Apparatus for teaching, demonstration, or simulation, of orthodontic temporary anchorage device placement and the use thereof
AssigneeUnder Dog Media, L.P.
InventorJason B. Cope
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Abstract
A dental model comprising a first jaw member wherein the first jaw member comprises a first transparent medullary bone portion and a first opaque cortical bone portion, at least one tooth connected to the first jaw member, wherein the first jaw member further comprises a simulated gum tissue covering at least a portion of the first transparent medullary bone portion and a first opaque cortical bone portion.
Claims20
A dental model comprising:
- a first jaw member wherein the first jaw member comprises a first transparent medullary bone portion and a first opaque cortical bone portion,
- at least one tooth connected to the first jaw member, and
- wherein the first jaw member further comprises a simulated gum tissue covering at least a portion of the first transparent medullary bone portion and a first opaque cortical bone portion.
A removable jaw member structure to simulate a life-like situation for performing dental and/or orthodontic procedures which include endodontic, periodontic, and oral surgery procedures, comprising:
- an upper jaw member defined by an upper transparent medullary bone portion and an upper opaque cortical bone portion and,
- a lower jaw member defined by a lower transparent medullary bone portion and a lower opaque cortical bone portion and,
- at least one tooth removably connected to the upper jaw member and/or the lower jaw member, and
- wherein the upper jaw member and the lower jaw member are disposed in a flexibly hinged relationship, wherein the structure formed can be used independent to, or in an inserted relationship with, a mammalian skull model or the like, thereby forming a structure that can be removably inserted into a mammalian skull model or the like.
A method for using an improved dental apparatus, having a transparent medullary bone portion, an opaque cortical bone portion and a simulated gum tissue covering at least a portion of the transparent medullary bone portion and the opaque cortical bone portion, comprising the steps of:
- performing a simulated operation on the improved dental apparatus;
- and
- observing results of the simulated operation performed on the improved dental apparatus by viewing the results through the transparent medullary bone portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.