Invention Application
- Patent Title: PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS
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Application No.: US15700011Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US20170372032A1Publication Date: 2017-12-28
- Inventor: Eric Kuo , Jihua Cheng , Vadim Matov , Carlos Alvarez , Ali Kakavand
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; A61C9/00 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08 ; G06F17/50 ; A61C13/00

Abstract:
System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual orthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; iterating on the transforming steps until substantially achieving the treatment goal; and generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the substantially achieved treatment goal
Public/Granted literature
- US11227074B2 Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods Public/Granted day:2022-01-18
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