US 2026/0165819 A1 · SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ADVANCED PATIENT SPECIFIC FEATURES

Abstract

An orthodontic treatment system may include a plurality of sets of polymeric orthodontic appliances. Each of the orthodontic appliances including a plurality of tooth receiving cavities formed in the appliance shaped to move teeth of a patient from a first arrangement towards a second arrangement. Each of the sets of polymeric appliances may be for a stage of orthodontic treatment. The system may include a first occlusal block on a first appliance of a first set of the plurality of sets. The first appliance may be configured for use on a first arch of the patient and the first occlusal block may include a first surface having a first shape that matches an occlusal surface of the arch on which the appliance is configured to be placed.

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Dependent claims

An orthodontic treatment system comprising:

a plurality of sets of polymeric orthodontic appliances, each of the orthodontic appliances including a plurality of tooth receiving cavities formed in the appliance shaped to move teeth of a patient from a first arrangement towards a second arrangement, each of the sets of polymeric appliances for a stage of orthodontic treatment;
a first occlusal block on a first appliance of a first set of the plurality of sets;
and
a second occlusal block on a second appliance of the first set;
wherein the first appliance is configured for use on a first arch of the patient and the second appliance is configured for use on a second, opposing, arch of the patient and wherein each of the first and second occlusal blocks incudes a first surface having a first shape that matches an occlusal surface of the arch on which the appliance is configured to be placed.

2 more elements

An orthodontic appliance system comprising:

a first polymeric orthodontic appliance to implement a mesial-distal correction according to a first stage of an orthodontic treatment plan on a first arch, wherein the first polymeric orthodontic appliance includes a first occlusal block, wherein the first occlusal block has a first surface with a first shape to match a first occlusal surface of the first arch;
and
a second polymeric orthodontic appliance to implement the mesial-distal correction according to the first stage of an orthodontic treatment plan on a second arch opposing the first arch, wherein the second polymeric orthodontic appliance includes a second occlusal block, wherein the second occlusal block has a second surface with a second shape to match a second occlusal surface of the second arch.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/374,683Filed 30 Oct 2025

Priority

31 Oct 2024

Published

18 Jun 2026

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

A61C 7/08
Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by…:…
A61C 7/36
Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by…: devices…
B33Y 80/00
Products made by additive manufacturing
A61C 7/002
Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by…:…

Systems, apparatus, and methods for fabricating dental appliances with advanced patient specific features

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Systems, apparatus, and methods for fabricating dental appliances with advanced patient specific features

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