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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Eric Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Amir Abolfathi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Loc X. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Eric Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Amir Abolfathi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Loc X. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth to move the tooth from an initial position to a target position are disclosed. The system digitizes a model of the patient's tooth at the initial position; places an object on the tooth model at the target position; determines the position of the object at the initial position; and fabricates the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth.