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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699607 | Locating and measuring device of facial anatomical parameters This present invention concerns a locating and measuring device of facial anatomical parameters of a human face. It includes in particular a frame intended to be positioned in front of a face, and a bite yoke mounted on a cross member of the frame, intended to be in... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7399182 | Methods and apparatus for determining horizontal and vertical plane orientation for construction of dental prostheses Methods and systems for establishing dental bite planes in relation to the relative vertical and horizontal planes of a patient's face and head. A U-shaped bite fork, which can be held by the patient's teeth or gums, may be attached to a connection system that attac... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7364429 | Methods and apparatus for determining horizontal and vertical plane orientation for construction of dental prostheses Methods and systems for establishing dental bite planes in relation to the relative vertical and horizontal planes of a patient's face and head. A U-shaped bite fork, which can be held by the patient's teeth or gums, may be attached to a connection system that attac... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361019 | Dental instrument An instrument for determining the occlusal space between a person's upper and lower teeth thereby facilitating the formation of apparatus such as dentures and splints for removable positioning in the person's mouth. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331349 | Method and device for the prevention of snoring and sleep apnea Snoring and sleep apnea are prevented by advancing the mandible of an individual during sleep. Instead of using an intra-oral device that has the potential to cause movement of the teeth, an extra-oral device is used, having a rigid headpiece, mandibular cradles tha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7243650 | Custom fitted mask configured for coupling to an external gas supply system and method of forming same According to one embodiment, a method of forming a custom fitted mask configured for coupling to an external gas supply system includes applying a first sheet of deformable material against a contact portion of a user's face surrounding the user's nostrils while the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7156658 | Dental measurement device A dental measurement device is disclosed that includes a mouthpiece having a bracket attached thereto and extending outward therefrom. A bite registration compound is applied to the mouthpiece and the mouthpiece is positioned in a patient's oral cavity. The bracket ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144251 | Dental-facial measuring instrument A dental-facial measuring instrument provides a possibility to determine an occlusion to make a denture. An improved dental-facial measuring instrument includes the first and second strips coupled by the connector and spring with a slidable strip comprising a horizo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128572 | Method and apparatus for selecting denture teeth A kit which may be used for anterior tooth selection, the kit including a facial meter for measuring the width of a nose and/or the distance between the eyes, and for correlating the measurement to a tooth size, and an anterior tooth selection guide consisting of a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118375 | Method and system for dental model occlusal determination using a replicate bite registration impression Systems and methods for imaging a dental occlusal registration impression; developing a digital 3D surface contour model of the occlusal registration impression from the image data; electronically transferring the data representing the digital 3D surface contour mod... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110594 | Manipulating a digital dentition model to form models of individual dentition components A programmed computer is used to create a digital model of an individual component of a patient's dentition. The computer obtains a 3D digital model of the patient's dentition, identifies points in the dentition model that lie on an inter-proximal margin between adj... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7059332 | Dynamic oral-exercise method A method of correcting parafunctional behavior of the mandibular complex by engaging in a vertical measurement of the mouth followed by stretching open the mouth even further at least once followed by inserting an anti-occluding device between the teeth and retainin... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048539 | Anatomical transfer bow with leveling device An anatomical transfer bow is made available which consists principally of a central part, with two pivotable side arms connected via a pivot point, of the nasion support with mounting part and nose roll, and of the bite-fork carrier with bite fork. The anatomical t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6582931 | Dento-facial analyzer A face bow assembly including a face bow having a bite fork portion to carry an index trays to be positioned in a patient's mouth. The bow has outwardly extending wings to enable a dentist to support the bow. A vertical indicator rod mounted to the bow he... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6322359 | Method for use in dental articulation A computer implemented method of creating a dental model for use in dental articulation 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 ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6152732 | Facebow with sighting structure A facebow having a sight structure, co-linearly moving arms, and ear pieces shaped to provide repeatable registration of the facebow on a patient's face. The facebow is able to be sterilized as a unit or can be partially disassembled for sterilization.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152731 | Methods for use in dental articulation A computer implemented method of creating a dental model for use in dental articulation 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 ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6109917 | System for establishing a reference plane for dental casts Dental apparatus which can determine a patient-specific reference plane so that the patient's teeth can be aesthetically oriented to an aesthetic axis-horizontal reference plane. The apparatus includes a face bow, an adjustable nasion relator assembly, a ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 occlusion upon replacement of natural teeth.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5738517 | Apparatus and method of fixed reference examination of dental patients A patient evaluation reference determining apparatus of the present invention comprises a face bow which extends generally from one of the patient's ears forwardly along the patient's temples or across the patient's face, and back along the other side of ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 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 top of the skull and the sides of the head and which has a n... | 03/10/1998 |
| 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 having a tracing plate; a maxillary bite rim having a tracin... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5632619 | Jaw articulator and face bow with bite-fork column A face bow for receiving and transferring a model jaw to a jaw articulator in the correct spacial orientation relative to a patient's skull and jaw hinge axis. The face bow has a curved transfer member for surrounding a patient's face and a guide column r... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5350382 | Surgical cutting guide A cutting guide is provided for use in human maxillofacial surgery. The cutting guide has a bowed body portion adapted to substantially surround the interior surface of the mandible. The body portion has a substantially planar bottom surface to guide a sa... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5176515 | Dental treatment method and apparatus A characteristic of optimal facial harmony is a correlation of the A/P (Anterior/Posterior) position of the maxillary incisors with the forehead. When the forehead is canted about 7 degrees or less, the A/P position of the maxillary incisors should match ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5090901 | Face bow and adjustable occlusal fork A bracket having a vertical column for supporting a face bow and a bite fork on the face of a patient with impressionable material on the bite fork in the mouth of the patient with the patient's teeth engaging the impressionable material making an impress... | 02/25/1992 |
| 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 measuring mandibular deflection and deviation between the mandi... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5009594 | Disposable transfer jig assembly An adjustable transfer jig assembly interconnecting a face bow and a bitefork is positionally fixed after locating the bitefork relative to the face bow. Clamp blocks of plastic interconnecting plastic rods forming the jig assembly include slots for recei... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4936302 | Superficial temporal artery compression clamp A clamp to be used during the performance of cerebrovascular thermography wherein said clamp compresses superficial temporal arteries without introducing heat artifacts is disclosed. The clamp is provided with two oppositely disposed contact members, the ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4909737 | Dental apparatus Upper and lower frames of jaw movement analyzing apparatus is disclosed. A segmented clamp interconnects the side arms of the lower frame to a forward transverse rod in a manner to simplify locating the jaw hinge axis. The clamp includes a screw for gripp... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4907967 | Paraocclusive dental instrument A paraocclusive instrument including two holding jaws laterally applied to the lower dental arch and a basic element in communication with the holding jaws in the form of a rod to transfer movement of the lower jaw to display and/or recording devices. The... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4892480 | Face bow A face bow for use with an articulator. The face bow has a caliper having ends to engage the ear area of a patient to support the articulator, a naison suture engaging means to engage the nose area of the patient and a fork to engage the teeth of a patien... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4836779 | Dental face bow A dental face bow comprising a U-shaped spring member including two opposing uniformly acting spring biased legs and a central portion. The U-shaped spring member has a cross section with vertical and horizontal cross sectional axes. The vertical axis is ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4806100 | Mandible manipulation device The present invention provides a mandible manipulation device that, in a preferred embodiment, consists of a frame having a pair of elongated, lengthwise members that are adjustably connected to a transverse member. In the preferred embodiment, an impress... | 02/21/1989 |
| 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 the biting surfaces in order to obtain ideal occlusion. The... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4695252 | Quick mount face-bow device for an articulator A face-bow device for registration of a patient's face and for transferring the registration to an articulator, for use in making dentures or parts thereof, comprises a bite fork on a bite fork support, an adjustment structure in which bite fork support i... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4681539 | Dental articulator and method A method and apparatus for recording condylar motion and utilizing such recording in a dental articulator involves the production of three-dimensional solid recordings formed by the patient executing full mandibular motion, and transferring the recordings... | 07/21/1987 |
| 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 contains a number of distributed transmitters (S1, S2, S3) which ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 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 mandibular movements necessary for the fabrication of dental prosth... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4634377 | Device for aligning artificial teeth and crowns A system useful for recording or providing information concerning the optimal esthetic position and angulation of the anterior teeth of a dental patient during restoration of teeth with crowns or the construction of dental prostheses, the system utilizes ... | 01/06/1987 |
