Ali Kakavand,Vadim Matov,Jennifer C. Chen,Jon F. Moss,Jihua Cheng
申请号:
US12283567
公开号:
US08517726B2
申请日:
2008.09.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance having a resilient portion are disclosed. One such appliance is a removable dental positioning appliance that includes, a plurality of shell portions each having one or more cavities shaped therein to receive one or more teeth and wherein each of the plurality of shell portions is formed to be separate from each of the other plurality of shell portions a resilient component attached to a side of at least two shell portions and wherein at least one of, the resilient component and one or more of the shell portions, provides one or more forces to reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation.