METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND OPTIMIZING EFFECTIVENESS OF EXO-SHELL DENTAL ALIGNMENT APPLIANCE

摘要

A method and apparatus for aligning the dento-facial region of a human. In one embodiment the method comprises providing an alignment appliance containing one or more optical elements; causing or instructing a human to cause the optical elements of the alignment device to come into contact with the dento-facial region, measuring or instructing the human to measure data regarding one or more characteristics of optical elements of the alignment appliance; modifying or causing to modify the alignment appliance to come into contact with the dento-facial region at different areas or by applying different forces to align the one or more teeth and repeating or causing to repeat one or more of steps of the method to align the dento-facial region of a human.