Align Technology, Inc.

Lou Shuman

Rene M Sterental

Eric E Kuo

Ian Kitching

Maia Singer

Rene Sterenthal

Systems and methods for moving teeth of a patient from a first tooth arrangement toward a second tooth arrangement are provided, including: a first dental appliance corresponding to a first stage of an orthodontic treatment plan and corresponding to the first tooth arrangement; a second dental appliance corresponding to a second stage of the orthodontic treatment plan and corresponding to the second tooth arrangement; and a plurality of intermediate dental appliances corresponding to a plurality of intermediate stages between the first stage and the second stage of the orthodontic treatment plan. The intermediate dental appliances include a first intermediate dental appliance having first tooth receiving cavities shaped for moving the patient's teeth as prescribed for the respective intermediate stage by the orthodontic treatment plan, and a duplicate intermediate dental appliance having duplicate tooth receiving cavities with the same geometries as the first tooth receiving cavities.

Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment with duplicate appliances

Systems and methods for providing orthodontic treatment may include identifying an orthodontic treatment plan for a patient's teeth, identifying a first batch of orthodontic appliances to implement a first phase of the orthodontic treatment plan, obtaining a digital representation of the patient's teeth during the first phase of the orthodontic treatment plan, determining, based on the digital representation, whether or not the patient's teeth accord with one or more customized treatment guidelines for the patient's teeth; identifying, based on a determination whether or not the patient's teeth accords with the one or more customized treatment guidelines, one or more tasks for administering a second phase of the treatment plan to the patient's teeth, and providing a set of orthodontic appliances to a dental practitioner.

Systems and methods for providing orthodontic treatment

The present invention provides systems and methods of managing planning and delivery of an orthodontic treatment using planning tools, treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated, as well as tools and methods for tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan.

Treatment planning and progress tracking systems and methods

The present invention provides systems and methods of managing delivery of an orthodontic treatment plan using treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated. A method includes, e.g., generating a treatment plan for a patient, generating a customized set of treatment guidelines, providing the set of customized treatment guidelines to the practitioner; and providing a set of orthodontic appliances to the practitioner.

Growing community of inventors

Chevy Chase, MD, United States of America

Lou Shuman