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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Zest Ip Holdings Llc, Escondido, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Mullaly, San Marcos, CA (US);
Christopher Michael Gervais, San Marcos, CA (US);
James Irwin Johnson, Temecula, CA (US);
Richard Robert Allen, Oceanside, CA (US);
Theodore Matthew Powell, Escndido, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZEST IP HOLDINGS LLC, Escondido, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 5/08 (2006.01); A61K 6/04 (2006.01); A61K 6/08 (2006.01); A61C 13/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0053 (2013.01); A61C 5/08 (2013.01); A61C 8/0048 (2013.01); A61C 8/0054 (2013.01); A61C 8/0068 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01); A61K 6/046 (2013.01); A61K 6/08 (2013.01); A61C 8/0001 (2013.01); A61C 8/008 (2013.01); A61C 13/2656 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.