RFID tracking of patient-specific orthodontic materials
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1. A method comprising:
- forming a casting from a dental impression tray having an impression of a tooth structure of a patient, wherein the dental impression tray includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag;
associating an RFID tag with the casting;
reading digital information from the RFID tag of the dental impression tray;
programming the RFID tag associated with the casting with at least a portion of the digital information from the RFID tag of the dental impression tray while the casting is physically coupled to the dental impression tray; and
storing digital information that associates the RFID tag of the casting with the RFID tag of the dental impression tray.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track patient-specific materials throughout the manufacturing of indirect bonding trays. A series of RFID tags may be used to track the patient-specific material starting with the taking of a patient'"'"'s impression at a clinic within a dental impression tray, through the process of casting and forming the indirect bonding tray at a manufacturing facility, back into the clinic where the appliances are bonded to the patient'"'"'s teeth, and eventually into storage where the left-over materials may be archived. A database may be used to capture unique identifiers for the RFID tags and other information throughout the process.
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1. A method comprising:
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forming a casting from a dental impression tray having an impression of a tooth structure of a patient, wherein the dental impression tray includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag; associating an RFID tag with the casting; reading digital information from the RFID tag of the dental impression tray; programming the RFID tag associated with the casting with at least a portion of the digital information from the RFID tag of the dental impression tray while the casting is physically coupled to the dental impression tray; and storing digital information that associates the RFID tag of the casting with the RFID tag of the dental impression tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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