Patient specific dental appliances, dental bands and methods for manufacturing the dental bands. The dental bands are manufactured based on the specific anatomy of each patient so that the dental bands more closely conform to the patient's anatomy. The dental bands can include inner surfaces with an average surface roughness that is greater than an average surface roughness of an outer surface to enhance the bond between the dental band and the tooth surface. In addition, the dental bands can include marginal portions connecting the buccal and lingual surfaces of the bands that extend into marginal spaces with adjacent teeth and the marginal portions do not extend into interproximal spaces with the adjacent teeth as is required by conventional dental bands. The dental bands can also optionally include an occlusal portion that covers portions of an inner occlusal surface of the tooth and/or an outer occlusal surface of the tooth.

The disclosure provides resins, polymeric materials, and devices incorporating force probes. Advantageously, the force probes emit an emission useful for determining the amount of force or stress applied to a material incorporated with force probes. Further, the present disclosure provides methods of detecting forces and stress applied to force probe incorporated materials. Materials such as orthodontic appliances comprising force probes possess particular advantage and utility as measurement of the emission of the orthodontic appliance(s) from a patient can aid in evaluating treatment progress.

The disclosure provides resins, polymeric materials, and devices incorporating force probes. Advantageously, the force probes emit an emission useful for determining the amount of force or stress applied to a material incorporated with force probes. Further, the present disclosure provides methods of detecting forces and stress applied to force probe incorporated materials. Materials such as orthodontic appliances comprising force probes possess particular advantage and utility as measurement of the emission of the orthodontic appliance(s) from a patient can aid in evaluating treatment progress.

Processes and systems for creating digital designs of patient specific dental appliances and parts thereof, such as dental bands and wires. After receiving an order for a dental appliance that includes data regarding the patient's teeth and optionally adjacent anatomy, the digital design of the dental appliance is automatically started by dental appliance design software using rules based logic. Thereafter, a human can continue, and in some embodiments complete, the digital design. Or the entire design can be completed by the dental appliance design software without any human intervention. The final digital design can then be used to create the patient specific dental appliance.

Processes and systems for creating digital designs of patient specific dental appliances and parts thereof, such as dental bands and wires. After receiving an order for a dental appliance that includes data regarding the patient's teeth and optionally adjacent anatomy, the digital design of the dental appliance is automatically started by dental appliance design software using rules based logic. Thereafter, a human can continue, and in some embodiments complete, the digital design. Or the entire design can be completed by the dental appliance design software without any human intervention. The final digital design can then be used to create the patient specific dental appliance.

A system for correcting class III malocclusions is disclosed. The system may include a maxilla appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the maxilla and a first coupling for receiving an elastic. The system may also include a mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the mandible. In some embodiments, the system includes a class III corrective appliance having a first mount shaped to engage with the mandibular arch of the patient and having a second coupling shaped to receive the elastic.

A system for correcting class III malocclusions is disclosed. The system may include a maxilla appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the maxilla and a first coupling for receiving an elastic. The system may also include a mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the mandible. In some embodiments, the system includes a class III corrective appliance having a first mount shaped to engage with the mandibular arch of the patient and having a second coupling shaped to receive the elastic.

Methods of planning dental treatments are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a plurality of stages for incremental repositioning of a patient's teeth. The method can include determining, for at least one stage, a shape of a corresponding dental appliance body, and generating instructions for direct fabrication of the dental appliance body. The dental appliance body can include a support formed in a tooth-receiving cavity, one or more coupling structures formed proximate to the support, and an attachment formed proximate to the one or more coupling structures. The dental appliance body can be configured to align the attachment to a predetermined location on a tooth. The one or more coupling structures can be configured to release the attachment with removal of the dental appliance body from the tooth.

Methods of planning dental treatments are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a plurality of stages for incremental repositioning of a patient's teeth. The method can include determining, for at least one stage, a shape of a corresponding dental appliance body, and generating instructions for direct fabrication of the dental appliance body. The dental appliance body can include a support formed in a tooth-receiving cavity, one or more coupling structures formed proximate to the support, and an attachment formed proximate to the one or more coupling structures. The dental appliance body can be configured to align the attachment to a predetermined location on a tooth. The one or more coupling structures can be configured to release the attachment with removal of the dental appliance body from the tooth.

The present invention relates to an orthodontic appliance with an orthopedic function. The orthodontic appliance includes an upper teeth aligner mounted on user's upper teeth to correct arrangement of the user's upper teeth, a lower teeth aligner mounted on user's lower teeth to correct arrangement of the user's lower teeth, and occlusal force conversion units respectively provided on the upper teeth aligner and the lower teeth aligner, and configured to interact with each other in a state in which the upper and lower teeth aligners are in contact, so as to cause the relative position of a mandible with respect to a maxilla to move to a normal position. The orthodontic appliance is freely attached to and detached from the user's teeth like conventional clear orthodontic appliances so as to be easily used, and thus simultaneously corrects teeth arrangement and performs orthopedic treatment.