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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2005
Applicants:

Loc X. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Eric Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);

Amir Abolfathi, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Inventors:

Loc X. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Eric Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);

Amir Abolfathi, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01); B21F 43/00 (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 locations on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.


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Phan, Loc. (2013). Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template (U.S. Patent No. 8496473). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8496473

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