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AssigneeAlta Smiles LLC
InventorGary D. GIEGERICH
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The preferred invention enables a hybrid approach to orthodontic care whereby the treatment for bracket and wire orthodontics can be performed in a combination of settings—sometimes in-office and sometimes at home. The initial phase of treatment involves evaluation and planning up to the point when a patient has braces placed on their teeth in a clinical setting and the initial wires are engaged with or mounted to the patient's teeth. From that point forward the patent's treatment preferably involves a combination of in-office visits and adjustments coupled with remote adjustments performed by the patient themselves, under the remote supervision of a clinician. When treatment is complete, the patient preferably returns to a clinical office and has the braces removed. The preferred invention improves the quality of care, the efficiency of the clinician, minimizes errors, speeds treatment times, expands access to care and is much more convenient for patients.
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A method for evaluating a patient's orthodontic treatment following application of a plurality of brackets to the patient's teeth and mounting a wire to the plurality of brackets wherein the plurality of brackets and the wire are applied to the patient's teeth based on a first treatment plan, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for evaluating a patient's orthodontic treatment following application of a plurality of brackets to the patient's teeth and mounting a wire to the plurality of brackets wherein the plurality of brackets and the wire are applied to the patient's teeth based on a first treatment plan, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for automated check-out of a patient performed after execution of an orthodontic treatment on the patient including application of brackets and an archwire to the patient's teeth, the method comprising the steps of:
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