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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2021
Sdc U.s. Smilepay Spv, Nashville, TN (US);
Jordan Katzman, Nashville, TN (US);
Alex Fenkell, Nashville, TN (US);
SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for fabricating aligners include a central processing system and a dental aligner fabrication system. The central processing system includes or provides a patient intake portal corresponding to a first dentist or orthodontist who conducts an intraoral scan or administers an impression of the patient, a treatment plan portal corresponding to a treatment plan computing system which generates treatment plan data for the patient, and an approving dental portal corresponding to a second dentist or orthodontist who approves the treatment plan. The fabrication system includes fabrication equipment which produces one or more dental aligners based on the treatment plan data.