摘要:
An oral device (10), and method for slowing down the rate of food ingestion, thereby aiding digestion, assimilation, allowing time for raising blood sugar, and achieving satiety sooner with less food consumption over a given period of time. The device (10) consists of any means (12) for lowering the normally vaulted area of the roof of the mouth. In the preferred embodiment, the vault lowering means (12) includes a molded piece which fits against the palate, and retaining wires (18) to secure the piece to the teeth, while avoiding interference with the teeth on occlusion. The method, and apparatus for lowering of the vault reduces the amount of food which can be comfortably ingested per bite. In use, the device allows the user to freely move his tongue, his jaws, to talk, to breathe, to drink and to chew food. The method includes altering temporarily the configuration of the palate by lowering the vaulted area of the roof, to reduce the volume in the mouth available for food, and reducing the food intake.
摘要:
Various embodiments of dental appliances and methods are provided for managing weight loss. One embodiment is a dental appliance comprising: a palatal prosthetic having an upper surface disposed under the roof of the oral cavity and a lower surface that extends below the surface of the roof of the oral cavity for reducing the volume of the oral cavity; and means for orthodontically fixing the palatal prosthetic to a dental abutment.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method suitable for influencing the ingestion of food via the mouth cavity of humans, wherein the capacity of the mouth cavity is reduced by suitable means to be introduced in the mouth cavity, with a view to reducing the body weight, by means which limit the maximum degree to which the lower jaw can be opened.
摘要:
A dieting device which prevents or inhibits oral ingestion of food is disclosed. The device comprises at least one pair of frames which are secured to the maxillary and mandibular dentitions respectively, or part thereof, of a wearer. One of the frames has mounted to one side thereof one or more permanent split pole magnets which magnetically attract either a corresponding set of magnets or a ferromagnetic mass mounted to one side of the corresponding frame secured to the alternate dentition to ensure that the jaws are constrained to assume a permanently or semi-permanently occluded condition. The magnetic attraction between upper and lower dentitions to which the frames have been applied is not so great so as to be impossible to overcome by the wearer and thus the jaws can be opened in an emergency, but in use the frames will make mastication, and thus oral ingestion of food very difficult.
摘要:
A weight loss device (1, 100) comprising at least one peripheral plate (10, 20, 110, 120) that can be fixed to at least one portion of an upper dental arch (2) or lower dental arch (3) by fixing means, in a fixing configuration. The peripheral plate (10, 20, 110, 120) supports, by way of supporting means (40, 140), at least one central plate (30, 130), which is adapted, in the fixing configuration, to rest against the palate (4) or the floor of the mouth (5) in order to limit the movements of the tongue (7) inside the mouth (6).
摘要:
The invention provides for an obesity reduction aide comprising a lower plate (300, 500) adapted for covering the mandibular teeth (100) of a subject. The lower plate comprises a first elastic material. The lower plate has a first chewing surface (306). The first chewing surface is smooth. The first chewing surface follows an average (200) of the occlusal surface (108) of the mandibular teeth of the subject. The obesity reduction aid further comprises an upper plate (408, 600) adapted for covering the maxillary teeth (400) of the subject. The upper plate comprises a second elastic material. The upper plate has a second chewing surface (412). The first chewing surface mates with the second chewing surface. The second chewing surface is formed by a protruding ridge (418). The surface area of the first chewing surface is larger than the surface area of the second chewing surface.
摘要:
Medizinische Vorrichtung zur Bekämpfung von Übergewicht oder Fettsucht beim Menschen durch Erreichen eines schnelleren Sättigungsgefühls, umfassend eine mit dem menschlichen Ober- und/oder Unterkiefer (10, 11) verbindbare Bisshebung, die mindestens einen Teil der okklusalen Fläche der Kauflächenzähne (13) überdeckt, wobei zur Bisshebung eine Zahnkronen angepasste Schiene (12) vorgesehen ist, die mindestens einen Teil der Kauflächenzähne (13) mit einer okklusalen Erhöhung (14) zur Verkleinerung der Kaufläche (15) ausstattet, die die Höckerspitzen (17) eines Kauflächenzahnes (13) überbaut zum Verknüpfen der Bisserhöhung (20) mit einem Überspannen des Kaureliefs des überdeckten Kauflächenzahnes (13).