Systems and methods for combination treatments of dental patients
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsHuafeng Wen, Eric Kuo, Amir Abolfathi
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Abstract
Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth to move the tooth from an initial position to a target position are disclosed. The system digitizes a model of the patient's tooth at the initial position; places an object on the tooth model at the target position; determines the position of the object at the initial position; and fabricates the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth.
Claims23
A method of fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth to move the tooth from an initial position to a target position, comprising:
- digitizing a model of the patient's tooth at the initial position;
- placing an object on the tooth model at the target position;
- determining the position of the object at the initial position;
- and
- fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth.
A method to position a bracket on a patient's tooth, comprising:
- digitizing the patient's tooth at an initial tooth position;
- determining a final position for the tooth;
- placing the bracket on the final tooth position;
- determining the position of the bracket on the initial tooth position based on the bracket position on the final tooth position;
- and
- fabricating a dental appliance to mount the bracket on the patient's tooth.
An apparatus to fabricate a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth to move the tooth from an initial position to a target position, comprising:
- a scanner to digitize a model of the patient's tooth at the initial position;
- means for placing an object on the tooth model at the target position;
- means for determining the position of the object at the initial position;
- and
- a machine to fabricate the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.