SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AN ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER BY MEANS OF AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY

• Main Authors: SATO, Jun, BORONKAY, Allen, JANG, Andrew, SHANJANI, Yaser, CHENG, Jihua, KOPELMAN, Avi, KUO, Eric, SHIRAZI AGHJARI, Reza, SHELBAKH, Vladimir, PESENTI, Bastien
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.10.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging (including 3D optical coherence tomography imaging) to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with tee...