Dental positioning appliance having metallic portion

摘要

Embodiments are provided for utilizing metallic portions in dental positioning appliances. One embodiment includes a removable dental positioning appliance having a shell having one or more cavities shaped to receive and reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation and where at least a portion of the shell is formed from a metallic mesh material.

主权项

1. A removable dental positioning appliance comprising:
a shell having a plurality of cavities shaped to receive one or more teeth of a patient for positioning the one or more teeth during a treatment period; where a first cavity among the plurality of cavities is formed from a metallic mesh material, where the metallic mesh material includes three or more members oriented in a first direction and three or more members oriented in a second direction, where the members oriented in the first direction and the second direction cross one another, and the first cavity has a coating positioned directly on the metallic mesh material along an inner surface of the first cavity, the coating configured to contact a first surface of the one or more teeth; and where a second cavity among the plurality of cavities is formed from a metallic mesh material, where the metallic mesh material includes three or more members oriented in a first direction and three or more members oriented in a second direction, where the members oriented in the first direction and the second direction cross one another, and the second cavity has a coating positioned directly on the metallic mesh material along an outer surface of the second cavity, the members oriented in the first direction and the second direction configured to contact a second surface of the one or more teeth.