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Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Sdc U.s. Smilepay Spv, Nashville, TN (US);

Inventors:

Jordan Katzman, Nashville, TN (US);

Alex Fenkell, Nashville, TN (US);

David Katzman, Nashville, TN (US);

Christopher Yancey, Nashville, TN (US);

Josh Chapman, Nashville, TN (US);

Assignee:

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 19/02 (2006.01); A61C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/0006 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 19/02 (2013.01); A61C 7/02 (2013.01); A61C 9/0026 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving representations of a first set of dental impressions including a first dental impression of an upper dental arch of a user and a second dental impression of a lower dental arch of the user having been created using contents from an initial dental impression kit sent to the user, identifying a defective dental impression, sending a retake dental impression kit to the user where the retake dental impression kit includes a set of dental trays consisting of dental trays corresponding to the dental arch associated with the defective dental impression, receiving representations of a second set of dental impressions of the dental arch associated with the defective dental impression, and manufacturing, based on the second set of dental impressions, a plurality of dental aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.


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