A61C 5/007
Dental splints
Official title: {Dental splints; teeth or jaw immobilisation devices; stabilizing retainers bonded to teeth after orthodontic treatments}
A61C5/007 (Dental splints) appears on 153 US grants and 209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 153
- Published applications
- 209
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 323
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11 |
| 2019 | 10 | 26 |
| 2020 | 6 | 18 |
| 2021 | 11 | 20 |
| 2022 | 8 | 22 |
| 2023 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endodontic surgery tissue retractor device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,257 B2
- Relapse prevention retainer11 Aug 2026US 12,702,528 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Orthodontic device28 Jul 2026US 12,690,949 B2
- Intermaxillary fixation device and method of using same30 Jun 2026US 12,667,400 B2
- Dental apparatus including a prop and a rubber dam and a method of using the same21 Apr 2026US 12,605,229 B1King Saud University
- Modular kit for providing guiding devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283744 A1Exocad GmbH
- Devices, systems, and methods for dental arch expansion10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263193 A1
- Devices for treating trismus and methods of use27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248588 A1Bite Ease, LLC
- A method for processing image, an electronic apparatus and a computer readable storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245201 A1Medit Corp.
- A method for processing image, an electronic apparatus and a computer readable storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245202 A1Medit Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dental wire attachment220US 8,292,617 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2012
- Mouth splint158US 4,519,386 A1985
- Extracoronal dental splint and splinting method108US 4,433,960 A1984
- Passive dental appliances of fiber-reinforced composites100US 4,894,012 AUniversity of Connecticut · 1990
- Stabilizing retainer system63US 4,533,320 A1985