Patent ID: 11899427
Assignee: LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing a customized labial/lingual orthodontic bracket by digital light processing, said method comprising:
accessing data related to a 3D CAD bracket structure model for the customized labial/lingual orthodontic bracket into a photo-reactive slurry-based Digital Light Processing (DLP) machine; and
directly producing the customized labial/lingual orthodontic bracket in the DLP machine by layer manufacturing, wherein a manufacturing accuracy is from 2 to about 60 micrometers (μm), and wherein a thickness of manufactured layers is from 5 to 100 μm based on resolution requirements of the customized labial/lingual orthodontic bracket.