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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Webber, Lafayette, CA (US);
Yan Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jihua Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Bastien Pesenti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jennifer C. Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment formation structures. One dental appliance includes a body having a first surface shaped to abut an exterior surface of a tooth and a well portion of the first surface shaped to form an attachment that is to be attached to the exterior surface of the tooth, a release layer formed over a surface of the well to allow the attachment to be removed from the well, and an attachment material that is used to form the attachment positioned within the well.