Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template with a 3-D object placement
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1. A method of fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient'"'"'s tooth, comprising:
- creating a model of said patient'"'"'s tooth;
adding one or more objects to predetermined locations on the tooth model;
moving at least one object to a predetermined inclination and/or a predetermined angulation;
scaling the tooth model;
superimposing the scaled tooth model over the original tooth model; and
fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient'"'"'s tooth with the predetermined inclination and/or angulation.
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Abstract
A dental template to position an object on a patient'"'"'s tooth includes digitizing the patient'"'"'s tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined three-dimensional positions on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object at the predetermined 3D position on the patient'"'"'s tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.
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1. A method of fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient'"'"'s tooth, comprising:
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creating a model of said patient'"'"'s tooth; adding one or more objects to predetermined locations on the tooth model; moving at least one object to a predetermined inclination and/or a predetermined angulation; scaling the tooth model; superimposing the scaled tooth model over the original tooth model; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient'"'"'s tooth with the predetermined inclination and/or angulation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of placing an orthodontic object on a patient'"'"'s tooth, comprising:
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digitizing the patient'"'"'s tooth; adding a virtual object to a predetermined location on the digitized tooth; moving the virtual object to a predetermined inclination and/or a predetermined angulation; scaling the digital tooth; superimposing the scaled digital tooth over the digital tooth; fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient'"'"'s tooth with the determined inclination and/or angulation; mounting the orthodontic object on the template; placing the template on the patient'"'"'s teeth; and bonding the orthodontic object to the tooth. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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