Custom Dental Aligner Integrating Orthopedic and Orthodontic Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current orthodontic appliances are not designed to comprehensively address patients' functional, orthopedic, and orthodontic needs, leading to unsatisfactory results, prolonged treatment times, and increased costs due to their standardized nature and lack of integration of joint functional, orthodontic, and orthopedic analyses.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method for manufacturing customized dental aligners using 3D models that integrate functional, orthodontic, and orthopedic diagnostic factors, allowing for the creation of aligners tailored to individual patient needs, including age-specific considerations, through a process involving 3D modeling and additive manufacturing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standardized corrective appliances are used, then manufacturing complexity is reduced, but they fail to comprehensively address patients' functional, orthopedic, and orthodontic needs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges functional analysis, orthopedic analysis, and orthodontic analysis into a single integrated digital model of the patient's maxillofacial region. This unified model allows a single corrective appliance to address all three aspects simultaneously, eliminating the need for multiple separate devices and manual customization steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The corrective appliance designed from the integrated digital model serves multiple functions: it corrects functional issues, orthopedic problems, and orthodontic conditions all at once. This multi-functional approach replaces the traditional need for multiple specialized devices, making the treatment system more versatile and adaptable to comprehensive patient needs.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual customization of removable braces is performed, then patient-specific adaptation is achieved, but production time and labor costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical customization process with an automated digital workflow. The integrated digital model is used to generate precise 3D designs of corrective appliances, which are then manufactured using automated additive manufacturing technology. This substitution of manual mechanical work with digital design and automated manufacturing maintains high patient-specific precision while dramatically increasing production speed and reducing labor requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the manufacturing parameters from manual artisanal processes to automated digital fabrication. By converting the design process into digital parameters and using computer-controlled additive manufacturing, the system achieves both high precision patient-specific adaptation and improved productivity through automation and standardization of the manufacturing process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate devices are used to treat different patient problems, then comprehensive treatment coverage is achieved, but treatment time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple treatment functions into a single corrective appliance designed from an integrated digital model. Instead of using separate devices for functional, orthopedic, and orthodontic corrections, the unified design allows one appliance to address all issues simultaneously, reducing the total number of devices needed and streamlining the treatment process.
Solution Approach 2:
The corrective appliance is designed with multi-functionality to handle diverse patient needs. By incorporating elements that address functional, orthopedic, and orthodontic problems within a single device, the treatment becomes more efficient, reducing both the time required for multiple device changes and the overall treatment duration while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
4Ease of manufacture
If standardized aligners are used, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but they cause significant discomfort and hygiene difficulties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing the corrective appliance to match the patient's specific anatomy and treatment needs. The digital model allows for precise adaptation of the appliance's shape, size, and features to the individual patient's maxillofacial region, ensuring optimal comfort and hygiene while maintaining cost-effectiveness through automated manufacturing processes.
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AI summary
A method for manufacturing a personalized corrective dental aligner for correcting a patient's oral system, the method being implemented by a computer system, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:(1) receiving an initial 3D model of the patient's oral system;(2) determining functional, orthopedic and orthodontic diagnostic factors;(3) determining corrective parameters based on these factors;(4) generating a corrective 3D model from the initial model, corrective parameters and diagnostic factors;(5) generating at least one 3D model of a customized corrective aligner to transform the initial model into a corrective model;(6) manufacturing a corrective aligner from a 3D model of a customized dental aligner.