Align Technology, Inc.

Siobhan O'Leary

Jun Sato

Jihua Cheng

Allen R Boronkay

Peter Webber

Fuming Wu

Ryan Kimura

Rohit Tanugula

Jeremy Riley

Huizhong Li

Paula Alvarado

Dental retainer devices are provided. The dental retainer devices can be customized based on patient specific dental anatomy and dental treatment plans. Methods of making the dental retainer devices are also provided. The methods can included additive manufacturing. Methods are also provided for customization of a dental retainer device based on the patient specific anatomy. The methods for customization can include providing a dentist with different options for anterior teeth coverage, posterior teeth coverage, and palatal configurations for the dental retainer devices.

Customized fabrication of orthodontic retainers based on patient anatomy

The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment placement structure. One dental attachment placement apparatus includes a body having an attachment placement surface that is to be placed on an attachment affixing surface of a tooth and wherein the attachment placement surface includes a portion that is shaped to allow placement of an attachment at a particular position on the affixing surface of the tooth and a portion of the body having a contour that is shaped to correspond with a contour of an alignment surface of a tooth and when the contour of the body and the corresponding contour is aligned, the attachment is located at the particular position and can be secured to the affixing surface of the tooth.

Dental attachment placement structure

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Siobhan O'Leary