Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template

摘要

A dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth includes digitizing the patient's tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined locations on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.

主权项

1. A system for positioning a plurality of orthodontic objects on a patient's teeth, comprising:
a computer system; and a template adapted for placement over the teeth so as to fit on and span a plurality of the patient's teeth, the template comprising an inner teeth facing surface adapted to be positioned adjacent to the patient's teeth and an outer surface away from the inner teeth facing surface, the inner teeth facing surface defining a plurality of teeth receiving cavities, each cavity shaped based on a digital teeth model of the patient's teeth made using the computer system, such that each received tooth geometrically fits within one of the plurality of teeth receiving cavities; wherein the computer system is configured with instructions to display a plurality of virtual orthodontic objects placed at specific locations and orientations on the digital teeth model, the template further comprising one or more openings, each comprising a cut-out that is open to a gingival side of the template, the cut-out defining an orthodontic object support edge shaped to allow an orthodontic object base to fit directly into the opening to position an orthodontic object in the template and wherein the template comprises a plurality of orthodontic objects placed at the specific locations and orientations of the plurality of virtual orthodontic objects on the digital teeth model.