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

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more servers via a patient intake portal from a first computing device located at an office of an intake dentist or orthodontist, data regarding a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a mouth of a patient obtained during an appointment at the office;
providing, by the one or more servers via an approving portal to a second computing device remote from the first 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,
receiving, by the one or more servers via the approving portal from the second computing device, a command that indicates an approval status of the treatment plan data;
transmitting, by the one or more servers, the treatment plan data to a fabrication computing device;
fabricating, using dental aligner fabrication equipment, 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 a treatment plan generated for the patient; and
providing, by the one or more servers via the patient intake portal, a plurality of status updates to the intake dentist or orthodontist regarding a status of the patient, wherein the plurality of status updates include an indication that the one or more dental aligners have been sent to the patient.