公开(公告)号：US20250152303A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US19023396

申请日：2025-01-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jeeyoung CHOI ,  Chunhua LI ,  John MORTON ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Vadim MATOV ,  Alexander BELIAEV ,  Petr USHANOV ,  Roman A. ROSCHIN

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240307154A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18669345

申请日：2024-05-20

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Rohit TANUGULA ,  John MORTON ,  Chunhua LI ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Jihua CHENG ,  Jeeyoung CHOI

IPC: A61C7/36 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G06F30/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/36 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G06F30/00

Abstract: A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. A first number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the first shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw. The first number of bite adjustment structures can have a first shape and location specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. A second number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the second shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of the second jaw. The second number of bite adjustment structures can have a second shape and location, different than the first shape and location, specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.

公开(公告)号：US20240081950A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18451641

申请日：2023-08-17

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Vadim MATOV ,  Sergei BRODSKY ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Yuri SYROV ,  Ping TANG ,  Manlio Fabio VALDIVIESO CASIQUE ,  Olga MATUSEVICH ,  Igor KVASOV

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G06T17/20 ,  G16H20/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G06T17/20 ,  G16H20/00 ,  G06T2207/30036

Abstract: A method for digital treatment planning may include defining a set of contact points on a tooth of a patient's dentition and a plurality of connections between pairs of the plurality of contact points. The plurality of connections may include Hookian stiffness parameters of a dental appliance between the plurality of contact points. The method may also include generating a relaxed model of a dental appliance using the plurality of contact points and the plurality of connections. The method may also include generating a deformed model of the dental appliance using the plurality of contact points and plurality of connections. The method may also include transforming the relaxed model to the deformed model to direct the patient dentition towards a target tooth arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US20230157791A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18158451

申请日：2023-01-23

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Fuming WU ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Jeremy RILEY ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Norman SU ,  Jun SATO ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  John Y. MORTON ,  Jihua CHENG

IPC: A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61C13/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C9/004 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61C13/0004 ,  G06T17/00

Abstract: Methods for designing and fabrication of a series of apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”). In particular, described herein are methods and apparatuses for forming palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, as well as series of palatal expanders formed as described herein and apparatuses for designing and fabricating them.

公开(公告)号：US20230144519A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17965514

申请日：2022-10-13

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Vadim MATOV ,  Fuming WU ,  Jihua CHENG ,  Jennifer CHEN ,  Chunhua LI ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Igor KVASOV

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G06F30/00

Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.

公开(公告)号：US20230126690A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US17949113

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Vadim MATOV ,  Sergei BRODSKY ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Yuri SYROV ,  Ping TANG ,  Manlio Fabio VALDIVIESO CASIQUE ,  Olga MATUSEVICH ,  Igor Kvasov

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G16H20/00 ,  G06T17/20

Abstract: Systems and methods of generating an orthodontic model are disclosed. The method may include: generating an initial model of a patient dentition; generating a target model of the patient dentition; defining a plurality of caps and a plurality of links, wherein each link connects two of the plurality of caps; generating a relaxed model of a dental appliance from the plurality of caps and the plurality of links; generating a deformed model of a dental appliance from the plurality of caps and plurality of links; and determining a plurality of movements, wherein the plurality of moments transform the relaxed model to the deformed model and wherein the moments are configured to direct the patient dentition from the initial model to the target model.

公开(公告)号：US20220409343A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17893069

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun SATO ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Ken WU ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Bruce CAM

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C8/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/14

Abstract: An orthodontic alignment device can have a palatal contour anchorage (PCA) feature that generally matches the shape of the patient's hard pallet. This PCA feature may be built slightly off-set to deliberately push against the patient's palate and/or gingiva to provide anchorage support of staged translation of the teeth. By transferring the required anchorage away from the teeth and onto the palate, through the PCA feature, the adjacent teeth are no longer subjected to unwanted side effects of reaction forces.

公开(公告)号：US20220409339A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17898374

申请日：2022-08-29

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Vadim MATOV ,  Igor FARADJEV ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Sergey GEYN ,  Konstantin TENZIN

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C19/04

Abstract: The present disclosure includes computing device related, systems, and methods for identifying force placed on a tooth are described herein. One method includes receiving initial orthodontic data (IOD) including teeth data; creating a virtual set of teeth from the IOD; receiving dental appliance information including at least one of dental appliance material properties and characteristics; virtually placing a dental appliance, formed from the dental appliance information, onto the virtual set of teeth; and determining one or more forces applied to the teeth based on information from the IOD and dental appliance information.

公开(公告)号：US20220079445A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17535478

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun SATO ,  Allen BORONKAY ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI ,  Avi KOPELMAN ,  Andrew JANG ,  Jihua CHENG ,  Eric KUO ,  Vladimir SHELBAKH ,  Bastien PESENTI

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  G06T7/73 ,  A61C13/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T15/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with teeth and/or teeth with other teeth with very high precision, including determining the size of gaps where they are not in contact. These measurements may be used design, modify or replace an aligner and/or to verify aligner fit. 3D models of the whole aligner and teeth may be generated.

公开(公告)号：US20190021817A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16041606

申请日：2018-07-20

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Jun SATO ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Ken WU ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Bruce CAM

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/14

Abstract: An orthodontic alignment device can have a palatal contour anchorage (PCA) feature that generally matches the shape of the patient's hard pallet. This PCA feature may be built slightly off-set to deliberately push against the patient's palate and/or gingiva to provide anchorage support of staged translation of the teeth. By transferring the required anchorage away from the teeth and onto the palate, through the PCA feature, the adjacent teeth are no longer subjected to unwanted side effects of reaction forces.