Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsLoc X. Phan, Peter G. Knopp, Eric Kuo, Amir Abolfathi, Huafeng Wen
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Abstract
A dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth includes digitizing the patient's tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined locations on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.
Claims19
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A system for fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth, the system comprising a computer comprising storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to:
- receive a digital tooth model of the patient's tooth;
- add objects to predetermined locations on the digital tooth model;
- scale the digital tooth model to provide a scaled tooth model;
- superimpose the scaled tooth model over the digital tooth model;
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- output fabrication data for fabricating the dental template to locate the objects on the patient's tooth.
A system of fabricating a dental template to position a plurality of objects on a patient's teeth, the system comprising a computer comprising storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to:
- digitize at least some of the patient's teeth;
- add virtual objects to locations on the at least two of the patient's teeth;
- scale the digitized teeth;
- superimpose the scaled digital teeth over the digital teeth;
- and
- output fabrication data for fabricating a template to locate the orthodontic objects on the patient's teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.