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7637262 Anti-retrusion oral appliance  
An oral appliance for treating sleep apnea and bruxism is formed of a maxillary tray and a mandibular tray. The maxillary tray carries a maxillary bite pad projecting downwardly toward an opposed...
7621922 Facial osteodistraction device  
A system for midface distraction including a left side distraction mechanism and a right side distraction mechanism, each including: an implantable anchor configured to be coupled to a bone of the...
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...
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...
7527642 Hinged therapeutic mouthpiece  
This invention relates to devices for insertion into the mouth for the application of heat or cold to oral tissue to provide a therapeutic effect. The device 10 includes an upper member 11 ...
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...
7384265 Orthodontic force module  
An orthodontic force mechanism includes a jack screw having a pair of ends, at least one of which is threaded, and a central spindle between the ends, which spindle has two intersecting radial...
7357633 Device for correction of the form of upper jaw  
The invention relates to the medicine, in particularly, in orthodontics, and can be used during the correction of the form of upper jaw, namely, dental, alveolar and basal arches. The task of the...
7347687 Distraction apparatus for orthodontic, orthognathic and oral/maxillofacial surgery applications on the mandible  
The invention concerns a distraction appliance for orthodontic, orthognathic and maxillofacial surgery purposes on the mandible for the distraction of a frontal bone segment, wherein the appliance...
7331781 Orthodontic expander for increasing maxillary transverse dimension and method  
An orthodontic expander with opposing bodies interconnected by a shaft threaded on opposing ends in opposing directions so that rotation of the shaft by engagement of a rotation body with a tool...
7322987 Maxillary distraction device  
A device for maxillary jawbone and dentition expansion and/or retraction is configured for mounting within the mouth and connects the right and left halves of the skull. The maxillary distraction...
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...
7195481 Orthodontic distractor  
An orthodontic distractor comprising a pair of telescopically interconnected channels, a drive screw operable to withdraw the inner channel from the outer channel and the outer channel being formed...
7192281 Method for stimulation of growth of missing tissues of jaw defects and a device for its realization  
The invention relates to medicine and could be used in orthodontics during the stimulation of growth and filling of defects of jaw's missing tissues, in particular, of palate cleft and alveolar...
7156654 Self-locking power component for orthodontic appliances  
A force adjusting mechanism for an orthodontic appliance wherein the appliance functions to move teeth and/or to expand the dental arch. The mechanism includes a shaft operatively coupled at...
7094051 Orthodontic appliance  
A mandibular and maxillary arch expansion apparatus having a first and second forward orthodontic bands and first and second rear orthodontic bands. The respective forward and rear orthodontic...
7074036 Palatal expansion device and methods  
The present invention relates to a palatal expansion device that has a screw having one or more activation arms wherein the screw connects two blocks, each block having an opening for receiving the...
7044929 Hinged therapeutic mouthpiece  
This invention relates to devices for insertion into the mouth for the application of heat or cold to oral tissue to provide a therapeutic effect. The device 10 includes an upper member 11 ...
7011518 Contoured palatal expander  
An orthodontic palatal expander appliance comprising an expansion screw, extensions leading from opposite ends of the expansion screw and contoured tooth engaging portions fixed to the ends of the...
6918915 Maxillary bone extensor  
A maxilla extension apparatus that extends the maxilla in lower forward direction, wherein a band is installed on the maxilla dentition, fixed onto a slide rail, and an arm is fixed onto the...
6877982 Mandibular and maxillary arch expander having polygonal or ovoid rod and tube expanding elements  
An orthodontic appliance for expanding the mandibular or maxillary arch comprises a first forward orthodontic band; a second forward orthodontic band; a first spring-loaded rod and tube assembly...
6783361 Orthodontic mechanical force module  
The present invention is generally directed to an orthodontic mechanical force module having a jack screw whose rotation is controlled by a ratchet. In one embodiment, a pair of housings are...
6644967 Process for making an expansion screw for orthodontics and screw thus made  
The present invention refers to a process for making an expansion screw and a screw thus made; the expansion screw ( 100, 100′ ) has two bodies ( 1, 2 ) that can be spaced apart by acting on the...
6626665 Developed maxillary molar distalization appliance  
For maxillary molar distalization a newly developed maxillary molar distalization appliance is introduced. Maxillary first molars and first premolars were banded. On the palatal side of the Class...
6616672 Surgical instrument for displacing bone parts  
A surgical instrument having at least one displacement element is provided for displacing bone parts. The apparatus includes an implantable, flat housing in which an adjusting device for the...
6604943 Orthodontic appliance  
A method and apparatus for orthodontic treatment employs a cast mass-type appliance with a labial bow and combinations of labial and lingual springs to produce multiple coupled forces on selected...
6592366 Apparatus for palatal expansion  
Apparatus for the expansion of the palate with an extension part which may be lengthened and/or shortened it its length, which has on each of its two ends a fixation part the improvement wherein...
6568935 Lingual arch developer  
Various embodiments of lingual arch developers are disclosed that have at least one telescoping force generator module assemblies for exerting at least generally mesio-distally directed forces on...
6520772 Bimaxillary jaw expanding appliance  
A new a telescoping assembly or advancing sheath and a expansion complex are provided for a maxillary or mandibular arch expander. The advancing sheath is provided with a spring which extends...
6499996 Jackscrew for use in correcting misalignments of teeth  
Jackscrew for use in correcting misalignments of teeth, comprising two main bodies ( 1,2 ), whose mutual separation can be adjusted by means of a spindle ( 3 ) provided with an operating part ( 5 )...
6450806 Orthodontic expansion screw  
The invention relates to an orthodontic expansion screw for the generation of an expansion force between a first and a second fastening elements, for the fastening to oppositely lying sides of the...
6436034 Intrabuccal stretcher  
Disclosed is an intrabuccal stretcher having essentially a supporting bar and a pushing part formed at each distal end of the supporting bar; the pushing parts having such a thickness and such a...
6435871 Orthodontic appliance and method  
An orthodontic appliance ( 10 ) for treating anterior teeth of a patient includes a support structure ( 12, 14 ) having labial and lingual components for applying opposed forces to a set of...
6435870 Orthodontic distalizing appliance  
This orthodontic distalizing appliance includes a forward support assembly having an anchoring base in the roof of the mouth. A rearward laterally disposed spring assembly is provided having outer...
6425758 Flexible spring brace for the correction of tooth misalignment  
A elastic expansion appliance for correcting misalignments of teeth, which has two members connected by linear guidance element(s), a spacing between which can be modified via a spring arranged...
6405729 Oral appliance for improving breathing and method of constructing same  
A device ( 10 ) for improving a user's breathing includes an upper arch ( 12 ) that is adapted to receive at least some of the user's upper teeth and a lower arch ( 14 ) that is adapted to receive...
6358255 Distraction osteogenesis device and method  
A device especially for osteodistraction, configured for attachment to different bone parts that have been separated, and that are bound together by the device which holds the bones parts in a...
6334771 Rapid palatal expander  
A rapid palatal expander for stretching a patient's upper jaw bone sideward horizontally and forward to accommodate front teeth. It has a dual-joint jack screw with two rocker arms having...
6328745 Palate expander  
An expander for lengthening a patient's palate comprises two substantially rigid sections, each of which sections has one or more downwardly extending members capable of being affixed to a surface;...
6309213 Expansion appliance for correcting tooth misalignments  
Expansion appliance for correcting tooth misalignments having the following features: a first member (1), a second member (2), a spindle (3) which, for changing the distance between the first (1)...
6302687 Appliance and method for mandibular widening by symphyseal distraction osteogenesis  
Mandibular widening by symphyseal distraction osteogenesis is accomplished with the use of an appliance having first and second elongated support arms and an intervening displacement mechanism...
6299438 Orthodontic articles having a low-friction coating  
A dental article coated with a friction-reducing coating and methods for coating dental articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the dental device first is coated with an adhesion layer, followed...
6299439 Suture expansion device  
The invention relates to a suture expansion device. The suture expansion device comprises a central stretching screw support; on either side of the stretching screw support, a right and a left...
6267589 Orthodontic screw expansion device  
An orthodontic expansion device which may be used for expanding the palate of a patient or for other orthodontic treatments. The expansion device is a compact design which essentially uses...
6241517 Mandibular and maxillary arch expander  
A new expansion complex is provided for a mandibular and maxillary arch expander. The arch expander includes first and second forward orthodontic bands and a pair of rear orthodontic bands...
6220856 Device for orthopedic and/or orthodontic treatment  
A device for the orthodontic and/or orthopedic correction in a dental arch. The device includes at least one thrust or traction element attached to a first set of teeth at one end a second set of...
6213766 Modular multifunctional apparatus for dento-maxillo-facial orthodontics and orthopedics  
An apparatus is disclosed for dento-maxillo-facial orthodontics and orthopedics. The apparatus includes a base structure (1) able to be fixed to lateroposterior teeth (2) of the superior arch...
6171313 Distraction apparatus for subapical osteotomy and vertical segment distraction and ridge augmentation  
An apparatus for use in dental base regeneration has a support bar having fixing members on ends thereof for fixing the bar to teeth of the mandible or maxilla. A bone section engagement member,...
6168430 Orthodontic appliance for treating overjet  
An orthodontic appliance is adapted for treating overjet in a patient having an upper jaw, a lower jaw, lower teeth in the lower jaw and upper teeth in the upper jaw which are abnormally forward of...
6155829 Anchoring device for orthodontic correction treatment instruments  
The invention consists of an anchoring device to be applied in the palatal arch to anchor the wires suitable for orthodontic treatment. Said anchoring device consists of: the first screw (1) with a...
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