US 12,285,312 B1
Orthodontic appliance and method of manufacturing the same
Joon Ho Lee, Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Assigned to Maven Inc., Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Filed by Maven Inc., Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/594,488.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0183477 (KR), filed on Dec. 15, 2023.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/16 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/16 (2013.01) [A61C 7/002 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance, the method comprising:
forming or attaching positioners each having a protruding shape on surfaces of a plurality of teeth to be corrected;
obtaining scanning data on positions and shapes of the plurality of teeth to be corrected on which the positioners are formed or attached;
obtaining, based on the scanning data, modeling data on positions and shapes of the teeth in an expected state after correction; and
obtaining, based on the modeling data, orthodontic appliance data on shapes of orthodontic appliances attachable to the surfaces of the teeth in the expected state after correction so that each of the orthodontic appliances has a shape in which one side has a slot configured to accommodate an orthodontic wire to be inserted and another side opposite to the one side has a tooth contact surface, and each of the orthodontic appliances has the shape in which an adhesive is located between the tooth contact surface and the surface of the tooth to which the tooth contact surface is to be attached.