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System and method for positioning three-dimensional brackets on teeth

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  • US 9,844,420 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2016
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for positioning a virtual bracket on a patient'"'"'s tooth, the method comprising:

  • receiving, using a computer, a digital data set representing a patient'"'"'s teeth;

    generating, on a display, a graphical representation of a reference surface passing through a crown of each of the patient'"'"'s teeth, the reference surface defined at least in part by one or more of a curve of Spee or an Andrew'"'"'s plane corresponding to the digital data set, wherein the graphical representation is manipulable on the display by a user so as to modify the reference surface; and

    determining, using the computer, an initial position for the virtual bracket on the patient'"'"'s tooth, wherein the virtual bracket is aligned with the graphical representation of the reference surface generated on the display.

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