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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Richard E. Raby, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A dental appliance includes a first polymeric shell portion having one or more cavities shaped therein to removably conform to one or more teeth. The dental positioning appliance further includes at least one spacer. At least one spacer is coupled to the first polymeric shell portion. The dental appliance can also have a first arch member coupled to the at least one spacer and configured to provide at least some of a force needed to reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a second orientation different from the first orientation.