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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A dental apparatus may include a removable orthodontic appliance having a buccal side and a lingual side and may include tooth cavities shaped to reposition one or more teeth of a patient. The dental appliance may also include a repositioning jaw element extending from the buccal or lingual side of the removable orthodontic appliance and a reinforcement member formed along at least one of a lingual side surface or a buccal side surface to reinforce the repositioning jaw element. The reinforcement member may include a channel extending in a gingival-occlusal direction across an occlusal surface of the tooth apertures of the shell. The channel may be open to an interior cavity of the repositioning jaw element.