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Patent US7123767 - Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA programmed computer is used to create a digital model of an individual component of a patient's dentition. The computer obtains a 3D digital mode of the patient's dentition, identifies points in the dentition model that lie on an inter-proximal margin between adjacent teeth in the patient's dentition,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7123767?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7123767 - Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition componentsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7123767 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/271,665Publication dateOct 17, 2006Filing dateOct 15, 2002Priority dateJun 20, 1997Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2346256A1, EP1119312A1, EP1119312A4, EP1119312B1, US6409504, US7110594, US20020037489, US20020102009, US20030039389, WO2000019935A1, WO2000019935A9Publication number10271665, 271665, US 7123767 B2, US 7123767B2, US-B2-7123767, US7123767 B2, US7123767B2InventorsTimothy N. Jones, Muhammad Chishti, Huafeng Wen, Gregory P. BalaOriginal AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (18), Classifications (18), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetManipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition components
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