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US 7,600,999 B2Granted
Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorPeter G. Knopp
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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 three-dimensional positions on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object at the predetermined 3D position on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.
Claims7
A method of fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth, comprising:
- creating a digital model of the patient's tooth;
- locating a dental component on the digital model of the tooth;
- creating a digital model of a template comprising:
- creating a body of plates comprising placing a plurality of digital plates such that each digital plate abuts the digital model of the tooth or the located dental component;
- and modifying the placed digital plates comprising joining individual plates and/or removing one or more protrusions;
- and
- subtracting the digital model of the patient's tooth from the body of plates;
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- fabricating a dental template from the digital model of the template.
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