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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Applicant:
Lawrence F. Andrews, La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence F. Andrews, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A visible coding of components of an articulator apparatus that mount maxillary and mandible casts indicates the relative correspondence between post-treatment goals and the present locations of a person's teeth and jaws. From another aspect, the visible coding indicates at least a direction, and preferably, a direction and a distance, which a person's teeth and/or jaws must be moved to achieve the goals.