ORTHODONTIC DISTALIZER APPARATUS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240081954A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18465848

    申请日:2023-09-12

    IPC分类号: A61C7/08

    CPC分类号: A61C7/08 A61C13/34

    摘要: Apparatuses (e.g., distalizers) and methods for distalizing a subject's teeth while preventing or reducing undesirable tipping and/or rotation of the teeth. The distalizer apparatuses may include tooth engagement regions shaped to accommodate molars, canines and/or premolar teeth, may include a transpalatal region extending between engagement regions having an anterior edge that is posterior to a premolar region of the first tooth engagement region, and may include an attachment site for an elastic band on the outer buccal surface.

    PATIENT SPECIFIC APPLIANCE DESIGN

    公开(公告)号:US20230062670A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17823835

    申请日:2022-08-31

    IPC分类号: A61C7/08 A61C7/36 A61C7/00

    摘要: A method for generating and fabricating a dental device having a body. The body may have a first plurality of tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a first side of an arch. The body may also have a second plurality of tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a second side of an arch. A palatal portion may extend between the first plurality of tooth receiving cavities and the second plurality of tooth receiving cavities. The palatal portion may be shaped to apply an expansion force to the teeth of the first side of the arch and the teeth of the second side of the arch. The palatal portion may include a plurality of bands that extend between the first plurality of tooth receiving cavities and the second plurality of tooth receiving cavities, each respective band may have a respective different thickness.

    DIRECT FABRICATION OF MIXED METAL AND POLYMER PALATAL DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240358477A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18769740

    申请日:2024-07-11

    发明人: Jun SATO Yuxiang WANG

    IPC分类号: A61C7/08 A61C7/00

    CPC分类号: A61C7/08 A61C7/002

    摘要: A system may include a body having a palatal portion of a first material and a surface shaped to match a shape of a patient's palate and extending between first tooth engagement structures shaped to engage teeth on a first side of a patient's arch and second tooth engagement structures shaped to engage teeth on a second side of a patient's arch and a reinforcement structure within the palatal portion, wherein the reinforcement structure includes at least one fiber fabricated of a second material, different than the first material, and a dimension of the at least one fiber at a middle portion between respective ends of the at least one fiber is greater than a dimension of the respective ends of the at least one fiber.