Subgingival medicament delivery tray
OwnerLisa Shafferinventor
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Abstract
Oral appliance delivery trays for use in maintaining or improving oral health, particularly the sub-gingival region, are provided. Methods of manufacturing individualized oral appliance delivery trays are provided. Pre-fabricated oral appliance trays including a compound pre-disposed therein are provided. The compositions and methods may be used to maintain or improve oral, periodontal and systemic health or to prevent or slow, periodontal or systemic health issues related to the oral cavity.
Claims11
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a three dimensional (3D) printing machine, direct the processor to:
- receive and process a digital 3D imaging model of at least one arch of a subject selected from the group consisting of a maxillary arch and a mandibular arch to generate a dental device, the dental device having a supragingival portion and a subgingival portion;
- receive and process coordinates and dimensions of features to be configured with the oral appliance tray, wherein the coordinates and the dimensions of the features are based on periodontal measurements made to at least one arch selected from the group consisting of the maxillary arch and the mandibular arch of the subject to generate the dental device, and wherein the features comprise delivery ports, wherein the delivery ports comprise cannulated delivery ports having an open inlet extending from inside the supragingival portion to an open outlet extending inside the subgingival delivery region for delivery of a compound to the subgingival portion;
- map the coordinates and the dimensions of the features to the digital 3D imaging model;
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- direct the 3D printing machine to form the dental device with the features according the digital 3D imaging model and according to the coordinates and the dimensions of the features mapped thereto.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a three dimensional (3D) printing machine, direct the processor to:
- receive and process coordinates and dimensions of features to be configured with a dental device, wherein the coordinates and the dimensions of the features are based on periodontal measurements made to at least one arch of the subject, and wherein the features comprise delivery ports, wherein the delivery ports comprise cannulated delivery ports having an open inlet extending from inside the supragingival portion to an open outlet extending inside the subgingival delivery region for delivery of a compound to the subgingival portion;
- map the coordinates and the dimensions of the features to a digital 3D imaging model;
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- direct the CAD/CAM machine to form a dental device comprising features according to the coordinates and dimensions of the features and according to the digital 3D model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.