Ormco Corporation

Jessica Elivier Grande

Yukiko Naoi

Sammel Shahrier Alauddin

Evan Yifeng Tsai

Jacob Turetsky

Justin Noland Johns

Weinan Yang

Keffrey Kapec

An orthodontic adhesive includes components capable of allowing easy debonding of an orthodontic device from a patient's tooth. The adhesive includes an engineered marine mussel protein. The adhesive may include at least one photocleavable moiety. The adhesive is applied in one or more individual layers. One of the components of the adhesive is capable of binding to a tooth and the other component may be capable of binding to an orthodontic device. A method of adhering an orthodontic device to a tooth includes applying a layer of an orthodontic adhesive to either the tooth or the orthodontic device or the tooth and the orthodontic device and affixing the orthodontic device to the tooth with the orthodontic adhesive situated between the tooth and the orthodontic device. The engineered marine mussel protein includes one or more catechol moieties or one or more derivatives of a catechol moiety.

Orthodontic adhesives and methods of using same

A dental aligner and methods and systems for manufacturing the dental aligner. A boundary contour is defined in a two-dimensional space based on an edge of a model aligner in a ruler disc. The boundary contour may be measured on a grid in which the model aligner is formed. The information pertaining to the boundary contour in the model is transferred to a flat workpiece. The boundary contour may follow the patient's gingival margin. A trench is formed in the flat workpiece based on the boundary contour measured in the model aligner. The flat workpiece including the trench is deformed. Deforming the trench forms at least a portion of the edge of the dental aligner and may include a trim boundary. The aligner may be separated from the workpiece at the trim boundary. The model aligner and dental aligner may vacuum thermoformed from the same mold.

Methods for orthodontic appliance fabrication and orthodontic appliances made thereby

Devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for quantifying the amount of pressure exerted on a tooth or a set of teeth by an aligner. The quantification may be facilitated by a sensor disposed in the aligner and the sensor may be configured to generate an output signal signifying the amount of pressure in response to receiving an input signal. The input signal may be generated by a detection instrument or a computing device. The amount of pressure may be stored in a treatment tracking software and/or treatment tracking database for review and consideration by a treatment professional. The treatment professional may thereafter make decisions about the orthodontic treatment based on quantified amount of pressure on the tooth or set of teeth.

Orthodontic aligners and devices, methods, systems, and computer programs utilizing same

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Placentia, CA, United States of America

Jessica Elivier Grande