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US 2019/0159869 A1Published application
Orthodontic Settling Retainer
AssigneeRichter Orthodontics, P.C.
InventorDavid D. Richter
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Abstract
A dental retainer including one or more of a retaining body having a plurality of dental impressions to receive teeth, a pair of passthrough openings to allow passage of one or more molars, premolars, and canines, and an aperture disposed adjacent the lingual surface of the incisors.
Claims23
A dental retainer, comprising:
- a retainer body having a plurality of dental impressions including a labial surface opposite a lingual surface to receive respective teeth in a dental arch;
- and
- a pair of passthrough openings in said retainer body adapted to correspondingly allow passage of one or more molars, premolars and canines of said teeth in said dental arch through said retainer body, each of said pair of passthrough openings defined by a passthrough periphery configured to provide a gap between said passthrough periphery and said lingual surface of said one or more molars, premolars and canines of said teeth in said dental arch.
A dental retainer, comprising:
- a one-piece retainer body having a plurality of dental impressions including a labial surface opposite a lingual surface to receive respective teeth in a dental arch;
- and
- an aperture in said retainer body disposed adjacent said lingual surface of upper incisors of said teeth in said dental arch, said aperture adapted to allow corresponding lower incisors to contact said lingual surface of said upper incisors.
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A dental retainer, comprising:
- a retainer body having a plurality of dental impressions including a labial surface opposite a lingual surface to receive respective teeth in a dental arch, said lingual surface joined to said labial surface about each of a left and right rearmost molar;
- and
- a pair of passthrough openings in said retainer body adapted to correspondingly allow passage of one or more molars, premolars and canines of said teeth in said dental arch through said retainer body.
A dental retainer, comprising:
- a retainer body having a plurality of dental impressions including a labial surface opposite a lingual surface to receive respective teeth in a dental arch;
- a palatal portion extending from said lingual surface configured to overlay substantially the entirety of the palate;
- and
- a pair of passthrough openings in said retainer body adapted to correspondingly allow passage of one or more molars, premolars and canines of said teeth in said dental arch through said retainer body.
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A dental retainer, comprising:
- a retainer body having a plurality of dental impressions including a labial surface opposite a lingual surface to receive respective teeth in a dental arch, wherein said retainer body comprises a single material;
- and
- a pair of passthrough openings in said retainer body adapted to correspondingly allow passage of one or more molars, premolars and canines of said teeth in said dental arch through said retainer body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.