Tooth moving device
OwnerShuji Yamaguchiinventor
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Abstract
A tooth moving device 1 according to the present invention comprises: a track part 6 extending from a mesial end 4 to a distal end 5 along a palate-side teeth alignment; a sliding part 7, slidably attached to the track part 6, and engaging with a holding member 51 attached to a maxillary posterior tooth; a lock part 8 fixed to the track part 6 close to the mesial end 4 relative to the sliding part 7; an elastic part 9 intervening between the lock part 8 and the sliding part 7 to bias the sliding part 7 toward the distal end; and anchoring part 2 and 3, anchored to an implanted member 53 implanted into a palate, and connected to the distal end 5.
Claims7
A tooth moving device for distalizing a maxillary posterior tooth, comprising:
- a track part extending from a mesial end to a distal end along a palate-side teeth alignment;
- a sliding part, slidably attached to the track part, and engaging with a holding member configured to be attached to a maxillary posterior tooth;
- a lock part fixed to the track part close to the mesial end relative to the sliding part;
- an elastic part intervening between the lock part and the sliding part to bias the sliding part toward the distal end;
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- an anchoring part, anchored to an implanted member configured to be implanted into a palate, and directly connected to the distal end of the track part, wherein the distal end of the track part exists distally relative to the holding member;
- wherein the elastic part is attached to a mesial side of the sliding part on the track part;
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- wherein the lock part incorporates a sunk plug, whereby loosening the sunk plug allows the lock part to move to an arbitrary position on the track part, while tightening the sunk plug fixes the lock part to the track part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.