DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTACHMENT TEMPLATES

    公开(公告)号:US20230069617A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17982514

    申请日:2022-11-07

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, systems, and computer-implemented methods for forming and placing attachments for use with dental appliances, and more particularly to the design, manufacture, and use of three-dimensionally printed attachment templates for use with orthodontic devices. Dental attachment templates include a cavity with one or more openings for injecting and bonding attachment material directly on a patient's tooth, which allow accurate placement of the attachments while providing the dental practitioner flexibility during the attachment forming process. Digital dental attachment template model techniques can be used to accurately place the cavity and opening.

    PALATAL EXPANDER WITH SKELETAL ANCHORAGE DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220015870A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17304904

    申请日:2021-06-28

    Abstract: A series of a palatal expanders increasing width can be used to gradually expand a patient's palate. Each palatal expander may have a palatal region flanked by teeth regions. The palatal region can have a plurality of anchor-receiving features (e.g., anchor interfaces) that allow the palatal expander to be attached to temporary anchorage device anchors that have been implanted into the patient's maxilla.

    METHODS OF FORMING PATTERNED DENTAL POSITIONING APPLIANCES

    公开(公告)号:US20210378795A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17445544

    申请日:2021-08-20

    Inventor: Chunhua LI Yan CHEN

    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for forming a patterned dental positioning appliance. One method includes forming a virtual shell shaped to receive one or more teeth of a virtual model of a patient's dentition, and digitally applying a pattern on an inner surface within cavities of the virtual shell, where the pattern contacts at least a portion of the one or more teeth and modifies repositioning forces exerted on the one or more teeth. In some cases the pattern is a raised pattern, such as a raised mesh pattern. In forming the dental appliance, in some cases, the shell and the pattern are formed of the same material to form a unitary piece of the polymer material.

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