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US 11,589,954 B2Granted
Method and system for designing and producing dental prosthesis and appliances
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsEldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
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Abstract
A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing an orthodontic dental appliance, comprising:
- receiving, at a service center and from a dental clinic, three-dimensional data indicative of a patient's teeth in a first arrangement,
- wherein the service center is at a first geographic location, and
- wherein the dental clinic is at a second geographic location remote from the first geographic location;
- designing, at the service center, the orthodontic dental appliance based at least in part on the three-dimensional data,
- wherein the orthodontic dental appliance is configured to move at least one tooth of the patient's teeth from the first arrangement towards a target arrangement;
- generating, from the service center, instructions for fabrication of the orthodontic dental appliance;
- transmitting, by the service center and to a dental lab, the instructions for fabrication of the orthodontic appliance,
- wherein the dental lab is at a third geographic location remote from both the first geographic location and the second geographic location.
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