公开(公告)号：US3557455A

公开(公告)日：1971-01-26

申请号：US3557455D

申请日：1968-07-22

Applicant: CHARLES EDWARD STUART

Inventor： STUART CHARLES EDWARD

IPC: A61C9/00

CPC classification number: A61C9/00

Abstract: A DENTAL CLUTCH FORMER INCLUDES MUTUALLY ADJUSTABLE COMPONENTS THAT CAN EASLIY BE ASSEMBLED AS A FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTING A DENTAL CLUTCH INSERTABLE INTO A PATIENT''S MOUTH IN ORDER TO OBTAIN JAW MOVEMENT INFORMATION FOR ASSISTING IN REHABILITATING THE PATIENT''S MOUTH. THE CLUTCH FORMER HAS A REMOVABLE FRONT SECTION WITH AN ARCUATE SURFACE POSITIONABLE ADJACENT THE ANTERIOR REGION OF THE PATIENT''S TEETH AND A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SLIDABLE SIDE RAILINGS ATTACHED TO OPPOSING SIDES OF THE FRONT SECTION. A CENTER BEARING PLATE IS SLIDABLY CONNECTED TO THE FRONT SECTION. IN ORDER TO QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY REMOVE THE DENTAL CLUTCH FROM THE PATIENT''S MOUTH, THE FRONT SECTION IS FIRST SLID AND PIVOTED AWAY FROM THE OTHER COMPONENTS AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENTS ARE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT''S MOUTH. RATHER THAN BEING THROWN AWAY, THE COMPONENTS ARE SAVED FOR CONSTRUCTING OTHER DENTAL CLUTCH FORMERS FOR DIFFERENT PATIENTS WITH VARYING JAW SIZES.