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US 2021/0267723 A1Published application
Dental bridge
AssigneeDean Ultrathin Retainer Company
InventorTodd Sandwick
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Abstract
A dental bridge includes a mounting structure and at least one pontic or artificial tooth mounted to the mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a first bonding pad, a second bonding pad spaced from the first bonding pad, a rigid wire having a first end fixed to the first bonding pad and a second end fixed to the second bonding pad, and the pontic is secured to the rigid wire, for example via a pontic attachment structure on the rigid wire between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad.
Claims20
A dental bridge, comprising:
- a first bonding pad having a plurality of apertures extending completely therethrough;
- a second bonding pad spaced from the first bonding pad, the second bonding pad having a plurality of apertures extending completely therethrough;
- a rigid wire having a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed to the first bonding pad and the second end is fixed to the second bonding pad;
- and
- an artificial tooth secured to the rigid wire between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad.
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A dental bridge, comprising:
- a first bonding pad;
- a second bonding pad spaced from the first bonding pad;
- a rigid wire having a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed to the first bonding pad and the second end is fixed to the second bonding pad;
- a pontic attachment structure fixed to the rigid wire between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad;
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- an artificial tooth secured to the pontic attachment structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.