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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
William J. Clark, Leven, GB;
William J. Clark, Leven, GB;
Other;
Abstract
Various embodiments of orthodontic appliances are disclosed to dispose a patient's lower dentition () and upper dentition () in Class I occlusion. A representative appliance () includes an occlusal ridge () that extends over the mesio-lingual cusp and the mesio-buccal cusp of a lower first molar () on one side of the patient's dentition (), and includes another occlusal ridge () that extends over the mesio-lingual cusp and the mesio-buccal cusp of a lower first molar () on the other side of the patient's dentition (). Such an appliance () addresses a Class II malocclusion by encouraging or facilitating movement of the mandible in a mesial or anterior direction such that each such occlusal ridge () ends up being disposed between a corresponding upper first molar () and a corresponding second bicuspid ().