Dental Appliances
OwnerAmerico Fernandesinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatuses suitable or treating conditions such as dry mouth. An example embodiment of the present invention provides a method of treating dry mouth condition in a patient, comprising: (a) producing an appliance that is custom fit to the patient's teeth, with additional spaces configured to retain and deliver a therapeutic agent effective in treating dry mouth condition to teeth where treatment is desired; (b) applying the agent to the appliance such that the therapeutic agent is retained in at least some of the additional spaces; and (c) mounting the appliance with the patient's teeth such that the appliance delivers the therapeutic agent to the teeth where treatment is desired.
Claims12
A method of treating dry mouth condition in a patient, comprising:
- (a) producing an appliance that is custom fit to the patient's teeth, with additional spaces configured to retain and deliver a therapeutic agent effective in treating dry mouth condition to teeth where treatment is desired;
- (b) applying the agent to the appliance such that the therapeutic agent is retained in at least some of the additional spaces;
- (c) mounting the appliance with the patient's teeth such that the appliance delivers the therapeutic agent to the teeth where treatment is desired.
A method of producing an appliance suitable for applying a therapeutic agent to a patient's mouth, comprising obtaining a digital representation of the patient's mouth, producing a three dimensional model of the patient's mouth from the digital representation, producing a three dimensional model of an appliance from the three dimensional model of the patient's mouth adjusted to provide space for a therapeutic agent to be disposed in the appliance and dispensed to the patient, and producing an appliance from the three dimensional model of the appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.