Patent ID: 9492243
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B,A61C

Claim Text:
1. A method for positioning an implant, the method comprising: determining an implant location based on a virtual model of an optimized dental occlusion according to a treatment plan; moving one or more teeth of a plurality of teeth from a first orientation to a different second orientation according to the treatment plan using a number of appliances of a series of dental appliances formed to enable movement of the one or more teeth from the first orientation to the different second orientation, the second orientation exposing the implant location; placing the implant at the exposed implant location using a particular one of the series of dental appliances comprising a shell that includes a plurality of cavities shaped to receive the plurality of teeth and having a landmark formed in the shell positioned to provide a guide for placing the implant at the exposed implant location; and moving the one or more teeth from the second orientation to a third orientation, that is different than the first and second orientations after the placement of the implant using the particular one of the series of dental appliances.