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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryan Kimura, San Jose, CA (US);
Yaser Shanjani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ken Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Bastien Pesenti, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Cam, San Jose, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of fabricating orthodontic alignment devices. First forces may be applied to teeth of a digital model to simulate movement of the teeth from one stage of an ordered sequence of stages to a next stage. The first forces may include one or more unwanted forces that move one or more teeth of the digital model in an unwanted direction. One or more forces may be applied to the palate of the digital model that results in second forces applied to the teeth of the digital model to replace or offset the one or more unwanted forces. A shape for the orthodontic alignment device may be determined based on the first and second forces applied to the teeth and in combination with the one or more forces applied to the palate of the digital model. An orthodontic alignment device may be fabricated based on the determined shape.