System and method for treating sleep apnea while straightening teeth
AssigneeFrantz Design Incorporated
InventorsMargaret M. Anderson, Donald Frantz, Joseph Frantz
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Abstract
A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining an incrementally progressive series of adjustment appliances, each of the series of adjustment appliances having geometries selected to progressively reposition teeth; and determining for each of the series of adjustment appliances, a vertical displacement and a forward mandibular position for treating sleep apnea. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
Claims20
A dental appliance system, comprising:
- means for determining an incrementally progressive series of adjustment appliances, each of the series of adjustment appliances having geometries selected to progressively reposition teeth;
- and
- means for determining for each of the series of adjustment appliances, a vertical displacement and a forward mandibular position for treating sleep apnea.
A computationally-implemented system, comprising:
- circuitry for determining an incrementally progressive series of adjustment appliances, each of the series of adjustment appliances having geometries selected to progressively reposition teeth;
- and
- circuitry for determining for each of the series of adjustment appliances, a vertical displacement and a forward mandibular position for treating sleep apnea.
A method for treating sleep apnea while straightening teeth, the method comprising:
- determining an incrementally progressive series of adjustment appliances, each of the series of adjustment appliances having geometries selected to progressively reposition teeth;
- and
- determining for each of the series of adjustment appliances, a vertical displacement and a forward mandibular position for treating sleep apnea.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.