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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
3shape A/s, Cophenhagen K, DK;
Inventor:
Henrik John Brandt, Copenhagen NV, DK;
Assignee:
3SHAPE A/S, Copenhagen K, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 9/0046 (2013.01); A61C 19/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method that generally relates to comparing a current dental setup with a series of preset dental setups. More particularly a method where this comparison is used to determine which aligner should be used from a series of dental aligners for proceeding with an orthodontic treatment. Each aligner in the series of previously manufactured aligners is provided for moving the at least one tooth in the patient's teeth from one dental setup to a subsequent dental setup.