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US 12,588,973 B2Granted
Reduced registration bonding template
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsJon Moss, Rok Sribar
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Abstract
A dental template for positioning one or more objects on teeth of a patient is disclosed. The dental template can include a plurality of teeth-receiving cavities that further incldue occlusal surface that correspond to occlusal surfaces of teeth. The template can also inclue buccal surfaces that conform to buccal tooth surfaces. The buccal surfaces of the template can include openings to control placement of one or more objects on the patient's teeth.
Claims20
A dental template, the dental template comprising:
- a first plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive a first plurality of teeth of a patient, wherein the first plurality of teeth receiving cavities comprise occlusal surfaces corresponding to occlusal surfaces of the first plurality of teeth;
- a second plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive a second plurality of teeth of the patient, wherein the second plurality of teeth receiving cavities comprise a planar occlusal portion spanning the second plurality of teeth, the planar occlusal portion having a continuous planar geometry comprising fewer occlusal features relative to a number of occlusal features of the second plurality of teeth and wherein buccal surfaces of the second plurality of teeth receiving cavities are configured to conform to buccal surfaces of the second plurality of teeth;
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- one or more openings disposed on buccal surfaces of the second plurality of teeth receiving cavities configured to control placement of one or more objects on the patient's teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.