ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,310, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Dental arch analysis and tooth numbering" was invented by Christopher E. Cramer (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches in order to generate a treatment plan for the dentition. In particular described herein are methods and apparatuses for determining accurate standardized tooth numbering even when there are missing and/or supernumerary teeth."
The patent was filed on June 13, 2022, under Application No. 17/839,461.
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