Dental appliances and associated systems and methods
AssigneeBrius Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames Sylvester Wratten, Jr., Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar
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Abstract
The present technology comprises methods of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance. For example, a method can include forming an orthodontic appliance in an intermediate configuration by a casting process. The method can further include securing the appliance to a shape forming fixture such that the appliance assumes a desired configuration. The shape forming fixture can comprise a gingiva portion including a surface having a shape corresponding at least in part to a gingiva of a patient and a securing portion carried by the gingiva portion and configured to releasably secure to a portion of the appliance. The method can further include setting a shape of the appliance while the appliance is secured to the shape forming fixture.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance, the method comprising:
- obtaining a digital model of an appliance in an intermediate configuration;
- forming the appliance in the intermediate configuration by successively fusing particles of a material;
- securing the appliance to a shape forming fixture such that the appliance assumes a desired configuration, the shape forming fixture comprising a gingiva portion comprising a surface having a shape corresponding at least in part to a gingiva of a patient and a securing portion carried by the gingiva portion and configured to releasably secure to a portion of the appliance;
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- setting a shape of the appliance while the appliance is secured to the shape forming fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.