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An apparatus for automatically designing and manufacturing a custom orthodontic appliance from anatomical shape data preferably of the lower jaw and teeth of a patient includes a scanner to produce images in three dimensions, a computer that constructs archforms and calculates finish tooth positions

An apparatus for automatically designing and manufacturing a custom orthodontic appliance from anatomical shape data preferably of the lower jaw and teeth of a patient includes a scanner to produce images in three dimensions, a computer that constructs archforms and calculates finish tooth positions, then automatically designs an appliance, preferably including archwires and brackets, to move the teeth to the calculated positions and jigs to place the brackets on the teeth of the patient, and program controlled machines for making the brackets, wires and jigs to the appliance design driven by commands derived from digitized tooth and jaw shape data.

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An apparatus for manufacturing a custom orthodontic appliance, the apparatus comprising: a scanner for generating data signals containing information of anatomical shapes from an individual patient\s mouth; a computer programmed to automatically derive a dental archform for the individual patient, t

An apparatus for manufacturing a custom orthodontic appliance, the apparatus comprising: a scanner for generating data signals containing information of anatomical shapes from an individual patient\s mouth; a computer programmed to automatically derive a dental archform for the individual patient, to calculate finish positions of the teeth of the patient in relation to the archform, to calculate a custom orthodontic appliance design for placement on the teeth of the patient to move the teeth of the patient to the calculated finish positions on the derived dental archform, to produce machine readable records of the calculated appliance design; an automated fabricating machine controlled to respond to the machine readable records to fabricate a custom orthodontic appliance for the individual patient having the calculated custom orthodontic appliance design.