US 12,226,278 B2
Orthodontic treatment system
Brandon Owen, Lakeway, TX (US)
Assigned to KLOwen Braces, Inc., Lakeway, TX (US)
Filed by KLOwen Braces, Inc., Lakeway, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,022.
Application 17/734,022 is a continuation of application No. 15/937,290, filed on Mar. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,331,165.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054809 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/18 (2006.01); A61C 7/28 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 7/18 (2013.01); A61C 7/28 (2013.01); A61C 7/148 (2013.01); A61C 9/006 (2013.01); A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A method of correcting malocclusion of teeth comprising:
obtaining images of a dental arch including a plurality of teeth fitted with braces interconnected by an archwire;
converting said images of a dental arch including said plurality of teeth fitted with braces into a virtual dental arch including a plurality of virtual teeth fitted with virtual braces interconnected by a virtual archwire presented on a display surface of a display device;
segregating movement of each of said plurality of virtual teeth in said virtual dental arch to allow independent movement of a virtual tooth in said virtual dental arch;
removing said virtual braces from a virtual tooth;
moving, based on user interaction with said system, said virtual tooth from an initial position to a final position in said virtual dental arch;
identifying a virtual bracket bonding location on said virtual tooth in said virtual dental arch based on movement of said virtual tooth from said initial position to said final position in said virtual dental arch;
determining a three-dimension bracket volume to be filled by a virtual bracket at said virtual bracket bonding location with said virtual tooth in said final position in said virtual dental arch, said three dimensional bracket volume delimited by a surface of said virtual tooth in said final position in said virtual dental arch and a location of:
said virtual archwire crossing said virtual tooth; or
said location of said virtual archwire crossing said virtual tooth extrapolated based upon a location of virtual archwire slots of said virtual braces on a pair of virtual teeth disposed on either side of said virtual tooth; or
said location of said virtual archwire crossing said tooth extrapolated based upon position of virtual archwire ends of said virtual archwire of said virtual braces on a pair of virtual teeth disposed on either side of said virtual tooth;
selecting a bracket from a plurality of brackets based on determination of said three-dimension bracket volume; and
bonding said bracket selected from said plurality of brackets to a physical tooth.