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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elena Pavlovskaia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Venkata S. Sarva, Fremont, CA (US);
Ka Man Cheang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/00 ;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method separates gingiva from a model of a tooth by defining a cutting surface along the gingiva; and applying the cutting surface to the tooth to separate the gingiva from the tooth.