US Patent Issued to DENTAL MONITORING on April 7 for "Method of determining an orthodontic treatment" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,144, issued on April 7, was assigned to DENTAL MONITORING (Paris).

"Method of determining an orthodontic treatment" was invented by Philippe Salah (Bagnolet, France), Thomas Pellissard (Clichy, France), Guillaume Ghyselinck (Cantin, France) and Laurent Debraux (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining an optimal switchover moment for a hybrid orthodontic treatment of teeth. Creation of a digital three-dimensional model of at least part of a dental arch. Deformation of the initial reference model until the tooth models are in a target position. Acquisition of at least one two-dimensional image of the teeth. Deforma...