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System and method for positioning teeth

  • US 7,331,783 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2004
  • Issued: 02/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for fitting a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient, comprising:

  • modeling a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient in three or more different predetermined positions prior to a stage of treatment; and

    generating a patient removable appliance for each of the three or more predetermined positions, said appliance having cavities and wherein the cavities of successive ones of the plurality appliances have different geometries shaped to receive and resiliently reposition teeth from one arrangement to a successive arrangement, wherein said stage of treatment comprises successively applying the appliances to the patient'"'"'s teeth.

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