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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Applicant:
Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth includes digitizing the patient's tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined three-dimensional positions on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object at the predetermined 3D position on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.