Invention Application
- Patent Title: ARCH ADJUSTMENT APPLIANCE
- Patent Title (中): ARCH调整设备
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Application No.: US14850305Application Date: 2015-09-10
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Publication No.: US20160081769A1Publication Date: 2016-03-24
- Inventor: Ryan Kimura , John Morton , Richard Shaw , Chunhua Li
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Main IPC: A61C7/10
- IPC: A61C7/10 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides method, systems, and devices for adjusting an arch of teeth. An appliance includes a removable shell formed of a first material having a number of cavities formed therein, wherein the number of cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient, and an arch element extending from the removable shell in a lingual direction and across at least a portion of the arch width of the removable shell, wherein the arch element is designed to expand an arch of the teeth of the patient, wherein the arch element has a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US10449016B2 Arch adjustment appliance Public/Granted day:2019-10-22
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