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8021149 Apparatus and method for replicating mandibular movement  
An apparatus to replicate and analyze movement of a mandible relative to a maxilla with dental casts thereof includes a base frame, an arm connected to the base frame and a suspension assembly...
7891976 Bruxism evaluation sheet  
The purpose of the present invention is to develop an apparatus that can examine the occlusal contact patterns during the sleep bruxism, which can not be evaluated by the observation of the...
7824346 Determining condyle displacement utilizing electronic models of dental impressions having a common coordinate system  
A system and method for determining condyle displacement during jaw articulation includes a physical model with corresponding reference points. The physical model is positioned and scanned to...
7736147 Systems and methods for bite-setting teeth models  
A method for bite-setting computer models of teeth on a first jaw and a second jaw includes determining an initial position of the first jaw; and determining an optimal bite based on the initial...
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....
7503763 In-mouth cavity tracing device  
A tracing device for use in the mouth cavity can include an upper jaw plate, a lower jaw plate, and a coupling tool that connects the above jaw plates. The upper jaw plate can be provided with a...
7347690 Methods for use in dental articulation  
A computer implemented method includes providing a first set of digital data corresponding to an upper arch image of at least a portion of an upper dental arch of a patient, providing a second set...
7182598 Dental bite configuration recording device  
A dental bite configuration recording device comprises an upper base, a lower base, a first biting portion, a second biting portion, and a movable guiding portion. After the user's lower jaw moves...
6726478 Systems and methods for bite-setting teeth models  
A system arranges a computer model of teeth by displaying an outline of the first jaw on the screen; overlaying the teeth on the second jaw with the outline on the screen; and aligning the outline...
6213769 Device for determining a movement between two dental cast profile using an x-ray scanner  
A system for simulating an orthognatic surgery action, including an X-ray scanner, a device of three-dimensional localization of relative positions of dental castings, each associated with a unit...
6179612 Fast transfer yoke  
The invention concerns a fast transfer yoke for the cranium-calculated transfer of a maxilla plaster model from a patient into a dental articulator as well as for the recording of axis-related...
6152730 Bite registration tracing appliance with movable lower wing  
A bite registration appliance includes an upper base plate and a two-piece lower plate, one carrying a tracing stylus and the other carrying a tracing plate, for making a Gothic arch tracing in a...
6120290 Jaw movement simulator, jaw movement simulation system, and jaw movement simulation method  
In a jaw movement simulator in which an upper jaw model patterned after an upper jaw and a lower jaw model patterned after a lower jaw are mounted, and the lower jaw model is relatively moved with...
5989023 Intraoral jaw tracking device  
A jaw tracking device, which fits entirely in the mouth and can be attached to conventional removable dental appliances, tracks the location and movement of the lower jaw with high precision and...
5971756 Method and apparatus for creating patterns for dentures  
This invention consists of a method and apparatus which establish specific central and vertical dimensions and positions for patterns for the making of dentures which will provide a natural...
5905658 Simulation method and apparatus of jaw movement  
A simulation method of jaw movement comprising: a superimposing process step of reading dentition configuration data and jaw movement data, calculating a coordinate transformation matrix for...
5842858 Method of imaging a person's jaw and a model therefor  
The jaw of a person and a model thereof is represented with a series of steps. A device for positional determination, which has marking points, is inserted into the oral cavity of the person, at...
5743732 Wovsaniker dynamic jaw model  
The present invention is concerned with apparatus and methods in the field of dentistry and in the field of design and testing of dental fixtures, components and materials. The apparatus comprises...
5735772 Method and device for improving oral motor function  
A method and device for developing the ability to demonstrate graded jaw closure and repetitive, rhythmical mandibular movement over an improved range of motion in those suffering from limiting...
5724746 Dental recording apparatus  
A dental recording apparatus for recording the movements of the jaw joints in relation to the skull includes (A) an adjustable upper recording bow which is secured on the bridge of the nose, the...
5722828 Method of fabricating a dental BITE registration mold using a gothic arch tracing  
An apparatus and method for producing a gothic arch tracing representative of the natural range of motion of a patient's mandible. The apparatus consists of a kit including a mandibular bite rim...
5597303 Device and method for confirming bite registration for dental implants  
The invention relates to a device and method for confirming bite registration for dental implants. The device has an elongated plate having one or more openings formed at an angle to a longitudinal...
5562105 Fluid motion jaw exercising device  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for exercising small joints such as the temporomandibular joint connecting the upper and lower jaws, fingers and toes of a user and for toning jaw muscles of...
5340309 Apparatus and method for recording jaw motion  
A method and apparatus for tracking, recording and analyzing a subject's jaw motion is provided. Cross-haired targets are non-intrusively fixed in relation to the subject's upper and lower jaws....
5336087 Device for intraoral determination of the two-dimensional mandibular movement and of the jaw closing force  
A device for intraoral determination of the two-dimensional mandibular moent and of the jaw closing force has a supporting pin carrier arrangement (3) which can be inserted in one jaw (2) and a...
5203701 Appliance for temporomandibular joint dysfunction  
An intraoral appliance to be worn for the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction. The appliance has upper and lower members which fit respectively on the person's maxillary...
5188529 Device for static fixation of the jaw relation  
For static fixation of the jaw relation in intraoral recording, a recording instrument set is used that includes a pin holder with a vertically adjustable stylus for placement in one jaw, and a...
5186624 Dental measuring instrument and method  
To make Gothic tracings, a Gothic scribe comprising a movable member adapted to be mounted by a universal joint to wing members in a plurality of different angles with respect to the wing members...
5183057 Fluid motion device (FMD) for exercising the temporomandibular joint  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for exercising small joints such as the temporomandibular joint connecting the upper and lower jaws, fingers and toes of a user. First and second members are...
5158096 Orthopedic measurement device and methodology to quantitatively and simultaneously measure distance and force during a passive stretching of the mandible  
Simultaneous measurement of a border position of a mandible joint opening and the "end-feel" force required to achieve the border position are effectuated through a single apparatus which applies a...
5143086 Device for measuring and analyzing movements of the human body or of parts thereof  
A device for determining mandibular motion wherein three light emitting diodes at the vertices of a triangle are temporarily fixed to teeth of the subject, the light emitting diodes are...
5078153 Method and apparatus for sensing and treating bruxism  
An intraoral acrylic splint having incorporated into the interior of the splint a strip of piezoelectric film which emits a small electrical current when deformed by the compression of the teeth....
5078600 Multifunction mandibular movement measuring device  
A mandibular movement measuring device for measuring the angular movment of the mandibular incisal edge between the mandibular closed position and the maximum mandibular open position and for...
5044950 Therapeutic training device and method for fitting dentures  
A training device for therapeutically exercising a protruding mandible of an edentulous individual to reposition the same to an optimal position. The training device is part of a total system for...
4981437 Method and apparatus for constructing dentures  
A method for constructing dentures which completely accommodate a patient's mandibular movements is provided. The method includes the steps of mounting a three dimensional recording device to the...
4964769 Air-isometric temporomandibular joint and vertical closure jaw relator apparatus  
An apparatus for producing a desired balanced vertical jaw closure in a human mouth. First and second platform members, each capable of being respectively mounted in a fixed, known relation on the...
4932867 Device and process for determining jaws position  
A device for determining optimum jaws position when full denture is prepared, comprising a height adjustable means to be inserted between upper and lower jaws and a means for detecting and...
4859181 Method and apparatus for measuring relative jaw movement  
A process and apparatus for three-dimensional determination of the relative movement between the upper and lower human jaws by affixing at least one reference element to each of the jaws, one of...
4837685 Analog preprocessor for jaw tracking device  
An improved analog preprocessor for a jaw tracking device having a plurality of magnetic sensors (44), each of which produces a first analog signal corresponding to the position of a magnet fixed...
4836778 Mandibular motion monitoring system  
A method and apparatus for monitoring, storing and displaying movements of a person's mandible in relation to the cranium, comprises a plurality of infrared LED's securely mounted to the cranium...
4788987 Apparatus for measuring the locational and attitudinal change of a rigid body in space  
An apparatus for measuring the location and attitude, as well as, locational and attitudinal changes of a rigid body in space has a transmission system which is composed of at least three...
4773854 Device for the representation and correction of condylar motions  
Disclosed herein is a device for the representation of condylar movements of a patient and their correct simulation which includes models of sets of teeth to determine the required corrections to...
4765345 Magnetic sensor for jaw tracking device  
A magnetic field sensor for use in a jaw tracking device. The sensor includes a Hall effect generator (110) and a pair of flux concentrators (112, 114). The Hall effect generator has first (116)...
4673352 Device for measuring relative jaw positions and movements  
The apparatus comprises a first holder (10) fixed stationarily relative to the upper jaw to the patient's head, and a second holder (16) which is secured to the lower jaw. The second holder...
4639220 Apparatus for determining the three-dimensional position and attitude  
An apparatus for measuring the three-dimensional position and attitude of upper and lower clutches attached on patient's maxillary and mandibular teeth for computerized measurement of the...
4595022 Method for preventing remanence phenomena from interfering with magnetic field sensing systems and a device for implementation of the method  
In an exemplary embodiment, one or more flux pickups with ferromagnetic properties, preferably Hall generators provided with antennas, are provided for the detection of a field flux or of a change...
4561846 Dental pantograph  
A dental pantograph capable of measuring mandibulary movement includes right and left side housings have orthogonally located X, Y and Z scales. The housing further includes X, Y and Z scale...
4537574 Dental articulator  
A method and apparatus for performing prosthodontic work comprises a face bow formed from a plate which supports impression styli which, when removed from the patient's head, is incorporated as the...
4528627 Method for cephalometric quantitation and expression of growth  
A method for cephalometric quantitation of the morphology and growth of a patient is provided comprising the steps of making a lateral cephalometric X-ray of the patient, registering an X-ray with...
4495952 Apparatus for measuring jaw movement  
An apparatus for the contactless measuring of the movement in three dimensions of the jaw and of the condyle in the temporo-mandibular joint respectively comprising opto-electronic signal...
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