Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for packaging dental aligners. A container for dental aligners includes a top compartment, a bottom compartment, and a plurality of individually packaged dental aligners separably connected in a strip. The bottom compartment is configured to receive the plurality of individually packaged dental aligners. The bottom compartment further includes a slot through which an individually packaged dental aligner can be pulled and separated from the strip.

Abstract: Systems and methods for arranging an intraoral scanning at a selected location. A user can request an appointment at a selected intraoral scanning site from a plurality of intraoral scanning sites. In requesting the appointment at the intraoral scanning site, the user can provide various information for reserving the appointment. The user can make the request online (e.g., via an internet scheduling website associated with the intraoral scanning site). The request can also include a selected time for the appointment. The schedule for the selected intraoral scanning site can be analyzed to determine that the selected time for the appointment is available. When the appointment is scheduled for the user, one or more automatically generated messages can be communicated to the customer.

Abstract: Systems and methods include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that an appointment to conduct an intraoral scan at an intraoral scanning site has been missed by a user, automatically generating a message to the user indicating that an at-home dental impression kit can be sent to the user based on determining that the appointment has been missed, and transmitting the automatically generated message to a communications device associated with the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that an appointment to conduct an intraoral scan at an intraoral scanning site has been missed by a user, automatically generating a message to the user based on the condition that indicates that an at-home impression kit will be sent to the user, sending the automatically generated message to the user, sending the at-home impression kit to the user, receiving the at-home impression kit from the user, and producing, at a fabrication site, a plurality of aligners based on the received at-home impression kit where the plurality of aligners are specific to the user and are configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user in accordance with a treatment plan.

Abstract: Systems and methods for intraoral scanning include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that a completed in-home dental impression kit has not been received from a user, generating and communicating a message to the user based on the condition where the message prompts the user to schedule an appointment at an intraoral scanning site, receiving a request to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site where the intraoral scanning site has an intraoral scanner configured to conduct an intraoral scan of a mouth of the user, scheduling the appointment based on the request, and conducting the intraoral scan using the intraoral scanner at the intraoral scanning site where the intraoral scan generates three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user.

Abstract: A method includes sending a dental impression kit to a user including dental trays of different sizes including a first set of dental trays having a first size and a second set of dental trays having a second size, a base putty, and a catalyst putty, where the base putty and the catalyst putty are mixable to form a putty mixture for creating dental impressions. The method includes receiving dental impressions created using the first set of dental trays, the first set of dental trays having been selected by the user based on a fit of a first dental tray of the first set on a dental arch of the user relative to a fit of a second dental tray of the second set, and manufacturing a plurality of dental aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting intraoral scans of a mouth of a user include conducting, using an intraoral scanner at an intraoral scanning site, an intraoral scan of a mouth of a user based on determining that one or more teeth of the user are not being repositioned according to an initial treatment plan designed to reposition the one or more teeth of the user using a first plurality of aligners. The intraoral scan generates three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user. A corrective treatment plan is generated by a treatment plan computing system based on the three-dimensional data. A second plurality of aligners are produced at a fabrication site based on the corrective treatment plan. The second plurality of aligners are specific to the user and configured to reposition the teeth of the user according to the corrective treatment plan.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a mobile intraoral scanning system including a vehicle and an intraoral scanner where the vehicle is configured to travel from a first location to a second location and where the intraoral scanner is located on the vehicle and configured to generate three-dimensional data based on an intraoral scan of a mouth of a user. A fabrication system is configured to manufacture a plurality of aligners based on the three-dimensional data where the plurality of aligners are specific to the user and are configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that an appointment to conduct an intraoral scan at an intraoral scanning site has been missed by a user, automatically generating a message to the user based on the condition that indicates that an at-home impression kit will be sent to the user, sending the automatically generated message to the user, sending the at-home impression kit to the user, receiving the at-home impression kit from the user, and producing, at a fabrication site, a plurality of aligners based on the received at-home impression kit where the plurality of aligners are specific to the user and are configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user in accordance with a treatment plan.

Abstract: A method of administering a dental impression kit includes receiving, from a user, a first set of dental impressions of an upper dental arch and a lower dental arch of the user and identifying, based on the first set of dental impressions, one or more defects in at least one dental impression of the first set of dental impressions. The method includes sending a dental impression kit to the user and receiving a second set of dental impressions, the second set of dental impressions replacing the at least one dental impression having the one or more defects. The method includes manufacturing dental aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.

Abstract: A method includes sending a dental impression kit to a user, the dental impression kit including a dental tray, a base putty, and a catalyst putty, where the base putty and the catalyst putty are mixable to form a putty mixture for creating dental impressions. The method further includes receiving an image provided by the user of an initial dental impression created by the user in the putty mixture, and communicating with the user based on the image of the initial dental impression. The method further includes receiving a redundant dental impression created by the user after the communication with the user, and manufacturing, based on the redundant dental impression, a plurality of dental aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for arranging an intraoral scanning at a selected location. A user can request an appointment at a selected intraoral scanning site from a plurality of intraoral scanning sites. In requesting the appointment at the intraoral scanning site, the user can provide various information for reserving the appointment. The user can make the request online (e.g., via an internet scheduling website associated with the intraoral scanning site). The request can also include a selected time for the appointment. The schedule for the selected intraoral scanning site can be analyzed to determine that the selected time for the appointment is available. When the appointment is scheduled for the user, one or more automatically generated messages can be communicated to the customer.

Abstract: A system for remote orthodontic treatment and assessment includes an application server to receive multiple images that represent the teeth of a user and receive an approval from a staff device that indicates a person has approved the images for assessment by a provider. The application server is further receive another approval from a provider device that indicates that the provider has assessed fitness of the user for treatment. The application server may receive the images from a user device. The application server may receive an approval from the provider device that indicates that a treatment plan is approved. In response to receiving the approval of the treatment plan, the application server optimizes 3D models of the treatment plan and provides a visualization of the 3D models to a user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods of remote orthodontic treatment include receiving a plurality of images from a customer where the plurality of images represent teeth of the customer, receiving a first approval from a staff computing device where the first approval is indicative of a staff user approving the plurality of images for assessment by a dental professional, receiving a second approval from a provider computing device where the second approval is indicative of the provider approving a fitness of the customer for treatment, generating, in response to receiving the second approval, a treatment plan including a series of steps to reposition at least one tooth of the teeth of the customer, and manufacturing one or more aligners based at least in part on the treatment plan where the aligners are specific to the customer and are configured to reposition the at least one tooth of the teeth of the customer.

Abstract: A dental impression kit includes a container including a dental assembly that includes a dental tray and a predetermined amount of base putty and catalyst putty, where the base putty and the catalyst putty are mixable to form a putty mixture, and the predetermined amount of base putty and catalyst putty are amounts sufficient such that the putty mixture can be positioned in the dental tray for creating a dental impression. The dental impression kit includes instructions instructing a user to administer the dental assembly to create the dental impression, where the dental impression provides information necessary to manufacture a plurality of dental aligners specific to the user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user, and where the predetermined amounts of the base putty and the catalyst putty are in the range of 0.5 ounces and 1.5 ounces.

Abstract: A method of administering the contents of a dental impression kit includes receiving a dental impression kit including a container containing an initial dental assembly, a redundant dental assembly, a return request, and putty provided in a sufficient amount to be positioned in the dental trays for creating dental impressions, where the return request specifies a predetermined time frame for returning the dental impressions to an entity associated with the manufacture of dental aligners. The method further includes administering the dental assemblies to create the dental impressions, and returning the dental impressions according to the return request, where the dental impressions provide information necessary to manufacture a plurality of dental aligners specific to a user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.