System and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances
    1.
    发明授权
    System and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances 有权
    改变弹性模量装置的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06524101B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-25

    申请号:US09616830

    申请日:2000-07-14

    IPC分类号: A61C300

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

    摘要: The present invention provides improved devices, systems and methods for repositioning teeth from an initial tooth arrangement to a final tooth arrangement. Repositioning is accomplished with a system comprising a series of polymeric appliances configured to receive the teeth in a cavity and incrementally reposition individual teeth in a series of successive steps. This is accomplished by applying force to specific surfaces of the teeth through stiffness of the appliance. However, such stiffness creates limitations in ease of use, patient compliance, and overall cost in material, manufacturing labor and treatment time. To overcome these limitations, the present invention utilizes polymeric or other material appliances with portions differing in rigidity or stiffness. Alternatively, elastic moduluses may differ from one appliance to the next in a successive series to accomplish various treatment goals. Thus, the systems and methods of the present invention provide the design, production and use of such multiple stiffness positioning appliances in orthodontic treatment. Similarly, the devices of the present invention provide differing stiffness appliances which may be used independently for purposes other than repositioning, such as for retaining teeth in a desired position.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于将牙齿从初始牙齿布置重新定位到最终牙齿布置的改进的装置,系统和方法。 重新定位是通过一系统来完成的,所述系统包括一系列聚合物器具,其被配置为在空腔中接纳牙齿,并且在一系列连续步骤中递增地重新定位各个牙齿。 这是通过对器具的刚度施加力到齿的特定表面来实现的。 然而,这种刚度在易用性,患者依从性以及材料,制造劳动和治疗时间的整体成本方面造成了限制。 为了克服这些限制,本发明使用具有刚性或刚度不同部分的聚合物或其它材料器具。 或者,弹性模块可以在连续的系列中从一个装置到下一个装置不同,以实现各种处理目标。 因此,本发明的系统和方法提供了这种多重刚度定位装置在正畸治疗中的设计,生产和使用。 类似地,本发明的装置提供不同的刚度装置,其可以独立地用于除重新定位之外的目的,例如用于将齿保持在期望位置。

    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances
    2.
    发明授权
    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances 有权
    用于释放牙齿定位器具的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06485298B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-26

    申请号:US10099187

    申请日:2002-03-13

    IPC分类号: A61D500

    摘要: An improved dental appliance system, and methods for using and fabricating the improved appliance, including a polymeric overlay or shell having a teeth-receiving cavity formed therein. The dental appliance having the necessary stiffness or strength to firmly secure the appliance on the teeth and provide controlled forces required for repositioning the teeth, until such time as removal of the appliance is desired. The appliance may be configured for use with a removal mechanism. The removal mechanism provides for selective release of the appliance from the teeth as the removal mechanism undergoes a state change stimulated by an environmental stimulus or environmental switch.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的牙科器具系统,以及使用和制造改进的器具的方法,包括在其中形成有齿接收腔的聚合物覆盖层或外壳。 牙科器具具有必要的刚度或强度,以将器具牢固地固定在牙齿上,并提供重新定位牙齿所需的受控力,直到需要去除器具。 设备可以被配置为与去除机构一起使用。 去除机构提供了从牙齿中选择性地释放器具,因为移除机构经历由环境刺激或环境开关刺激的状态变化。

    Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of dental appliances
    3.
    发明授权
    Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of dental appliances 有权
    用于制造牙科器具的可操作牙科模型系统

    公开(公告)号:US06394801B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-28

    申请号:US09779802

    申请日:2001-02-07

    IPC分类号: A61C300

    摘要: The present invention provides a manipulable or reconfigurable dental model system and methods for its use to model a series of tooth configurations corresponding to sequential tooth movements during an orthodontic treatment. When a patient undergoes orthodontic treatment, teeth and bite configurations are realigned in a series of stages. Each stage represents a new pattern or dental configuration that will eventually lead to a proper final positioning of the entire dentition. Progress from the initial configuration, through the intermediate stages and finally to the final configuration may be accomplished using any one or a combination of different dental appliances. Of particular interest to the present invention, many of these appliances may be made using a dental mold representing the patient's dental configuration. In particular, thermoformable plastic positioning appliances which fit over the patient's teeth may be formed over a three-dimensional mold of the patient's dentition. When successive appliances are used throughout treatment to reposition the teeth from initial to final configuration, a new mold has typically been produced to fabricate the appliance for each stage. The present invention provides an apparatus and methods which employ a manipulable or reconfigurable mold to model patient dentition and gingiva at each stage of treatment.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了可操纵或可重新配置的牙齿模型系统及其用于在正牙治疗期间对应于顺序牙齿移动的一系列牙齿构造的建模方法。 当患者进行正畸治疗时,牙齿和咬合配置在一系列阶段重新对齐。 每个阶段代表一种新的模式或牙齿配置,最终将导致整个牙列的适当的最终定位。 可以使用任何一种或不同牙科器具的组合从初始构型,中间阶段和最后到最终构型的进展。 对于本发明特别感兴趣的是,许多这些器具可以使用表示患者牙科构造的牙科模具来制造。 特别地,可以在患者牙齿的三维模具上形成适合患者牙齿的热成型塑料定位器具。 当在整个治疗期间使用连续的器具以将牙齿从初始配置重新定位到最终配置时,通常已经生产出新的模具来制造每个阶段的器具。 本发明提供一种在每个治疗阶段使用可操纵或可重构模具来模拟患者牙列和牙龈的装置和方法。

    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances
    5.
    发明授权
    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances 有权
    用于释放牙齿定位器具的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06705861B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-16

    申请号:US10262516

    申请日:2002-09-30

    IPC分类号: A61D500

    摘要: An improved dental appliance system, and methods for using and fabricating the improved appliance, including a polymeric overlay or shell having a teeth-receiving cavity formed therein. The dental appliance having the necessary stiffness or strength to firmly secure the appliance on the teeth and provide controlled forces required for repositioning the teeth, until such time as removal of the appliance is desired. The appliance may be configured for use with a removal mechanism. The removal mechanism provides for selective release of the appliance from the teeth as the removal mechanism undergoes a state change stimulated by an environmental stimulus or environmental switch.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的牙科器具系统,以及使用和制造改进的器具的方法,包括在其中形成有齿接收腔的聚合物覆盖层或外壳。 牙科器具具有必要的刚度或强度,以将器具牢固地固定在牙齿上,并提供重新定位牙齿所需的受控力,直到需要去除器具。 设备可以被配置为与去除机构一起使用。 去除机构提供了从牙齿中选择性地释放器具,因为移除机构经历由环境刺激或环境开关刺激的状态变化。

    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances

    公开(公告)号:US06390812B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-21

    申请号:US09757385

    申请日:2001-01-08

    IPC分类号: A61C308

    摘要: An improved dental appliance system, and methods for using and fabricating the improved appliance, including a polymeric overlay or shell having a teeth-receiving cavity formed therein. The dental appliance having the necessary stiffness or strength to firmly secure the appliance on the teeth and provide controlled forces required for repositioning the teeth, until such time as removal of the appliance is desired. The appliance may be configured for use with a removal mechanism. The removal mechanism provides for selective release of the appliance from the teeth as the removal mechanism undergoes a state change stimulated by an environmental stimulus or environmental switch.

    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances
    7.
    发明授权
    System and method for releasing tooth positioning appliances 有权
    用于释放牙齿定位器具的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06183248B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-06

    申请号:US09250962

    申请日:1999-02-16

    IPC分类号: A61C300

    摘要: An improved dental appliance system, and methods for using and fabricating the improved appliance, including a polymeric overlay or shell having a teeth-receiving cavity formed therein. The dental appliance having the necessary stiffness or strength to firmly secure the appliance on the teeth and provide controlled forces required for repositioning the teeth, until such time as removal of the appliance is desired. The appliance may be configured for use with a removal mechanism. The removal mechanism provides for selective release of the appliance from the teeth as the removal mechanism undergoes a state change stimulated by an environmental stimulus or environmental switch.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的牙科器具系统,以及使用和制造改进的器具的方法,包括在其中形成有齿接收腔的聚合物覆盖层或外壳。 牙科器具具有必要的刚度或强度,以将器具牢固地固定在牙齿上,并提供重新定位牙齿所需的受控力,直到需要去除器具。 设备可以被配置为与去除机构一起使用。 去除机构提供了从牙齿中选择性地释放器具,因为移除机构经历由环境刺激或环境开关刺激的状态变化。

    System and method for producing tooth movement

    公开(公告)号:US07063533B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-20

    申请号:US10428396

    申请日:2003-05-01

    IPC分类号: A61C3/00

    CPC分类号: A61C7/00 A61C7/08

    摘要: The present invention provides methods and systems of repositioning teeth for use in orthodontic treatment, with particular applicability to removable elastic repositioning appliances. Such appliances may be challenged by traditional tooth movements which intrude the crown of the tooth or present tooth positions which reduce available points of purchase. These challenges may be overcome with a series of tooth movements in which a tooth is translated in a “root-first” position. The movements may take advantage of the inherent characteristics of elastic repositioning appliances in translating a tooth from a first position to a desired position along a gingival plane.

    Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of a dental appliance

    公开(公告)号:US06499997B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-31

    申请号:US10087126

    申请日:2002-02-28

    IPC分类号: A61C300

    摘要: The present invention provides a manipulable or reconfigurable dental model system and methods for its use to model a series of tooth configurations corresponding to sequential tooth movements during an orthodontic treatment. When a patient undergoes orthodontic treatment, teeth and bite configurations are realigned in a series of stages. Each stage represents a new pattern or dental configuration that will eventually lead to a proper final positioning of the entire dentition. Progress from the initial configuration, through the intermediate stages and finally to the final configuration may be accomplished using any one or a combination of different dental appliances. Of particular interest to the present invention, many of these appliances may be made using a dental mold representing the patient's dental configuration. In particular, thermoformable plastic positioning appliances which fit over the patient's teeth may be formed over a three-dimensional mold of the patient's dentition. When successive appliances are used throughout treatment to reposition the teeth from initial to final configuration, a new mold has typically been produced to fabricate the appliance for each stage. The present invention provides an apparatus and methods which employ a manipulable or reconfigurable mold to model patient dentition and gingiva at each stage of treatment.