intake option from a first patient-intake option and a second patient-intake option, the first patient-intake option comprising scheduling an intraoral scan, the second patient-intake option comprising receiving a dental impression kit for creating dental impressions;
• conducting, using a scanner, a scan of a dental impression created by a user using a dental impression kit delivered to the user to obtain three-dimensional data of a mouth of the user, the dental impression kit including a container containing a dental assembly and a dental appliance, the dental assembly including one or more dental trays and putty, the putty provided in an amount to be positioned in the one or more dental trays for creating the dental impression, the dental appliance configured to hold open the user's upper and lower lips simultaneously to permit visualization of the user's teeth and further configured to continue holding open the user's upper and lower lips in a hands-free manner after being positioned at least partially within the user's mouth;
• causing generation of, by a treatment plan computing system located at a treatment plan site separate from a scanning site that includes the scanner without the user being present at the treatment plan site, a treatment plan for the user based on the three-dimensional data;
• receiving an indication of an approval of the treatment plan by an approving dentist or orthodontist, wherein the approval is received without the approving dentist or orthodontist having physically seen the user;
• receiving, by a fabrication computing system located at a fabrication site separate from the scanning site and the treatment plan site without the user or the approving dentist or orthodontist being present at the fabrication site, the treatment plan from the treatment plan computing system;
• fabricating, at the fabrication site, a plurality of aligners based on the treatment plan, the plurality of aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user in accordance with the treatment plan;
• and
• sending all of the plurality of aligners from the fabrication site at once to the user, wherein the user receives orthodontic treatment without ever having physically seen the approving dentist or orthodontist.