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6138679 Method suitable for influencing the ingestion of food by humans via the mouth cavity  
A device suitable for influencing the ingestion of food via the mouth cavity of humans. The capacity of the mouth cavity is reduced with a view to reducing the body weight. This is accomplished by...
6120289 Orthodontic attachment device for interarch appliances  
An attachment device useful during the course of orthodontic treatment couples an interarch appliance to brackets and/or to archwires placed in the oral cavity. The attachment device includes a...
6099304 Intraoral growth appliance  
The present invention is a method and intraoral appliance for correcting malocclusions, incorporating an adjustment assembly and a placement assembly. The adjustment assembly is mounted to a tooth...
6089862 Tensioning screw for orthodontic adjustment devices  
A tensioning screw for orthodontic teeth straightening devices employed to adjust the situation and position of teeth along the curve of the jaw. The screw includes a nut and a threaded shaft that...
6074207 Orthodontic device for repositioning the molars  
An orthodontic device and associated method for altering the position of a tooth in the mouth. The orthodontic device includes a bracket that attaches to the tooth or teeth that are to be moved. A...
6053730 Orthodontic force module with fracture-resistant coupling  
An orthodontic force module for correcting Class II malocclusions includes a resilient body and a coupling connected to the body for connecting the body to a selected orthodontic appliance located...
6036488 Pivotal mounting boss for mandibular and maxillary arch expander and jaw repositioner  
An improved pivotal mounting boss for attachment to front or rear orthodontic bands on a mandibular arch expander and a maxillary arch expander. The pivotal mounting boss includes a base casing...
6027340 Orthodontic appliance for correcting class III malocclusion  
An orthodontic appliance comprising an upper splint defining a set of tooth sockets for secure but removable retention to the upper set of teeth, a lower splint defining a set of tooth sockets for...
6012920 Articulating connector for mandibular repositioning oral appliance  
An articulating connector for a mandibular repositioning appliance comprises upper and lower housings each pivotally mounted on a pin and rotatable about the axis of the pin, to selectively permit...
5980247 Mandibular repositioning device  
A device for repositioning the mandibular jaw relative to the maxilliary jaw during orthodontic treatment has two links connected together by a pivot. Each link is also pivotally connected to one...
5964588 Telescoping, intra-oral force module  
An intra-oral device for applying a force to the mandibular and maxillary dental arches includes a first member and a second member slidably received in the first member. A spring extends around...
5957686 Incisor block  
An incisor block for mounting on the lingual surface of an incisor to produce separation between the upper and lower posterior teeth in deep bite patients. The incisor block has a block body and a...
5947724 Elastic mandibular advancement appliance with slide-in bite planes  
A mandibular advancement, or positioning, device which uses elastic bands to pull the jaw forward is disclosed. The appliance has an upper base conforming to the patient's maxillary dentition soft...
5944518 Device for correcting jaw and tooth malpositioning  
The invention relates to a device for correcting jaw and tooth malpositioning, with a jacket tube 1 at whose jacket tube end E1 a first securing element 2 is provided, a tube 4 which is...
5919042 Mandibular and maxillary arch expander and jaw repositioner  
An orthodontic appliance includes a mandibular arch expander and a maxillary arch expander which are interconnected by a pair of adjustable connector assemblies. The maxillary and mandibular arch...
5911574 Jaw fixation and release system for use in orthognathic surgery and in the treatment of fractured jaws  
A quick-release system is provided for fixing the upper and lower jaws of a patient together. The system includes at least one elongated release bar that is supported by a plurality of first...
5897313 Orthodontic force module  
A force module useful in moving individual malpositioned teeth or entire dental arches during orthodontic therapy includes an elongated body with couplings at each end of the body for connection to...
5879157 Herbst mechanism  
A mechanism for applying a positioning force between upper and lower jawbone, and including an outer telescopic element and an inner telescopic element displaceable within the outer telescopic...
5848891 Appliance and method for assisting a patient in maintaining a forward-moving force on the patient's mandibular jaw  
The appliance includes a first member and a second member, with the second member being free of a permanent connection with the first member. The first member has an abutment/obstruction element...
5846074 Orthodontic device for correcting overbite and underbite  
An orthodontic device is worn in the mouth of a patient and is attached between an upper attachment means secured to the maxillary teeth and a lower attachment means secured to the mandibular teeth...
5842856 Release system for treatment of a broken jaw  
A release system for treatment of a broken jaw comprises an upper and lower arch bar conformable to the curvature of the dental arches. The upper arch bar presents a series of interaligned loops...
5829975 Orthodontic appliance  
A continuous force, replaceable spring appliance which connects to the orthodontic archwires of the upper and lower jaws and teeth. The replaceable spring fits into a hollow telescoping cylinder...
5816799 Intraoral orthopedic appliance adjustment apparatus  
An intraoral orthopedic appliance with adjustment apparatus and method of manufacture adjustably attaches an appliance upper dental part and lower dental part together. One appliance part is...
5752823 Orthodontic device  
An orthodontic appliance having improved devices for interconnecting the braces associated with a patient's upper and lower teeth. Each connecting device generally takes the form of a unitary, thin...
5738514 Resiliently expandable orthodontic device  
An orthodontic appliance has two telescoping cylinders having springs therein to urge the cylinders apart. The outer cylinder is then slidably inserted into a third cylinder. The outer ends of the...
5718576 Orthodontic attachment device and pin  
An orthodontic attachment device especially useful for coupling interarch and intra-arch appliances to an archwire includes an elongated wire that extends alongside the archwire. The wire is fixed...
5711667 Orthodontic bite jumping device  
An orthodontic bite jumping device includes a metal cylinder for receiving a telescoping plunger, for attachment to and between the orthodontic braces fixed to a patient's upper and lower teeth to...
5697782 Orthodontic device and method for correcting overbite and underbite  
An orthodontic device is worn in a mouth of a patient and is attached between an upper attachment portion secured to the maxillary teeth and a lower attachment portion secured to the mandibular...
5697781 Functional regulating device and method for treating malocclusion  
Functional regulating device for adjusting a bite of a jaw having an upper row of teeth and a lower row of teeth is provided. The functional regulating device includes a lower jaw splint...
5678991 Orthodontic appliance for the correction of class III skeletal and/or dental deviations  
A two-piece orthodontic appliance used in the treatment of Class III malocclusions. The appliance consists of a maxillary part and a mandibular part each fitted to the patient's teeth and having...
5678990 Apparatus for cushioned bite jumping and the correction of class II malocclusions  
An improved appliance for correcting Class II malocclusions with automatic adjustment as tooth movement, bone movement, or both occur. Instead of employing screw adjustments as does much of the...
5674067 Flavored orthodontic elastic band and method of treating orthodontic patient  
A flavored orthodontic elastic band has a substantially solid inner elastic band member for providing good tension characteristics, and a porous coating layer carrying a flavoring substance that is...
5645423 Mandibular advancement appliance  
An orthodontic appliance which may be used to advance the mandible comprising a single element Z-shaped body including a central straight segment, a pair of oppositely curved segments disposed at...
5632618 Apparatus for the treatment of overbite  
The invention relates to an apparatus for the treatment of overbite, said apparatus comprising a first band (12) on the front premolars in the lower jaw and a second band (13) on the front molars...
5620321 Orthodontic appliance  
The telescoping mandibular advancing device is an orthodontic appliance used to promote the forward displacement of the lower jaw. The appliance comprises a pair of telescoping devices that attach...
5545037 Interarch orthodontic coil spring  
An orthodontic coil spring assembly is provided for installment on orthodontic brackets bonded on a patient's teeth for applying interarch tension. The coil spring assembly includes a coil spring...
5443384 Orthodontic assembly and method  
An improved orthodontic assembly and method is disclosed. The orthodontic assembly includes opposing complementary bite blocks separately mountable utilizing separate mounting assemblies....
5378147 Ventral telescope  
The invention relates to an apparatus for the forward displacement of the lower jaw, consisting of a telescoping sliding device with a telescope source (1), which is connected via a ball-and-socket...
5352116 Adjustable bite corrector  
An orthodontic appliance to aid in the correction of certain types of malocclusions applies a force within a patient's mouth that urges one jaw of a patient having an overbite or underbit condition...
5324196 Orthodontic appliance  
An orthodontic apparatus for treating skeletally based dental malocclusions. The orthodontic apparatus includes cooperating upper and lower surface apparatus for causing a mandibular displacement...
5183388 Mobile hinge member and orthodontic appliance using it  
An orthodontic appliance has a rod unit pivotally connected with arch wires by hinge members. The rod unit has bearing apertures at both ends. Each hinge member has a cylindrical shaft and a head...
5125831 Orthodontic bracket with bi-directional hook  
An orthodontic bracket having four tiewings includes a hook which is integrally connected to one of two gingival tiewings. The hook has a mesial notch and a distal notch to provide connection with...
5120218 Orthodontic traction devices  
New orthodontic traction devices that can be pre-assembled or custom assembled in the operatory using connector members consisting of cut lengths of metal spring material or wire rope material uses...
5087202 Device to fix or control the mutual position of teeth  
Described is a device to fix or control the mutual position of teeth (6), comprising anchor elements each of which is to be connected by cementing to a tooth (6) and which are connected to one...
5074784 Orthodontic assembly  
An orthodontic tensioning device and method of assembly. The device comprises at least one elastic tensioning member and a second tensioning member made of a non-elastic material provided for...
5066226 Oral orthopedic appliance for correcting mandibular retrusion  
A telescopic oral orthopedic appliance aligns the upper and lower jaws for treatment of the temporomandibular joint. It includes an extensible-contractable positioning device which extends between...
5030089 Orthodontic appliance with hook  
An orthodontic appliance has a base portion having formed on one side thereof a tooth-abutting surface and a bracket portion defining an archwire slot therein. Two tie-wings project outwardly from...
5011404 Appliance for correcting dental malpositions  
An appliance is disclosed for the correction of dental malpositions, and particularly for the distalization of molar teeth. A metal wire arch is fastened to the incisors and canines, and at least...
4909734 Apparatus for orthodontic treatment  
An orthodontic apparatus using an elastic member having a first and second portion fixed to anchor points which are selectively placed on anchor teeth, both anchor teeth being in the same selected...
4872449 Quick-release device for jaw stabilization  
A quick-release maxillo-mandibular splint for patient jaw stabilization which includes a plurality of interfitting maxillary and mandibular connector plates which are adapted to be anchored in...
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