Dental appliance on-line ordering including display of end product image and mold three-dimensional scanning for digital transmission
First Claim
1. A method for on-line manufacturing of a dental appliance for the mouth of a patient, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a menu of questions to a user soliciting specifying information for specifying a manufacturing process to manufacture said dental appliance for said patent;
(b) producing a dental model of said mouth of said patient;
(c) transmitting by said user said specifying information to a first manufacturing laboratory by way of the internet to create a user order for said dental appliance;
(d) transmitting said dental model by said user to said first manufacturing laboratory; and
(e) manufacturing said dental appliance by said first manufacturing laboratory in accordance with said transmitted specifying information and said transmitted model to provide a manufactured dental appliance.
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Abstract
A method for on-line manufacturing of a dental appliance for the mouth of a patient, includes the steps providing a menu of questions to a user soliciting specifying information for specifying a manufacturing process to manufacture the dental appliance for the patient and producing a dental model of said mouth of said patient. The method also requires transmitting by said user said specifying information to a first manufacturing laboratory by way of the internet to create a user order for said dental appliance and transmitting said dental model by said user to said first manufacturing laboratory. The dental appliance is manufactured by said first manufacturing laboratory in accordance with said transmitted specifying information and said transmitted model to provide a manufactured dental appliance.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for on-line manufacturing of a dental appliance for the mouth of a patient, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a menu of questions to a user soliciting specifying information for specifying a manufacturing process to manufacture said dental appliance for said patent;
(b) producing a dental model of said mouth of said patient;
(c) transmitting by said user said specifying information to a first manufacturing laboratory by way of the internet to create a user order for said dental appliance;
(d) transmitting said dental model by said user to said first manufacturing laboratory; and
(e) manufacturing said dental appliance by said first manufacturing laboratory in accordance with said transmitted specifying information and said transmitted model to provide a manufactured dental appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for on-line manufacturing of dental appliances for the mouth of a patient, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a menu of questions to a user soliciting specifying information for specifying a manufacturing process to produce said dental appliance for said patient;
(b) transmitting by said user said specifying information to a manufacturing laboratory by way of the internet to create a user order for said dental appliance;
(c) determining a dental appliance image of said dental appliance in accordance with said specifying information; and
(d) manufacturing said dental appliance by said manufacturing laboratory in accordance with said transmitted specifying information to provide a manufactured dental appliance. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for on-line manufacturing of a dental appliance for the mouth of a patient, comprising the steps of
(a) providing an image of the mouth of said patient; -
(b) transmitting said image to a manufacturing laboratory to provide a transmitted image; and
(c) manufacturing said dental appliance by said manufacturing laboratory in accordance with said transmitted dental model image. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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