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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129123 | MULTI-COORDINATE ORTHODONTIC IMPLANT POSITIONING DEVICE A multi-coordinate orthodontic implant positioning device includes a measuring reference member having a predetermined thickness and being provided thereon with measuring scales formed of a radiopaque material. The measuring reference member is connected at an edge to a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120082951 | ORTHODONTIC KIT AND METHODS FOR SAME A method for providing orthodontic therapy. The method includes the steps of providing a kit that includes an enclosure and tools and components for providing orthodontic therapy using braces to a single patient, applying the braces to the single patient's teeth using t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-ORAL DRUG DELIVERY Systems and methods are disclosed for intra-oral delivery of drugs.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070797 | Orthodontic Appliance and Method for Class II and Class III Malocclusion and Dental Asymmetric Correction An orthodontic correction system is disclosed for correcting Class II malocclusions, Class III malocclusions, dental asymmetries and/or dental related skeletal anomalies wherein the patient's dentition is permanent or near permanent. The correction system attaches to a ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120040301 | MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT There are provided various appliances for human mandibular advancement. One appliance comprises a frame having a first end adapted to be secured against a fixed part of the body of a subject; a second end equipped with a pulling platform; and an intervening length to pr... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040302 | Self-ligating non-metalic orthodontic bracket The orthodontic bracket includes a base surface mountable to a tooth and with a primary channel formed in an outer surface opposite the base surface. The primary channel is configured to receive an arch wire therein. An axle support such as a tube is located within a lo... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120028205 | DENTAL ORTHOTIC A dental orthotic covering a plurality of teeth is provided for improving various obstructive syndromes of the human upper airway. The orthotic may be relatively thickened on the lingual side of the orthotic, compared to the facial or occlusal side; and in particular ma... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120015314 | 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 system comprising a series of polymeric shell appliances configured to recei... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015316 | UNIFIED THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL CRANIOFACIAL AND DENTITION MODEL AND USES THEREOF A method and apparatus are disclosed enabling an orthodontist or a user to create an unified three dimensional virtual craniofacial and dentition model of actual, as-is static and functional anatomy of a patient, from data representing facial bone structure; upper jaw a... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110306003 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITIONS OF ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES A multiple-function peripheral device includes a packet-switched network interface and an autonomous application programming interface. The application programming interface requests image information from a remote server via the packet-switched network interface in a f... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110287379 | Display method and system for enabling an operator to visualize and correct alignment errors in imaged data sets A method to visualize and correct alignment errors between paired 2D and 3D data sets is described. In a representative embodiment, a display interface used for dental implant planning includes one or more display areas that enable the operator to visualize alignment er... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110281229 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PATIENTS Systems and methods for treating a patient at a treatment provider's office include digitally scanning the patient at the treatment provider's office and generating at the treatment provider's office one or more appliances to treat the patient.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110269094 | Non-compliant orthodontic system An orthodontic appliance for correction of Class II or Class III malocclusion of maxillary teeth and mandibular teeth of a non-compliant patient. The orthodontic appliance may include an elastic member such as a tension spring for providing a continuous biasing force. A... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269095 | Osteogenetic-Pneumopedic Appliance, System, and Method. One embodiment of the present invention consists of a non-rigid, epigenetic-pneumopedic appliance comprising a wire-type framework supporting bow, bands, brackets or a clasp. The appliance includes active elements adapted to provide brief doses of cyclic forces to induc... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269097 | Method and system for comprehensive evaluation of orthodontic care using unified workstation A method and system for orthodontic treatment planning, evaluation and quality measurement is provided comprising a workstation having computing platform, a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium containing digitized records pertaining to a ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269096 | POLYHEDRAL TOOL AND METHOD OF USING THE TOOL FOR PRODUCING AN ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE The invention relates to a polyhedral tool for producing an orthodontic appliance, comprising one upper and one lower surface which are parallel to each other, and at least one pair of nonparallel, opposing lateral surfaces. One of the two nonparallel surfaces of the po... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269092 | REINFORCED ALIGNER HOOKS Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices are configured to couple with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force from the elastic member into th... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110244413 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC DEVICES Embodiments presented herein provide apparatus and methods for forming and coupling an attachment device onto one or more teeth. A system comprises a template including a shell having a cavity defining a shape that is operable to receive one or more teeth. The template ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORTHODONTIC DIAGNOSIS A method for generating a cephalometric analysis of an orthodontic patient is disclosed. A sequence of images that may each correspond to a specific anatomical plane of the patient is received. Then, a volumetric representation of the patient is derived from a combinati... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETH A dental model kit includes a set of dowel pins for successive use with at least one tooth die that is part of the dental model kit. Each dowel pin includes an upstanding tooth anchor section that is configured to be fixedly attached to the tooth die; and a main body se... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236848 | HIGH/LOW BRACKET PLACEMENTS ON LINGUAL SURFACES An orthodontic bracket system used on the anterior lower teeth includes a plurality of alternating high-low brackets which is made up of a subplurality of high brackets and low brackets. The plurality of alternating high-low brackets are fixed to the anterior teeth, nam... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110223554 | CANTILEVER ARM FOR ORTHODONTIC ANCHORAGE An orthodontic cantilever arm includes a wire segment with an outer end portion having a generally “C”-shaped configuration. One leg of the outer end portion is received in a passageway of an orthodontic anchorage device such as a temporary implant and the other leg... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110207072 | BRACKET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AND PRODUCING A BRACKET SYSTEM FOR THE CORRECTION OF TOOTH MALPOSITIONS The invention relates to a method for planning a bracket system (1) for the correction of malpositions of teeth (2), comprising a plurality of brackets (3) and an arch (4) wherein at least one platelet (6) per tooth is mounted on certa... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110195370 | Dental Retainer Having Improved Joint The invention relates to a dentition retaining apparatus that includes a joint between a holding member and a supporting member. The holding member is elastically deformable and terminates in an end segment having a length with an outer diameter. The joint includes a co... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195372 | SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET An orthodontic bracket having a bracket body configured to be mounted to a tooth includes an archwire slot having a base surface defining a base plane and a slide engagement track defining a translation plane. The translation plane is angled with respect to the base pla... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195373 | Template for Selecting Orthodontic Arch Wires and Method of Placement A dental arch template includes a transparent fitting plate having a perimeter shaped to fit inside the human mouth of a patient with the fitting plate being Y-shaped with a stem and a pair of spaced side legs extending away from said stem, and at least one image of an ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110189625 | Dental Occlusion Analysis Tool An electronic 3D model of at least a portion of a maxillary arch of a patient is displayed. Inputs indicating a peak of a mesiobuccal cusp of a maxillary first molar are received for both the patient's right and left sides. In addition, an electronic 3D model of at leas... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110165533 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATING USE ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS Method and system for providing a first appliance configured for positioning substantially around one or more teeth during a first portion of a recurring time period to apply one of a first predetermined force or a predetermined tooth movement on the one or more teeth, ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110159451 | PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment g... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159452 | POSITIONING METHOD FOR ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE AND STRUCTURE THEREOF A positioning method for orthodontic appliance and structure, mainly provided with base units molded by plastic injection. During the fabricating process, a crossed reference line is first drawn on a dental mold of the patient, after heating, the orthodontic appliance i... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110151393 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES TO THE MAXILLARY SINUS OF A PATIENT The present invention is directed to devices and methods for administering at least one effective dose of at least one therapeutic substance to at least one of the maxillary sinuses of a patient in need thereof. Alternate embodiments may comprise administration of the a... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110136070 | VIBRATING COMPRESSIBLE DENTAL PLATE FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSION A improved vibrating dental plate that allows accelerative forces in addition to vibrating forces to assist in remodeling is provided.... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110136072 | TACTILE OBJECTS FOR ORTHODONTICS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110129786 | Removable Orthodontic Appliance A removable orthodontic appliance and methods of use and manufacturing of the removable orthodontic appliance for repositioning teeth of an upper jaw or lower jaw are provided. The removable orthodontic appliance comprises a trough shaped arch tray that defines an inter... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110123943 | TRACKING TEETH MOVEMENT CORRECTION Embodiments are provided for tracking teeth movement correction. One method embodiment includes using a set of positioning appliances shaped to move teeth through a number of successive stages of arrangements of an expected teeth arrangement model where each stage corre... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110123942 | Rotating clip orthodontic bracket The present invention is directed to a locking orthodontic bracket that contains a mechanism that rotationally locks an orthodontic archwire fully or partially within the bracket archwire slot.... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110123944 | 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 shell repositioning appliance is positioned over at least some of the teet... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110123941 | TABBED DENTAL APPLIANCE Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a number of tooth apertures for the placement of teeth therein and a tab representing a position of a tooth t... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110111358 | ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD An orthodontic device includes a bracket having a body and the body includes external surfaces. An archwire passageway is formed in the body. An aperture extends from one of the external surfaces of the body to the passageway. A pawl is attached to the body and includes... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110104630 | GENERATING A DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL OCCLUSOGRAM Methods and systems for generating a three-dimensional occlusogram are disclosed. One method includes determining a virtual three dimensional (3D) mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient and displaying the determined virtual 3D mesh model object of at least... | 05/05/2011 |
