Orthopedic device for midfacial bone structure advancement
OwnerOmar Lalaniinventor
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Abstract
The present subject matter disclosed herein a dentofacial orthopedic device comprises a metal brace, an adjustable center screw rotatably fitted in a slot of the metal brace, and an orthodontic bracket. The metal brace anchored to the occipital region of the skull forming a ring-shaped loop around a patient's mouth. The orthodontic bracket is of Y shape, where two open ends are anchored to maxilla bone structure of the patient and a tail is attached to the metal brace through adjustable center screw. The adjustable center screw can be rotate to apply displacement force to the orthodontic bracket to cause angular or linear displacement.
Claims19
A dentofacial orthopedic device comprises:
- a. a metal brace, anchored to a patient's skull;
- b. an adjustable center screw rotatably fitted in a slot of the metal brace;
- c. an orthodontic bracket having two ends anchored to bony structures at the front of the patient's skull, including, but not limited to the maxilla and the zygoma, and a tail attached to the metal brace through adjustable center screw;
- and wherein the adjustable center screw is rotated at predetermined angular position to apply displacement force on maxilla to cause angular and linear displacement of maxilla bone structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.