US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Dec. 23 for "Dental appliance having selective occlusal loading and controlled intercuspation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,253, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Dental appliance having selective occlusal loading and controlled intercuspation" was invented by John Y. Morton (San Jose, Calif.) and Bruce Cam (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dental aligners and systems for producing controlled tooth-moving forces. A dental aligner may include a first tooth receiving cavity with a wall configured to resiliently apply a first force to a first tooth in accordance with a treatment plan. The first tooth receiving cavity may include an occlusal inner surface forming a first configuration of cusps and nad...