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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ross Miller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/20 (2006.01); A61C 7/12 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/00 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/12 (2013.01); A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 7/20 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances used with braces. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally reposition the teeth from an initial tooth arrangement, through a plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements, and to a final tooth arrangement. The appliances may be substituted with braces as appropriate to optimize the treatment of the teeth.