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Dental positioning appliances and systems and methods for their manufacture and use

A technology for aligners and teeth, applied in the field of teeth positioning aligners, can solve problems such as the aligner cannot properly engage the teeth, the aligner has no flexibility, and is not designed.

Active Publication Date: 2021-09-21
马丁 G 马茨 +1
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[0013] Even when very small movements are attempted during each phase, the aligner may not properly engage the tooth that needs to be moved because the aligner is not flexible enough and is not designed to allow movement in the plane of the material

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[0042] The present disclosure solves the lack of flexibility in the corrective housing by replacing some parts of the housing with a flexible pattern to create an enhanced flexible region. For example, these orthoters can be produced in flexible regions. The pattern can be generated by a fast prototype (e.g., a digital 3D printer) or using thermal forming techniques. Alternatively, the flexible pattern can be created in the housing of the plastic material using a CNC milling machine, or the shape of the orthosis can be manually constructed by using a manual cutting tool or constructed by using a rotary cutting tool.

[0043] A variety of flexible patterns are available. The position of the flexible region can be used anywhere on the orthosis, but the flexure and force should be provided for the expected and effective teeth. The flexibility of the area depends on many factors, including: the geometric shape of the selected pattern, the physical properties of the material, and the s...

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Abstract

The present application provides tooth positioning aligners and devices, components, methods and techniques for producing and using the tooth positioning aligners. An exemplary tooth position aligner for adjusting the position of a patient's teeth includes a dental gripping device shaped to secure the orthodontic aligner to at least one tooth, and a flexible device connected to the dental gripping device. Flexible devices are less rigid than dental grippers.

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[0001] The present application is submitted as a PCT International Patent Application September 8, 2016, and requires priority to the US Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 215, 377, filed on Sep. 8, 2015, the disclosure of this patent application is all Incorporated herein. Technical field [0002] The present disclosure is generally related to the field of orthodontic. More specifically, the present invention relates to a dental positioning orthoter having a dental clamping assembly for engaging one or more teeth and a flexible assembly for flexible linking tooth clamping assemblies. Background technique [0003] Over the years, a variety of orthodontic calibrators have been used to reposition the teeth during orthodontic treatment. It should be noted that the term "calibrator", "locator", "tooth positioning correction" and "orthodontic correction" are generally used in a large extent to be used in the field of orthodontics. [0004] This type of orthodontic treatment typicall...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61C7/00A61C7/08A61C7/14G06T17/20
CPCA61C7/08A61C7/002B33Y80/00A61C7/14G06T17/20
Inventor 马丁·G·马茨安德鲁·S·马茨
Owner 马丁 G 马茨