Patent ID: 11957530
Assignee: SDC U.S. SMILEPAY SPV
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A distributed system comprising:
one or more servers communicably coupled to a plurality of computing devices that are located remote from one another, wherein the one or more servers are configured by machine-readable instructions to provide the plurality of computing devices access to a plurality of portals hosted by the one or more servers, wherein the plurality of portals comprise:
a patient intake portal configured to be accessed by a first computing device located at an office of an intake dentist or orthodontist, wherein the patient intake portal is configured to receive data regarding a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a mouth of a patient obtained during an appointment at the office; and
an approving portal configured to be accessed by a second computing device remote from the first computing device, wherein the approving portal is configured to provide the second computing device access to treatment plan data generated from the 3D representation of the mouth of the patient obtained at the office of the intake dentist or orthodontist, wherein the approving portal is configured to receive a command from the second computing device that indicates an approval status of a treatment plan corresponding to the treatment plan data; and

a dental aligner fabrication system comprising:
a fabrication computing device configured to receive the treatment plan data; and
dental aligner fabrication equipment configured to fabricate one or more dental aligners based on the treatment plan data, wherein the one or more dental aligners are specific to the patient and are configured to reposition one or more teeth of the patient in accordance with the treatment plan generated for the patient;

wherein the patient intake portal is further configured to provide a plurality of status updates to the intake dentist or orthodontist regarding a status of the patient, and wherein the plurality of status updates include an indication that the one or more dental aligners have been sent to the patient.