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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
John Y. Morton, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Cam, San Jose, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Dental aligners and systems for producing controlled tooth-moving forces. A dental aligner may include a first tooth receiving cavity with a wall configured to resiliently apply a first force to a first tooth in accordance with a treatment plan. The first tooth receiving cavity may include an occlusal inner surface forming a first configuration of cusps and nadirs shaped to conform to an occlusal surface of the first tooth, and an occlusal outer surface forming a second configuration of cusps and nadirs. One or more occlusal contact features protruding from the outer occlusal surface may redirect a bite force on the first tooth that is produced by a person wearing the dental aligner toward a same or a complementary direction as the first force in accordance with the treatment.