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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Daniel Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/16 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The various embodiments described herein include a method for applying a set of orthodontic brackets to a set of teeth of a patient. The method includes: (1) for each tooth in the set of teeth, determining an optimal orientation for a respective orthodontic bracket in the set of orthodontic brackets to be mounted to the tooth; (2) producing a bracket applicator configured to mount each orthodontic bracket in the set of orthodontic brackets to the respective tooth in the set of teeth in the respective optimal orientation; and (3) mounting the set of orthodontic brackets to the set of teeth using the bracket applicator and a bonding material.