DENTAL APPLIANCE WITH A SURFACE HAVING DISCRETE STRUCTURES

A method for making a dental appliance configured to position at least one tooth of a patient includes printing a hardenable liquid resin composition on a major surface of a polymeric material to form a pattern of discrete unhardened liquid regions thereon; at least partially hardening the unhardene...

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Main Authors Smith, Matthew R.D, Pekurovsky, Mikhail L, Reddy, Kevin T, Yu, Ta-Hua, Metzler, Thomas J, Stay, Matthew S, Gotrik, Kevin W, Velamakanni, Bhaskar V, Jones, Scott J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.01.2023
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES
DENTISTRY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF
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Summary:A method for making a dental appliance configured to position at least one tooth of a patient includes printing a hardenable liquid resin composition on a major surface of a polymeric material to form a pattern of discrete unhardened liquid regions thereon; at least partially hardening the unhardened liquid regions to form a corresponding array of structures on the major surface of the polymeric material, wherein the structures have a characteristic cross-sectional dimension of about 25 microns to about 1 mm, and a feature spacing of about 100 microns to about 2000 microns; and forming a plurality of cavities in the polymeric material to form the dental appliance including an arrangement of cavities configured to receive one or more teeth.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017785078