Dental appliance etch template
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1. An appliance comprising:
- a removable shell including;
one or more cavities formed from an interior surface of the removable shell, the one or more cavities configured to receive teeth of a patient'"'"'s dentition; and
a well formed in at least one of the one or more cavities, the well having a wafer formed of an absorbent wafer material with absorbed etch material, wherein the well is arranged to position the wafer to etch an attachment location on a tooth of the patient'"'"'s dentition for an orthodontic attachment, the well having one or more walls shaped to contain excess liquid etch material from the wafer when the removable shell is positioned on the patient'"'"'s dentition.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems that utilize dental appliance etch templates prior to or during dental treatment. One dental appliance etch template includes a removable shell having one or more cavities formed therein, where the one or more cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient, and the shell includes a well, the well including a wafer, where the wafer includes etch material to etch a tooth of the patient.
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27 Claims
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1. An appliance comprising:
a removable shell including; one or more cavities formed from an interior surface of the removable shell, the one or more cavities configured to receive teeth of a patient'"'"'s dentition; and a well formed in at least one of the one or more cavities, the well having a wafer formed of an absorbent wafer material with absorbed etch material, wherein the well is arranged to position the wafer to etch an attachment location on a tooth of the patient'"'"'s dentition for an orthodontic attachment, the well having one or more walls shaped to contain excess liquid etch material from the wafer when the removable shell is positioned on the patient'"'"'s dentition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An appliance comprising:
a removable shell including; one or more cavities formed from an interior surface of the shell, the one or more cavities configured to receive teeth of a patient'"'"'s dentition; and one or more wells, each well of the one or more wells having a corresponding wafer formed of an absorbent wafer material with absorbed etch material for etching a particular position on a surface of a tooth, each well having one or more walls shaped to contain excess liquid etch material from the wafer when the removable shell is positioned on the patient'"'"'s dentition. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of attaching an attachment to a tooth, the method comprising:
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providing an etching template, the etching template including a removable shell having;
one or more cavities formed from an interior surface of the removable shell, the one or more cavities configured to receive teeth of a patient'"'"'s dentition, the etching template further including a first well formed in at least one of the one or more cavities, the first well having a wafer formed of an absorbent wafer material with absorbed etch material for etching a tooth of the patient at an attachment location of an orthodontic attachment on the tooth, the first well including one or more walls shaped to contain excess etch material from the wafer when the etching template is placed over the teeth;placing the etching template over the teeth to etch the tooth at the attachment location; providing an attachment template, the attachment template having a second well including a dental attachment; placing the attachment template over the teeth to place the second well and the dental attachment over the attachment location; and attaching, using a bonding agent, the dental attachment to the attachment location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of forming an etching template, comprising:
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defining a virtual three dimensional etching template body having one or more cavities formed therein that have shapes to each receive a tooth of a plurality of teeth of a patient; identifying a virtual position on the virtual three dimensional etching template body at which a well is to be placed based on an area that is to be etched on one of the plurality of teeth of the patient; defining a shape and orientation of the well on the virtual three dimensional etching template body, the well configured to hold a wafer formed of an absorbent wafer material having an absorbed etching material, wherein one or more walls of the well is shaped to contain excess liquid etching material from the wafer when the etching template is positioned on the plurality of teeth of the patient; and forming the etching template based on the virtual three dimensional etching template body. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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