/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Here are the aligner steps. There weren't very many (I measure the travel distance, and divided that by 0.25mm, the recommended amount of tooth movement per aligner according to my reference texts).

I made multiple physical copies of the aligner for each step though, because the aligner plastic would deform a bit throughout the week. That way, I could switch to a new one at the same 'level', and it would continue to exert force on the teeth.

Gonna keep dumping all the rest of my pictures, some you've seen before. Just to have them in one place.

>>805546
>wing it

The steps are planned out in CAD, to move .3mm every two weeks. I'm going to wear the aligners 24/7 except for eating.

Some progress, finally. Sorry about the delay, I've been swamped at school.

I'm in the final steps of production. I was struggling to find a 3D printer with good enough resolution for my purposes on the cheap. My MendelMax wasn't accurate enough, nor was the Makerbot Replicator. I've found a Stratasys Dimension 1200ES that I can use, which is finally accurate enough. The vertical (layer) resolution isn't ideal (only about .001inches), but the horizontal XY resolution significantly more accurate. Since the tooth movement is on the XY plane, I'm not worried about relatively low vertical resolution.

I've printed the first 3 retainer steps + a "current position" step (which will be used to test accuracy with my current mouth configuration). I expect to have to rescan/readjust the model as the orthodontic movement progresses, to make sure everything is accurate to the real state of my teeth.

I'm currently waiting on an order of retainer plastic (this stuff):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KEYSTONE-PROFORM-030-RETAINER-MATERIAL-STIFF-CLEAR-5-X-5-SHEETS-BOX-50-/171572632353

which I'll use for the vacuum forming. I've already secured access to a vacuum forming machine.

Pictures incoming.