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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Richard E. Raby, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas A. Stark, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Peter M. Eisenberg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Theresa M. Meyer, Osceola, WI (US);
Richard E. Raby, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas A. Stark, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Peter M. Eisenberg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Theresa M. Meyer, Osceola, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Computer-based techniques are described that use orthodontic prescription templates to assist an orthodontic practitioner in creating a patient-specific orthodontic prescription. In particular, an orthodontic practitioner may retrieve a stored electronic orthodontic prescription template. The practitioner may then generate an orthodontic prescription that is specific to a patient's teeth by modifying one or more bracket attributes of the template within orthodontic modeling software. Subsequently, the practitioner may communicate the patient-specific orthodontic prescription to a manufacturing facility that constructs an indirect bonding tray for use in physically placing brackets on the patient's teeth.