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7610919 |
Intraoral aversion devices and methods
An intraoral aversion device to assist a user in quitting an undesirable behavior such as tobacco smoking, tobacco chewing, use of snuff, illicit drug use, excessive alcohol consumption, excessive...
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7607439 |
Tongue retention system
A tongue retaining system is disclosed herein generally having, in one variation, a two-part system. A covering can be sized to fit at least partially over or upon a tongue of a patient, where the...
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7607438 |
Mouth guard
A mouth guard having a tray with a trough dimensioned to receive at least the front two incisors. Impression material is disposed within the trough for creating a dental impression of the wearer's...
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7599538 |
Method and system for automatic intra-oral sensor locating for image acquisition
A method and systems for capturing digital intra-oral images, while automatically determining a location of an intra-oral sensor placed within a mouth of a patient, is disclosed. A spatial...
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7597103 |
Device and method for improving a user's breathing
In one embodiment, a device for improving a user's breathing includes an upper arch adapted to receive at least some of the user's upper teeth and a lower arch adapted to receive at least some of...
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7571727 |
Molded foam mouthguard
A mouthguard includes two sections, a vertical component and a horizontal component. The foam is molded into a configuration such that the vertical component curves around the anterior section of...
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7553157 |
Systems and methods for dental appliance compliance indication
An apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes an appliance adapted to be worn over one or more teeth; and a compliance indicator mounted on the appliance to indicate...
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7549423 |
Mouthguard having breathing holes incorporated therein
The present invention is an improved mouthguard which has incorporated into it at least one and preferably a multiplicity of breathing holes which extend from the front of the mouthguard which can...
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7530355 |
Mouth guard for braces
The present invention provides an improved mouth guard ( 10 ) for braces having a U-shaped base portion ( 30 ) made from EVA or similar plastic having a melting point less than the boiling point of...
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7520281 |
Fixed therapeutic oral appliance
An oral appliance having upper and lower channel elements attached, respectively, to upper and lower bite blocks. The two channel elements are oriented at a right angle with respect to each other....
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7506651 |
Reusable customizable breathing apparatus mouthpiece with bitewings
A customizable and reusable mouthpiece for diving use having a passageway-forming front member extending from a proximal in-mouth end to a distal outside end and a U-shaped formable back member is...
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7476100 |
Guide apparatus and methods for making tooth positioning appliances
A method for manipulating a three-dimensional model of a patient's teeth for making one or more tooth positioning appliances involves: forming at least one three-dimensional model of the patient's...
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7458810 |
Dental appliance having an altered vertical thickness between an upper shell and a lower shell with an integrated hinging mechanism to attach an upper shell and a lower shell and a system and a method for treating malocclusions
A dental appliance having increased or decreased thickness between an upper shell and a lower shell in combination with a hinging mechanism and a system and a method for treating malocclusions are...
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7416407 |
Orthodontic appliance with embedded wire for moving teeth and method
A generally horseshoe shaped clear flexible resilient plastic wire-imbedded orthodontic appliance is made with a plastic portion with contours on the lingual side and on the labial side, wherein...
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7404404 |
Anterior sextant dental bite tray apparatus
An intraoral, flexible, hinged appliance which is an anterior resistance appliance, covering both anterior sextants of both arches (jaws), having the effect of an anterior bite plane, to facilitate...
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7377782 |
System and method for reimplanting avulsed teeth
A system for reimplanting avulsed teeth includes a dental splint having a pre-shaped channel that releasably engages a dental arcade having one or more avulsed teeth. The avulsed teeth are...
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7377778 |
System for determining final position of teeth
An apparatus and method define a fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system of the patient; and...
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7357634 |
Systems and methods for substituting virtual dental appliances
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing virtual treatment using one or more dental appliances by receiving a digital model of a dental appliance; selecting a standard position and...
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7354270 |
Surgical dental appliance
A dental splint includes upper and lower appliances having cavities shaped to receive teeth on a patient's maxillary and mandibular arches, respectively; and a connection member adapted to fixedly...
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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...
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7328706 |
Therapeutic and protective dental device useful as an intra-oral delivery system
A dental device has a U-shaped carrier with at least one channel for embracing an arch of teeth. The carrier has recessed insets in the channel. Discrete inserts carrying a beneficial agent can fit...
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7255561 |
Method and kits for forming pontics in polymeric shell aligners
Systems and methods are disclosed for forming a pontic in a polymeric shell dental appliance, including providing a polymeric shell dental appliance of the type which is removably placeable over a...
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7234936 |
Orthodontic systems with resilient appliances
Systems for moving teeth of a patient's dental arch from a first tooth arrangement to a second tooth arrangement include a plurality of resilient appliances such as positioning trays or elongated...
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7234934 |
Computer configured appliance for orthodontic correction of malocclusions
A computer configured appliance ( 10 ) that applies amplified leverage for orthodontic correction of malocclusions that incorporates a number of computer configured prong units ( 20 ) for...
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7234933 |
Dental appliance and method for reducing an amount of patient cooperation
A dental appliance, a system and a method for treating malocclusions minimize cooperation by a patient for treating the malocclusions. A reline material is insertable between the appliance and one...
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7210926 |
Formable sheets for medical applications and methods of manufacture thereof
Disclosed herein is an appliance for use in an oral cavity, wherein the appliance comprises a polymeric shell that comprises a polymeric mixture, and further wherein the polymeric shell has...
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7201575 |
Dental appliance and method for making
A method for making a dental appliance is disclosed, including affixing a first blank piece of material to a second blank piece of material forming a combined blank. The first blank piece of...
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7192275 |
Methods for correcting deviations in preplanned tooth rearrangements
Orthodontic treatment is achieved using a series of successive, removable repositioning appliances, such as thin polymeric shell appliances referred to as aligners. A set of aligners is originally...
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7192273 |
System and method for palatal expansion
Provided, among other things, is a system for progressive palatal expansion, the system comprising a series of incremental expanders, including: a) a first incremental expander having a geometry...
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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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7175427 |
Visually simulated tooth braces
Visually simulated tooth braces include individual visual tooth brace indicia to simulate real functional braces commonly worn by children and adults alike to adjust human teeth. The visually...
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7146982 |
Intraoral orthosis for preventing snoring
The invention concerns an intraoral orthosis comprising an upper groove ( 2 ) and a lower groove ( 3 ) designed to line respectively an upper jaw and a lower jaw, said grooves ( 2, 3 ) being linked...
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7134874 |
Computer automated development of an orthodontic treatment plan and appliance
A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions...
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7133042 |
Systems and methods for generating an appliance with tie points
Systems and methods are described for integrating anatomical information from a plurality of sources of information. The system receives two or more three dimensional (3D) anatomical maps sharing a...
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7125248 |
Attachment devices and methods for a dental appliance
The present invention provides improved systems and methods for removably attaching a dental positioning appliance to the dental features of a patient during orthodontic treatment. These appliances...
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7121825 |
Tooth positioning appliances and systems
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 and a wire...
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7104790 |
Orthodontic appliance with embedded wire for moving teeth and method
A generally horseshoe shaped clear flexible resilient plastic wire-imbedded orthodontic appliance is made with a plastic portion with contours on the lingual side and on the labial side, wherein...
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7092784 |
Systems and methods for forming an object
A method produces an object using thermal-forming by positioning a die representative of the object in a chamber; positioning a sheet of material over the die; pressurizing the chamber; and...
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7077646 |
Automated method for producing improved orthodontic aligners
A method for producing orthodontic aligners uses a CAD system to modify a digital model of the patient's oral anatomy to incorporate features that accommodate attachment of aligner auxiliaries to...
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7059850 |
Attachment devices and methods for a dental appliance
The present invention provides improved systems and methods for removably attaching a dental positioning appliance to the dental features of a patient during orthodontic treatment. These appliances...
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6980674 |
Reference database
Data acquisition and cataloging are used to classify polypeptides into a reference index or database. The database can be used to identify previously unidentified samples. New polypeptides are...
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6978786 |
Device for treating the temporomandibular joint
The invention relates to a device for treating the temporomandibular joint. The device includes pads ( 5 ) for placing on the occlusal surfaces of the posterior teeth (Z) of the left-hand and...
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6964564 |
Systems and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances
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...
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6947038 |
Systems and methods for generating an appliance with tie points
Systems and methods are described for integrating anatomical information from a plurality of sources of information. The system receives two or more three dimensional (3D) anatomical maps sharing a...
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6941952 |
Athletic mouthpiece capable of sensing linear and rotational forces and protective headgear for use with the same
A mouthpiece assembly for use in detecting impact forces on the neck and head of a user is disclosed. The mouthpiece assembly includes sensors which determine linear and rotational impact forces on...
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6935859 |
Method for fabricating orthodontic appliances
A method for fabricating a removable orthodontic appliance with lingual springs using a model of a patient's teeth. One or more ideal reference grooves (e.g., a central ideal reference groove,...
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6908306 |
Orthodontic distalizing apparatus
An orthodontic distalizing apparatus comprises at least one force generating element positioned intermediate a force dissipating element secured to the hard palate and/or alveolar ridge and a first...
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6886567 |
Glowing mouth guard
A glowing mouth guard has a transparent main body, and a transparent glow element for insertion in the main body; the glow element has an outer part formed with several separate holding rooms,...
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6832914 |
Preform allowing the production of personalized orthondontic apparatuses following deformation, the apparatuses obtained and the process for their production
This invention pertains to the area of orthodontic apparatuses, particularly those that have been precisely adapted to the specific morphology of each patient. The invention proposes a preform...
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6830450 |
Systems and methods for improved engagement between aligners and teeth
A system and method for repositioning teeth in a patient jaw includes an attachment bonded to a tooth. The attachment has at least one force receiving component for receiving a force. A polymeric...
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