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

Claim 21:
22. 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;
a treatment plan portal configured to be accessed by a second computing device remote from the first computing device, wherein the treatment plan portal is configured to provide the second computing device access to a 3D model of the mouth of the patient, wherein the 3D model is generated based on the 3D representation, and wherein the treatment plan portal is configured to receive treatment plan data generated by the second computing device based on the 3D model;
an approving portal configured to be accessed by a third computing device remote from the first computing device and the second computing device, wherein the approving portal is configured to provide the third computing device access to the treatment plan data, wherein the approving portal is configured to receive a command from the third computing device that indicates an approval status of a treatment plan corresponding to the treatment plan data;

a dental aligner fabrication system comprising 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; and
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 based on the approval status of the treatment plan or a fabrication status of the one or more dental aligners, and wherein the plurality of status updates include an indication that the one or more dental aligners have been sent to the patient.