Orthodontic appliance for self-monitoring of treatment
AssigneeForYouFirst AG
InventorsAlain KOUNGA, Christoph APPERT, Pedro GONÇALVES
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for assessing stress relaxation in a dental arch-appliance orthodontic system. The information about stress relaxation in the clear aligner-arch system helps monitor the orthodontic treatment progress translated in teeth displacements and improve both patient's treatment compliance and timely treatment completion. The present invention relates to the efficacy of clear aligners by measuring or displaying the magnitude of residual stresses in the arch-aligner system. The measured magnitude of residual is indicative of the teeth displacement and the appropriate time to move to the next stage of the aligner treatment plan.
Claims20
A removable orthodontic appliance, having at least one reference marker applied thereto, wherein the at least one reference marker comprises a mechanochromic material, preferably a piezochromic material.
A set for aligning teeth with a removable orthodontic appliance, wherein the set comprises:
- a plurality of removable orthodontic appliances having at least one reference marker applied thereto, wherein the at least one reference marker comprises a mechanochromic material;
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- at least one removable orthodontic appliance and at least one reference marker comprising a mechanochromic material.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, having a computer program logic recorded thereon which when executed by a processor causes a device to:
- receive data corresponding to at least one image taken by a portable device for image acquisition, wherein the at least one image depicts a removable orthodontic appliance and at least one of
- a reference marker applied thereto;
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- a reference marker applied to a tooth or gingiva area of a patient.
- compare the received data corresponding to the at least one image to reference data corresponding to a reference image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.