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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105080 | Computer automated development of an orthodontic treatment plan and appliance A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final pos... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092215 | Smile designer A method for designing a restored smile includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087932 | Correcting the position of teeth in dental arch model A method of correcting a dental arch model so that it accurately reflects the current arrangement of a subject's teeth includes positioning a plurality of tooth models in a corrected arrangement using a representation of at least a portion of a subject's current den... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075307 | Polymerizable temporary coating methods and systems for intraoral devices Methods and systems for temporarily coating intra-oral devices (e.g., orthodontic brackets and/or wires) so as to reduce discomfort to soft tissues within a patient's mouth. One embodiment of such a system includes at least one orthodontic bracket or orthodontic arc... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075306 | System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Method and system for detecting and correcting deviation during an orthodontic treatment plan is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an un-segmented current teeth image representing a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun and... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070488 | Orthodontic treatment methods, systems and apparatus for use therewith Systems, methods, and apparatus for creating a mold of a patient's teeth to which are installed orthodontic appliances with a support assembly bonded to a tooth. The appliances may include a corresponding corrective assembly with a wire engaging portion removably co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070487 | System and method for positioning teeth Methods and apparatus fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system and computing an occlusion based on interactions in the computer representation of the masticatory system. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070486 | Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances to teeth A method of indirect bonding and a physical model that allows for optimal positional alignment of orthodontic appliances on a patient's teeth is disclosed. The physical model of the patient's teeth has pods and ridges on the facial surface of the teeth. Adhesive is ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8029277 | Method and system for measuring tooth displacements on a virtual three-dimensional model It is a common practice with orthodontists in planning treatment for a patient to prescribe dental changes to cure the malocclusion condition of the patient in terms of mesial or distal, buccal or lingual, and occlusal (coronal) or gingival translational displacemen... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021147 | Method and system for comprehensive evaluation of orthodontic care using unified workstation A method and system for orthodontic treatment planning, evaluation and quality measurement is provided comprising a workstation having computing platform, a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium containing digitized records pertaining t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7993133 | Digital orthodontic treatment planning A digital orthodontic treatment planning system provides a practitioner with a digital representation of at least a part of a tooth of a patient within a three-dimensional environment. The practitioner may provide input indicative of a desired movement for a tooth o... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993134 | Accurately predicting and preventing interference between tooth models Systems and methods for preventing interference between two physical tooth models in a physical dental arch model includes digitally representing the surfaces of each of the two physical tooth models by a mesh of points in three dimensions, interpolating the meshes ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7972134 | Response surfaces for orthodontic treatment planning Methods and apparatus for orthodontic treatment planning that involve determining an initial position of an orthodontic structure, determining an altered position, and generating response surface data using a mathematical relationship between the positions. The math... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7909603 | Self-ligating orthodontic bracket An orthodontic bracket having a bracket body configured to be mounted to a tooth includes an archwire slot having a base surface defining a base plane and a slide engagement track defining a translation plane. The translation plane is angled with respect to the base... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905725 | Clinician review of an orthodontic treatment plan and appliance A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final pos... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7883334 | Method and system for providing alternating use orthodontic aligners Method and system for providing a first appliance configured for positioning substantially around one or more teeth during a first portion of a recurring time period to apply one of a first predetermined force or a predetermined tooth movement on the one or more tee... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878804 | Tracking teeth movement correction A method for tracking teeth movement includes using a set of positioning appliances shaped to move teeth through a number of successive stages of arrangements of an expected teeth arrangement model where each stage corresponds to a particular positioning appliance, ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878803 | Method for correction of the form of dental alveolar arch A method for correction of the form of dental alveolar arch relates to medicine and can be used in orthodontics for correction of the form of dental alveolar arch in the lingual and vestibular directions. The method intensifies correction of the form of alveolar pro... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878806 | Apparatus and method for indirect orthodontic bonding of brackets and/or tubes The illustrated embodiment of the invention is an apparatus for use in bonding a plurality of brackets and/or tubes to a specific patient's teeth which includes a resilient orthodontic indirect bonding tray having at least one lingual surface. The plurality of brack... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878805 | Tabbed dental appliance Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a number of tooth apertures for the placement of teeth therein and a tab representing a position of a too... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874837 | Defining tooth-moving appliances computationally Methods and corresponding apparatus for segmenting an orthodontic treatment path into clinically appropriate substeps for repositioning the teeth of a patient include providing a digital finite element model of the shape and material of each of a sequence of applian... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871267 | Orthodontic apparatus and method An orthodontic device includes a bracket having a body and the body includes external surfaces. An archwire passageway is formed in the body. An aperture extends from one of the external surfaces of the body to the passageway. A pawl is attached to the body and incl... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866978 | Virtual orthodontic treatment A method for virtual orthodontic treatment is provided in which a virtual set of orthodontic components is associated, in a virtual space, with a first virtual three-dimensional image of teeth, and then by a set of rules which define the effect of the set of compone... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7850451 | Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances A set of customized orthodontic brackets are provided with slots that are arranged substantially parallel to the tooth surface. The archwire, in an as-manufactured condition, has a portion of substantial arcuate extent, which is canted relative to the occlusal plane... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841858 | Polar attachment devices and method for a dental appliance Systems and methods are disclosed for producing a digital model by providing a digital model of a tooth; providing a digital model of at least one attachment device having two or more portions, the digital model of the attachment device having the two or more portio... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837469 | System for determining final position of teeth An apparatus and method define a fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system of the patient; and determining an occlusion from the computer representation of the masticator... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7806687 | Occlusal state correction-supporting apparatus, program, and recording medium An occlusal state correction-supporting apparatus, a program therefor, and a recording medium thereof are provided, which can generate necessary, effective information in order to complete the shape of teeth excellently bitten. A shape-extracting means 10 ext... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802987 | Methods and systems for lubricating dental appliances A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances that are treated with a lubricious composition. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally reposition the teeth from an initial t... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7780445 | Palatal expansion device and methods The present invention embodies to a palatal expansion device that includes one or more stabilizers attached to the blocks; a ratchet that engages the screw; and a built-in activator that communicates with the ratchet. This design allows essentially unidirectional ro... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766653 | Method and apparatus for selecting a prescription for an orthodontic brace A prescription for an orthodontic brace is selected by providing data representing a number of teeth of the dental arch and by displaying images of the teeth in two or more different positions. Images of at least one tooth when in the first position and when in the ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744369 | Method and system for enhanced orthodontic treatment planning A method and system are disclosed for quickly arriving at a pre-set-up for the orthodontic treatment of a patient based up on the user specified parameters; and thereafter enabling the user in interactively arriving at a final, desired treatment set-up for the patie... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740476 | Method and workstation for generating virtual tooth models from three-dimensional tooth data A method is described for taking a three-dimensional virtual model of the dentition and associated anatomical structures of a patient and isolating individual teeth from the rest of the anatomical structure, e.g. gums, to thereby produce individual, virtual three-di... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7731495 | User interface having cross section control tool for digital orthodontics Techniques are described for providing an environment to model and depict a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dental arch, i.e., a virtual dental arch, and a separate cross section tool, such as a graphical user interface (GUI), as a visual aid to... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731496 | Adjustable orthodontic apparatus An adjustable orthodontic apparatus formed by at least one base plate having opposing sides, the first side being a tooth engaging side and the second side having a plurality of columns of protrusions and channels created by the columns of protrusions and at least o... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726968 | Methods and assemblies for making an orthodontic bonding tray using rapid prototyping Indirect bonding trays for orthodontic treatment are made from a model of the patient's dental arch that is manufactured using digital data and rapid prototyping processes. The model includes one or more guides for orienting an orthodontic appliance in a desired pos... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7717708 | Method and system for integrated orthodontic treatment planning using unified workstation A method and workstation for orthodontic treatment planning of a patient. The workstation is based on a computing platform having a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium containing digitized records pertaining to a patient including ima... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7699606 | Method and apparatus for generating an orthodontic template that assists in placement of orthodontic apparatus A method and apparatus for generating a orthodontic template that assists in the placement of an orthodontic apparatus includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure of an orthodontic patient. The processing continues by obt... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7695278 | Method and system for finding tooth features on a virtual three-dimensional model A method and system are disclosed for finding virtual tooth features on virtual three-dimensional models of the teeth of patients. The tooth features comprise marginal ridges, cusp tips, contact points, central groove and buccal groove. Tooth axes system plays a key... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7658610 | Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template with a 3-D object placement 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 predeter... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7641473 | Method and apparatus for digitally evaluating insertion quality of customized orthodontic arch wire A method and apparatus is provided for digitally checking the insertion quality of a target customized virtual arch wire designed during treatment planning prior to actually manufacturing the target arch wire. The method includes the steps of digitally simulating th... | 01/05/2010 |
