Align Technology, Inc. (20250017695). ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYMER AND METAL DENTAL APPLIANCES

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYMER AND METAL DENTAL APPLIANCES

Organization Name

Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Jun Sato of San Jose CA US

Yuxiang Wang of Newark CA US

Umesh Upendra Choudhary of Scotts Valley CA US

Viswanath Meenakshisundaram of Santa Clara CA US

Chunhua Li of Cupertino CA US

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYMER AND METAL DENTAL APPLIANCES

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250017695 titled 'ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYMER AND METAL DENTAL APPLIANCES

Original Abstract Submitted

methods for additive manufacturing of polymer and metal dental appliances are provided. in some embodiments, a method includes receiving a digital representation of a dental appliance including a first portion to be formed from a polymeric material and a second portion to be formed from a metallic material. the method can include fabricating the dental appliance using an additive manufacturing process. the additive manufacturing process can include depositing a first composition including a precursor of the polymeric material at the first portion of the dental appliance, and depositing a second composition including a plurality of metal particles at the second portion of the dental appliance.