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8167613 Screw-type implant, particularly for orthodontics  
The description relates to a self-drilling threaded screw implant, particularly for orthodontics. According to the invention there is in at last one thread groove (15) of the thread (10), delimited...
8152518 Dental positioning appliance having metallic portion  
Embodiments are provided for utilizing metallic portions in dental positioning appliances. One embodiment includes a removable dental positioning appliance having a shell having one or more...
8147244 Orthodontic tooth retention system  
An orthodontic retainer system includes retainer modules that are applied to adjacent teeth in a patient's mouth, and a method and apparatus for delivering the system. The retainer modules may be...
8123519 Method and system for personalized orthodontic treatment  
The present invention provides a plastic tray orthodontic device (11) which may have embedded activators (10) and which is provided with an over-shell (12). The over-shell (12) acts as a force module.
8123520 Orthodontic appliance with vibration generation  
The present invention aims to provide an orthodontic appliance capable of efficiently applying vibration to teeth to be aligned and enabling a treatment to be easily and safely continued even at...
8118592 Hybrid orthodontic appliance  
An orthodontic appliance is provided for controlling positioning of a patient's teeth. The appliance includes at least one dental encasing component formed to overlay at least one of the patient's...
8083521 Anchor apparatus for orthodontic appliances  
Anchor apparatus for orthodontic appliances for moving a molar or the like. A first anchor is attached to the cortical bone adjacent to one side of the molar. The first anchor is elongated and has...
8062031 Orthodontic appliance and method  
An orthodontic appliance including labial and lingual bodies having teeth-contacting surfaces for acting against targeted anterior teeth of a patient and associated labial and lingual components...
8062032 Apparatus, system, and method for maxillo-mandibular fixation  
Described herein are various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method for maxillo-mandibular fixation. For example, according to one representative embodiment, an apparatus for...
8057226 Customized orthodontic bracket system  
A customized orthodontic bracket system is provided. The system can include a bracket having a customized bracket bonding pad for bonding the bracket to a tooth of a patient and a bracket slot...
7985070 Segmental distalisation element for orthodontic treatments  
The segmental distalization element includes a smoothly arcuate central body equipped at one end with a head for adaptation to the canine and at the other end with a head for adaptation to the...
7943079 Methods of making orthodontic appliances  
Methods of making a removable dental positioning appliance include forming a sheet of transparent crystalline polymeric material into a shell having cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth...
7934927 Impacted tooth appliance  
An impacted tooth appliance including a micropin bone anchor with a quadrilateral aperture formed therein, a rigid apertured ribbon secured to the impacted tooth by means of a rotatable bracket...
7931469 Orthodontic anchor  
An orthodontic anchor having a stem with a connecting portion and an emerging portion secured respectively to the ends thereof. The connecting portion is connected to bone by screws disposed in...
7927098 Surgical anchor device  
An orthodontic anchor device (10) for a surgical traction element is described. The anchor device includes a fixing device (12), which can be fixed in or to a bone in the mouth region, as well as a...
7914283 Activatable dental appliance  
An activatable dental appliance. A concave trough conforms to a plurality of teeth when placed over the plurality of teeth. A first force applying region is configured to apply a first force to at...
7909602 Orthodontic chain elastic  
An orthodontic chain elastic is disclosed. The orthodontic chain elastic includes end portions, two intermediate portions disposed between the end portions and a middle portion disposed between the...
7854610 Orthodontic tooth retention system  
A method and apparatus for delivering an orthodontic retainer system wherein pairs of magnets are applied to adjacent teeth in a patient's mouth. The retainer system may include a pair of dental...
7850450 Orthodontic bone anchor  
An orthodontic bone anchor comprising an anchor plate, a tube affixed to the emerging end of the anchor plate and, a rod slidable within the tube, a groove formed in the rod, a plate attached to...
7831322 Producing wrinkled dental aligner for dental treatment  
A method for manufacturing wrinkled dental aligner for a patient's tooth includes developing a digital dental aligner model specifying at least one wrinkled surface on a dental aligner and...
7819661 Orthodontic appliance and method  
An orthodontic appliance for realigning one or more teeth in the intra oral cavity of a subject, includes a base having formed therein one or more guiding cells arranged to fit over a preselected...
7806686 Anchor apparatus and method for orthodontic appliances  
An apparatus and method for anchoring orthodontic appliances or the like in the mouth wherein anchor screws of different constructions are installed in the bone in different areas of the mouth to...
7785102 Orthodontic device  
An orthodontic device for shifting a molar tooth along the maxillary arch includes an elongated guide element, on whose one end a first securing element is installed to secure the guide element...
7780441 Mounting device for orthodontic retainer elements and a method of maintaining said elements in place for mounting on corresponding teeth  
The invention concerns a mounting device for a pair of orthodontic retainer elements intended for attachment to a pair of adjacent teeth in a dental arch during passive orthodontic treatment. The...
7780445 Palatal expansion device and methods  
The present invention embodies to a palatal expansion device that includes one or more stabilizers attached to the blocks; a ratchet that engages the screw; and a built-in activator that...
7780444 Orthodontic anchor  
A screw-type orthodontic anchor having an upper member with a pair of slots formed therein with the slots being of different depths. A head portion disposed below the upper member with a collar or...
7721741 Oral appliance for treating a breathing condition  
In certain embodiments, an apparatus for treating a breathing condition includes a body, a threaded member, a hook, and a receiver. The body comprises a front stop, a rear stop, and a guide...
7717707 Orthodontic transpalatal intrusion arch assembly and method of use  
An improved transpalatal arch wire assembly comprising a transpalatal arch wire, wherein the transpalatal arch wire comprises a first vertically sloping component, a second vertically sloping...
7661955 Dental appliance  
A removable dental appliance having a base adapted for locating inside of an arch of teeth of a wearer and an arch wire coupled to the base, wherein an outer surface of the base is contoured for...
7641828 Methods of making orthodontic appliances  
Methods of making a removable dental positioning appliance include forming a sheet of transparent crystalline polymeric material into a shell having cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth...
7637741 Orthodontic anchor  
An orthodontic implant comprised of one or two bony attachments, and, if there are two, one is smaller and affixed to the opposite end of the emerging portion, while the other utilizes a screw...
7597553 Orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket enables orthodontic treatment to be performed without resetting of a bracket body and an arch wire relative to the tooth, even in an advanced stage of the treatment. The...
7559764 Orthodontic bone anchor  
An orthodontic bone anchor includes a bone plate, a narrow extension extending from one end of the bone plate, a cap enveloping the extension, and a pair of arms extending outwardly from the cap.
7500851 Maxillary arch expander unbanded to teeth  
An orthodontic arch expander joins to a mouthpiece proximate to the rear of the mouthpiece. The transparent mouthpiece has a desired arc that fits over the teeth of the upper jaw. The mouthpiece...
7445447 Method and system for verifying the use of orthodontic elastic bands  
An orthodontic elastic band which is dyed with a semi-persistent food-based dye such that the distinction between unused and used elastic bands is evident upon inspection is used in conjunction...
7416409 Device for adjusting tooth and/or jaw malpositions  
An appliance for adjusting tooth and/or jaw malpositions, includes an upper arch wire suitably to be attached to teeth on the upper jaw of a user; a lower arch wire suitably to be attached to teeth...
7374421 System and method for improved control of tooth movement with elastic repositioning appliances  
Micro-regional force application improves the control of the orthodontic movement of teeth in all six degrees of freedom. Micro regional force application utilizes an elastic repositioning...
7351058 Arch bar  
An improved arch bar for dental surgery is formed from a strip of malleable material. The strip is the shape of a right angle having a splint portion and a retainer portion. A series of apertures...
7335021 Methods and apparatus to facilitate orthodontic alignment of teeth  
An apparatus facilitates treatment of a tooth that is at least partially impacted. The apparatus includes a wire including a first end, a second end, and a substantially planar body extending...
7329122 Accelerated orthodontic apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for patients requiring repositioning of misaligned teeth who typically undergo orthodontic treatment to move the teeth into corrected positions. The orthodontic methods...
7329121 Orthodontic implant  
The invention relates to an implant with fastening means (2) to be fixed to the bone of a person's upper jaw (5) or lower jaw (30), comprising a mounting element (3) for mounting orthodontic...
7314372 System and method to bioengineer facial form in adults  
A method and apparatus are provided for changing the form of the jaw and facial bones of an adult patient that did not develop fully during childhood. The method utilizes a device having a plate...
7300279 Orthodontic retainer elements  
A dental retainer device for stabilization, so-called retention, of pairs of teeth or groups of teeth in a lower jaw and/or an upper jaws in orthodontic treatment. The retainer device is formed of...
7293987 Adjustable bite ramps for deep bite correction and kits incorporating bite ramps  
An adjustable bite ramp includes a tooth-attachment element and ramp element. The tooth-attachment element is sized and configured for bonding to the lingual surface of a person's tooth, while the...
7281923 Orthodontic anchor appliance  
An orthodontic anchor appliance having elongated titanium anchor plate adapted for attachment to bone, anchoring tab formed on the emerging end of the anchor plate, a nontitanium sleeve enveloping...
7258545 Orthodontic anchor  
An orthodontic anchor is disclosed. The orthodontic anchor has an anchor plate to be embedded between the mandible or maxilla bone and the covering mucous membrane and an engagement plate that...
7238022 Auxiliary elements for the segmented distalisation of the posterior jawbone sector from canine to molar in orthodontic treatment  
The element consists of two elements, a mesial segment composed of an anterior enlargement which with its inner base is fixed to the canine by means of adhesive and with its external portion...
7226287 Kits comprising a plurality of bite ramps having different angles for orthodontic treatment  
A bite ramp includes a tooth-attachment element and ramp element. The tooth-attachment element is sized and configured for bonding to the lingual surface of a person's tooth, while the ramp element...
7186115 Advanced thermoplastics for orthodontics  
An orthodontic appliance including at least one orthodontic component comprising a thermoplastic polymer. In some embodiments the thermoplastic polymer is a rigid backbone polymer including at...
7182596 Orthodontic device  
The invention comprises a jaw orthopedic device for the movement and/or correction of teeth in the tooth arch with a synthetic resin element and/or at least one mature element or tooth contacting...
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