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US 2021/0267728 A1Published application
Denture Retention Apparatus and Method
AssigneeNew Way Denture & Retention Systems, LLC
InventorsLawrence Richard Wood, Gregory Byron Evans, Anthony Leroy Henry
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Abstract
A denture abutment retention apparatus and a denture including one or more denture abutment retention apparatuses configured to allow the denture to be easily engaged with and secured to a plurality of denture abutments in a user's mouth using sliding motion of the denture from the sides of the plurality of denture abutments.
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A denture abutment retention apparatus for securing a denture to a denture abutment, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a denture abutment retention apparatus body comprising a plurality of sides wherein the plurality of sides include a first side which comprises an aperture therethrough;
- b. a channel located inside the denture abutment retention apparatus body and open to the first side of the denture abutment retention apparatus body via the aperture, the channel further comprising a first zone and a second zone, and the aperture further comprising a first section and a second section wherein the first section is wider than the second section;
- wherein the aperture and channel are configured to (i) allow a head of a dental abutment to fit through the first section of the aperture and into the first zone of the channel, (ii) allow a head of a dental abutment to be slid to the second zone of the channel under the second section of the aperture, and (iii)prevent a head of a dental abutment from fitting through the second section of the aperture to escape the channel.
A denture abutment retention apparatus comprising:
- a. a base;
- b. a neck including a first neck end and a second neck end wherein the neck is connected to the base along the first neck end;
- c. a pair of arched arms connected to and extending from the neck, the pair of arched arms comprising a first arched arm including a first arched arm distal end and a second arched arm including a second arched arm distal end wherein the pair of arched arms form an empty space between the first arched arm and the second arched arm and a gap between the first arched arm distal end the second arched arm distal end.
A denture comprising:
- a. a denture body, a first denture abutment retention apparatus connected to the denture body, and a second denture abutment retention apparatus connected to the denture body wherein each of the first denture abutment retention apparatus and the second denture abutment retention apparatus comprises:
- i. a denture abutment retention apparatus body comprising a plurality of sides wherein the plurality of sides include a first side which comprises an aperture therethrough;
- ii. a channel located inside the denture abutment retention apparatus body and open to the first side of the denture abutment retention apparatus body via an aperture, the channel further comprising a first zone and a second zone, and the channel aperture further comprising a first section and a second section wherein the first section is wider than the second section;
- wherein the aperture and the channel are configured to (i) allow a head of a dental abutment to fit through the first section of the aperture into the first zone of the channel, (ii) allow a head of a dental abutment to be slid to the second zone of the channel under the second section of the aperture, and (iii) prevent a head of a dental abutment from fitting through the second section of the aperture to escape the channel.
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A denture comprising:
- a. a denture body, a first denture abutment retention apparatus connected to the denture body, and a second denture abutment retention apparatus connected to the denture body wherein each of the first denture abutment retention apparatus and the second denture abutment retention apparatus comprises:
- i. a base;
- ii. a neck including a first neck end and a second neck end wherein the neck is connected to the base along the first neck end;
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- iii. a pair of arched arms connected to and extending from the neck, the pair of arched arms comprising a first arched arm including a first arched arm distal end and a second arched arm including a second arched arm distal end wherein the pair of arched arms form an empty space between the first arched arm and the second arched arm and a gap between the first arched arm distal end the second arched arm distal end.
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