Zest IP Holdings, LLC

Zest Anchors, Inc.

Other

Scott Mullaly

Paul T Zuest

Christopher Michael Gervais

Richard Robert Allen

James Irwin Johnson

Theodore Matthew Powell

Douglas Wyatt Mullaly

A fixed, detachable dental attachment device has a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.

Fixed detachable dental attachment device, assembly and methods of using the same

A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.

A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device having a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.

Fixed hybrid dental attachment device and methods of using same

A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.

A dental anchor apparatus having a one or two part endosseous implant securable in a patient's mouth and a retention member which is releasably engageable with the implant. The implant has an abutment head at one end and a threaded post projecting from the head and designed for threaded engagement in the jaw bone, the head having an outer locating surface portion. The retention member is generally cupshaped with a first end and a peripheral skirt extending from the first end to form a cavity, the skirt having an inner locating surface which is engaged over the outer locating surface portion of the head. The head may also have a socket in which a post extending from an inner end of the retention member engages as the parts are moved into releasable snap engagement.

Dental anchor apparatus and method

An O-ring insertion tool is disclosed herein which holds and inserts an O-ring into a cap for releasably securing a dental appliance to, for example, a dental attachment assembly secured in the mouth of a patient. The tool contains a driver having a central portion and at least one end portion with resilient prongs designed to push an O-ring through a bore in a bushing sleeve sized at one end to match the entrance of the cap. The bore has a tapered, frustoconical portion. The prongs fit into the larger end of the bore in which the O-ring is positioned and engage and advance the O-ring through the bore. The O-ring is uniformly compressed as it advances through the frustoconical portion of the bore, and is then pushed out of the second end of the bore and into position in the cap.

O-ring insertion tool and method

A dental attachment system has an abutment member configured for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, the abutment member having a head and an annular seat adjacent the head. An elastomeric ring is configured for releasable engagement in the seat on the abutment member, and is retained in a retainer ring which in turn is in swivel engagement with a concave inner surface of a cavity in a cap which is secured in a recess in a dental appliance such as a denture, partial denture, or the like.

Dental attachment assembly and method

An apparatus is disclosed comprising a base and a container. The container typically includes a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion is hinged to the bottom portion. The container is fixed to the base so that the top portion can be rotated upwards to reveal a cavity in the container for storing objects. The container may include a lock which can be locked to prevent the cavity from being exposed. The base may have an open box structure with a chamber in which the container is placed.

Locking magazine holder

A dental attachment assembly has an abutment member for attachment to a tooth root, implant, adjacent tooth, or bar, and a retention member for hinged engagement in a cap secured in a dental appliance. A skirt projects from one end of the cap for releasable snap engagement over an outer locating surface on the abutment member. The outer locating surface has at least two axially spaced retention surfaces for mating, snap engagement with corresponding spaced snap engagement formations on the inner surface of the cap, to provide a stacked, external retention between the abutment and retention members.

A dental attachment assembly has an abutment member for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, and a retention member for engagement in a dental appliance. The retention and abutment members are designed for releasable snap engagement to secure the members together. A skirt projects from the upper end of the retention member and snap engages over an outer locating surface of the abutment member as the members are secured together, acting to align the retention member with the abutment members.

Dental attachment assembly

A dental attachment assembly has an abutment member for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, and a male member for hinged engagement in a cap secured in a dental appliance. The male and abutment members are designed for releasable snap engagement to secure the members together. A skirt projects from the upper end of the male retention member and engages an outer locating surface of the abutment member as the members are secured together, acting to align the male member with the abutment members.

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San Marcos, CA, United States of America

Scott Mullaly