Heng Cao,Vadim Matov,John Y. Morton,Jon Moss,Ryan Kimura
申请号:
US12324714
公开号:
US08899977B2
申请日:
2008.11.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patients teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patients tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.