ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS AND METHODS OF DESIGNING AND FABRICATING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS BASED ON TOOTH SHAPE

    公开(公告)号:US20250143842A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-08

    申请号:US19015314

    申请日:2025-01-09

    Abstract: A series of orthodontic aligners may be produced by a process including receiving a first position of at least one tooth of a patient for a first treatment stage of plurality of orthodontic treatment stages, determining a movement vector magnitude and direction for moving the at least one tooth from the first position towards a second position, analyzing a surface of the at least one tooth of the patient based on the determined movement vector, designing a first orthodontic aligner of the series of orthodontic aligners based on the analysis of the surface of the at least one tooth of the patient so that a physical orthodontic aligner, when in position on teeth of the patient at the first treatment stage, moves the at least one tooth from the first position towards the second position along the determined movement vector, and fabricating the physical orthodontic aligner.

    DENTAL APPLIANCE WITH CAVITY FOR AN UNERUPTED OR ERUPTING TOOTH

    公开(公告)号:US20250041026A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18918016

    申请日:2024-10-16

    Abstract: A method includes to receive, via a computing device, data representing a plurality of teeth, identify data indicating which of the plurality of teeth are unerupted or erupting, predict at least one characteristic of a tooth of the unerupted or erupting teeth after they have fully erupted using one or more tooth eruption prediction factors, generate new data representing the unerupted or erupting teeth in multiple states of eruption based upon the predicted at least one characteristic of the fully erupted teeth, and generate a series of incremental tooth arrangements with the new data to define a proposed orthodontic treatment based on the new data representing the unerupted or erupting teeth in multiple states of eruption.

    VIRTUALLY TESTING FORCE PLACED ON A TOOTH

    公开(公告)号:US20220384050A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17880635

    申请日:2022-08-03

    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include computing device related, system, and method embodiments for virtually testing force placed on a tooth are described herein. One method embodiment includes receiving initial orthodontic data (IOD) of teeth, and receiving a desired position of a tooth contained in the IOD. The method embodiment can also include computing a desired force and torque to be applied to the tooth to reach the desired position, wherein the force and torque are applied using a dental attachment. The method embodiment can include virtually testing and adjusting the attachment iteratively to reach the desired force and torque, and displaying the force and torque applied to the tooth via a user interface.

    PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED DENTAL APPLIANCES

    公开(公告)号:US20250134625A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-01

    申请号:US19007067

    申请日:2024-12-31

    Abstract: A series of patient-customized orthodontic aligners may be produced by a process including receiving a digital model of a patient's tooth, determining a force system for eliciting a tooth movement, and designing a patient-customized attachment configured to engage at least one of the series of patient-customized orthodontic aligners when worn by a patient and apply a repositioning force to the patient's tooth corresponding to the force system. The process may also include designing the at least one of the patient-customized orthodontic aligners to engage the patient-customized attachment when worn by the patient, the at least one of the patient-customized orthodontic aligners having a shape customized responsive to the attachment, the digital model and the force system. The process may also include fabricating the series of patient-customized orthodontic aligners including the at least one of the patient-customized orthodontic aligners.

    NONLINEAR TOOTH MODELING FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20250114167A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-10

    申请号:US18896128

    申请日:2024-09-25

    Abstract: A method may include receiving a digital model of a dental appliance, the digital model may have a plurality of caps. Each cap of the plurality of caps may represent a set of contact points on a tooth. The digital model may have a plurality of links. Each link of the plurality of links may represent a connection between a plurality of caps. The method may include generating a relaxed model of a dental appliance using the digital model of the dental appliance. The method may also include generating a deformed model of the dental appliance using the digital model of the dental appliance and transforming the relaxed model to the deformed model to generate a plurality of parameters for moving the teeth of the patient towards a target tooth arrangement.

Patent Agency Ranking