Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Orthodontics treatment systems and methods
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Application No.: US17349705Application Date: 2021-06-16
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Publication No.: US11696816B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Steven Nathaniel Gardner
- Applicant: ORTHOSELECT, LLC
- Applicant Address: US UT American Fork
- Assignee: ORTHOSELECT, LLC
- Current Assignee: ORTHOSELECT, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT American Fork
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: A61C7/00
- IPC: A61C7/00 ; G06T19/20

Abstract:
Techniques for preparing a model (e.g., a digital model) of a person's teeth are described. The techniques include receiving a model of a maxillary arch and a mandibular arch of a person's teeth, operating an automated mesh cleaning operation to modify the model, segmenting the model to identify individual teeth and gum tissue in the model, identifying and marking features of each tooth of the model, and adjusting the individual teeth of the model into a recommended orientation relative to each other, and applying a treatment method. The treatment method may include a selection of a bracket type and an aligner type. The techniques may determine a proposed location of brackets or aligners on the individual teeth based on the applied treatment method and export a digital model of a bracket tray for formation of a bracket tray that can be used to secure the brackets to a person's teeth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210401546A1 ORTHODONTICS TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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