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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Michael Craig Marshall, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Michael Craig Marshall, Prior Lake, MN (US);
GeoDigm Corporation, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Abstract
Locating the physical placement location of a plurality of brackets on a patient's study cast includes obtaining an array of data points from a study cast and generating a virtual model of a dental impression from the array of scanned data points, Individual teeth from the dental impression can be manually severed or 'cut' and manually dragged from a start position to a finished position to determine a treatment plan. The orthodontist virtually marks the position on the virtual model where a physical bracket is desired. A marking device physically marks a physical model with the corresponding bracket locations. The physical model can serve as a template or guide to locate brackets for an indirect bonding style tray.