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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
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
A distributed system includes one or more servers configured to provide computing devices access to portals hosted by the one or more servers, where the portals include a patient intake portal accessible by a first computing device located at an office of an intake dentist or orthodontist, and an approving portal accessible by a second computing device remote from the first computing device. The distributed system includes a dental aligner fabrication system including a fabrication computing device and dental aligner fabrication equipment. The patient intake portal is configured to provide a plurality of status updates to the intake dentist or orthodontist regarding a status of the patient, where the plurality of status updates include an indication that the dental aligners have been sent to the patient.