Treatment of teeth by aligners

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11379097
APP PUB NO 20170300207A1
SERIAL NO

15638141

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A method for treating a subject's teeth. A target configuration for the subject's teeth is determined. Receiving features are produced on a dental base in response to the target configuration, the receiving features being configured to receive physical tooth models. The physical tooth models are assembled on the dental base to form a physical arch model. A dental aligner is produced using the physical arch model to move the subject's teeth to the target configuration.

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ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC2820 ORCHARD PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95134

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Liu, Frank Zhenhuan San Carlos, US 15 1212
Wen, Huafeng Redwood City, US 148 11753

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