Tooth enamel replacement

#All publications and patent applications mentioned in this specification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.

#The present disclosure relates to dental, periodontal, orthognathic, and orthodontic methods, particularly methods for enhancing tooth movement velocity and implant movement in the jaw of a patient during a dental, periodontal, orthognathic, and orthodontic therapy.

#Millions of children and adults each year use braces and/or aligners to treat malocclusions (i.e. crooked teeth leading to a poor bite) or skeletal abnormalities or oral health. While a child is growing, their teeth move much easier than an adult's because their bones are less dense. The density of the maxilla and mandible continue to increase until puberty has completed and adulthood is reached. Unless an adult acquires a disease which weakens their bones (e.g., osteoporosis), they will maintain that level of greater density for decades.

#FIG. 1 compares the tools and techniques used in the MOPS screw based method versus the round bur method of embodiments of the present disclosure.

#FIG. 2 describes an implementation of the BAST method on a patient according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

#FIG. 3 illustrates a unique tooth positioning arrangement to be used to reduce sleep apnea in patients that can be implemented through use of a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

#The present disclosure relates to dental, periodontal, orthognathic, restorative, and orthodontic protocols and devices whose intention is to maintain or improve the patient's overall dental, periodontal, orthognathic, or orthodontic health. The improvement to the patient's health status is achieved through judicious tooth movements that foster a positive reformulation of the basal alveolar osseous process in the maxillary and mandibular arches which possess most, if not all teeth. The reformulation of the supportive bone and improved force distribution during function are a couple of the enhancements which help the tooth/bone/bite relationships reduce asymmetry and increase occlusion stability.

#Embodiments of the present disclosure provide minimally-invasive bone acceleration surgical therapy (BAST) methods and systems that can be combined with conventional orthodontic systems like braces and aligners. In one embodiment, the concept complements the efficacy of the ART (“Arch Reformulation Therapy”) method as outlined in U.S. Pat. No. 9,861,451 (incorporated herein by reference). The ART method allows a patient that is otherwise denied orthodontic therapy to be treated with conventional orthodontic treatment systems like braces and aligners. Systems of the present disclosure will also help patients achieve desirable levels of periodontal health and a more stable occlusion.

#It has been conventional thinking that not all patients are deemed responsive to treatment with flexible aligners. For example, according to the websites of major manufacturers of orthodontic flexible aligners, the guidelines for a patient who would be deemed unsuitable would have a condition, such as: 1. Any type, method, or movement indicated as difficult. 2. Centric-relation and centric-occlusion discrepancies. 3. Teeth with short clinical crowns. 4. Arches with multiple missing teeth. 5. Patients whose second molars have not yet erupted. 6. Patients with poor oral hygiene. 7. Patients with active periodontal disease. 8. Doctor cannot confirm a patient is dentally and periodontally stable 9. Patients with dental prosthetics or implants.