Releasable palatal expanders
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11564777B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16380801

    申请日:2019-04-10

    IPC分类号: A61C7/10 A61C7/02

    摘要: Releasable and removable palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. These releasable palatal expanders are adapted for ease in removal by the patient or caregiver, and may include a breach region configured to predictably bend or break when a pulling force is applied. The palatal expander apparatuses described herein may include one or more locks for locking the palatal expander onto the patient's teeth. The lock(s) may be unlocked to release the palatal expander from the teeth. A lock may include a control for manually unlocking the lock. Unlocking the locks may allow the palatal expander to automatically disengage from the patient's teeth.

    Palatal expanders with breach regions

    公开(公告)号:US12097085B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US18160980

    申请日:2023-01-27

    IPC分类号: A61C7/10 A61C7/02

    CPC分类号: A61C7/10 A61C7/023

    摘要: Palatal expander systems and methods. A palatal expander includes a palatal region connecting tooth engagement regions, where the palatal region is configured to apply a lateral force across a patient's palate when the tooth engagement regions are worn over the patient's teeth. Attachment regions on buccal sides of the tooth engagement regions are shaped and sized to engage with dental attachments bonded to the patient's teeth. At least one breach region corresponding to a thinned region of the palatal expander extends anteriorly to posteriorly in the palatal region or an occlusal portion of one or both of the tooth engagement regions. The at least one breach region is configured to breach or bend when a pulling force is applied to one or both of the tooth engagement regions such that one or both of the attachment regions are detached from respective attachments.