Treatment of teeth by aligners
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsHuafeng WEN, Frank Zhenhuan LIU
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Abstract
A method for treating a subject's teeth. A target configuration for the subject's teeth is determined. Receiving features are produced on a dental base in response to the target configuration, the receiving features being configured to receive physical tooth models. The physical tooth models are assembled on the dental base to form a physical arch model. A dental aligner is produced using the physical arch model to move the subject's teeth to the target configuration.
Claims10
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause said computer to perform a method for treating a subject's teeth, comprising:
- simultaneously presenting, in a same directional view, a first digital representation at a first display window and a second digital representation at a second display window, wherein said first digital representation comprises one of a pre-modified tooth arch of a patient and a post-modified tooth arch of said patient, and wherein said second digital representation comprises the other of said pre-modified tooth arch and said post-modified tooth arch;
- in response to a receipt of tooth rotation instructions, executing a first rotation, wherein said executing said first rotation comprises:
- rotating said first digital representation presented at said first display window;
- and
- simultaneously with said executing said first rotation, executing a second rotation, wherein said executing said second rotation comprises:
- rotating said second digital representation presented at said second display window, wherein said first rotation and said second rotation are executed in a same direction and in a same amount.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause said computer to perform a method for treating a subject's teeth, comprising:
- simultaneously presenting, in a same directional view, a first digital representation at a first display window and a second digital representation at a second display window, wherein said first digital representation comprises a one of a pre-modified tooth arch of a patient and a post-modified tooth arch of said patient, and wherein said second digital representation comprises the other of said pre-modified tooth arch and said post-modified tooth arch, wherein digital representations of said pre-modified tooth arch and said post-modified tooth arch comprise a display of roots of each tooth therein;
- in response to a receipt of tooth rotation instructions, executing a first rotation, wherein said executing said first rotation comprises:
- rotating said first digital representation presented at said first display window;
- and
- simultaneously with said executing said first rotation, executing a second rotation, wherein said executing said second rotation comprises:
- rotating said second digital representation presented at said second display window, wherein said first rotation and said second rotation are executed in a same direction and in a same amount.
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