FLEXIBLE 3D PRINTED ORTHODONTIC DEVICE WITH ATTACHMENT SUPPORTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210259810A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17249253

    申请日:2021-02-25

    Abstract: A dental attachment placement device comprises a plurality of articulated registration elements shaped for placement on a plurality of teeth, which can facilitate placement, accommodate tooth movement, and improve alignment of the registration elements with the teeth, so as to accurately position an attachment for placement. An orthodontic device may include a plurally of registration element. A plurality of first flexible arms may extend from each registration element on a lingual side. The first flexible arm may have a connected end and a distal end. The distal end may be configured to extend at least part way over the tooth and apply a lingual force to bias the registration element against the tooth. A plurality of attachment supports may each be located on a buccal side of the plurally of registration elements and include an attachment frame that is releasably coupled to an attachment.

    FLEXIBLE 3D PRINTED ORTHODONTIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210259809A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17249218

    申请日:2021-02-24

    Abstract: A dental attachment placement device comprises a plurality of articulated registration elements shaped for placement on a plurality of teeth, which can facilitate placement, accommodate tooth movement, and improve alignment of the registration elements with the teeth, so as to accurately position an attachment for placement. The plurality of registration elements may comprise one or more attachment supports and one or more retention supports extending from the plurality of registration elements. A dental attachment can be removably coupled to the attachment support. The plurality of registration elements and attachment supports may be located on opposing sides of one or more teeth in order to maintain placement prior to adhering the attachment to the tooth. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of registration elements comprises a tooth registration surface shaped to engage the tooth with a specific position and orientation for accurate positioning of the attachment.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING EXPANDABLE DENTAL APPLIANCES

    公开(公告)号:US20250107868A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18980240

    申请日:2024-12-13

    Abstract: Systems and methods including expandable dental appliances. The expandable dental appliances may include left and right portions that are distinct and separate parts, and that may be coupled by a sliding expansion feature configured to laterally translate the left and right portions toward or away from each other. Each of the left and right portions may include a palatal region and a tooth engagement region that are customized to respective left and right sides of a patient's upper dental arch. Systems may include multiple non-expandable dental appliances that are configured to be worn sequentially over the patient's upper dental arch to expand the patient's palate over corresponding stages of a treatment plan.

    PALATAL EXPANDER APPARATUSES AND METHODS USING CONE BEAM TOMOGRAPHY

    公开(公告)号:US20250032219A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18786415

    申请日:2024-07-26

    Abstract: Methods for designing and fabricating palatal expanders by modeling expansion of the palatal region based on material properties for one or more regions of a maxillary jaw determined from a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan of the maxillary jaw and/or internal topological information for the maxillary jaw determined from the CBCT scan. Also described herein are series of palatal expanders having a sequence and configured to be sequentially worn by a patient to expand the patient's palate in which the left maxillary portion and the right maxillary portion are progressively separated relative to each other, and the thickness of the palatal region changes.

    ORTHODONTIC DISTALIZER APPARATUS AND METHODS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240081954A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18465848

    申请日:2023-09-12

    CPC classification number: A61C7/08 A61C13/34

    Abstract: 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.

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