Dental appliance having a duplicated tooth area and/or a predicted tooth area and a method for correcting the position of the teeth of a patient

A dental appliance adapted to be worn adjacent to teeth in a mouth of a user wherein the mouth of the user has one or more teeth which erupted into the mouth of the user, the dental appliance comprising:

• a generally U-shaped base sized to receive one or more teeth of a user when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user wherein the base has a length defined by a first end and a second end;
• first sockets for receiving one or more teeth when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user wherein the sockets are formed in the base and further wherein each of the sockets has walls and an occlusal surface connected to the occlusal surface wherein the walls and the occlusal surface define an interior having a circumference and a height computer-generated from a predicted size of one or more incisors of the user which have not erupted wherein the predicted size of the one or more incisors of the user is calculated from one or more teeth which erupted into the mouth of the user wherein the first sockets are manufactured from a first material;
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• second sockets in the base wherein the second sockets receive the one or more teeth which erupted into the mouth of the user wherein the second sockets are manufactured from a second material wherein the second material is more rigid than the first material.

A dental appliance adapted to be worn adjacent to teeth in a mouth of a user wherein one or more teeth of the user erupted into the mouth of the user, the dental appliance comprising:

• a generally U-shaped base sized to receive one or more of the teeth of the user when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user;
• a predicted socket formed within the generally U-shaped base wherein the predicted socket has walls and an occlusal surface shaped and sized to match a shape and a size of one or more teeth of the user which have not erupted wherein a spacing of the walls and the occlusal surface of the predicted socket is based on an image of an interior of a mouth of the user wherein the spacing of the walls and the occlusal surface of the predicted socket corresponds to the shape and the size of one or more teeth of the user which erupted into the mouth of the user wherein the predicted socket is constructed from a first material;
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• a duplicated socket formed within the generally U-shaped base wherein the predicted socket has walls and an occlusal surface shaped and sized to match a shape and a size of one or more teeth of the user which have erupted wherein the duplicated socket is constructed from a second material and the first material is less rigid than the second socket.

A dental appliance adapted to be worn in the mouth of a user, the dental appliance comprising:

• a generally U-shaped base sized to receive one or more teeth in the mouth of a user when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user;
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• a first socket formed within the generally U-shaped base wherein the first socket has walls and an occlusal surface that form an interior wherein the interior matches a shape and a size of the single tooth of the user which has not erupted based on a predicted size of the single tooth wherein the predicted size is based on a size of two or more teeth of the user which erupted into the mouth of the user;
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• a second socket formed within the generally U-shaped base wherein the second socket is sized and shaped to match a combined shape and a combined size of two or more teeth of the user which erupted into the mouth of the user when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user wherein the first socket is constructed from a first material, the second socket is constructed from a second material and the first material is softer than the second material.

A dental appliance worn adjacent to teeth of a user in a mouth of the user, the dental appliance comprising:

• a generally U-shaped base;
• a first socket formed within the generally U-shaped base wherein the first socket has walls and an occlusal surface wherein a spacing of the walls from the occlusal surface matches a shape and a size of the socket to a shape and a size of one of the teeth of the user which erupted into the mouth of the user wherein the first socket is constructed from a first material;
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• a second socket formed within the generally U-shaped base wherein the second socket receives two or more teeth of the user when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user wherein the second socket has a flat surface which is adapted to contact the teeth when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user and further wherein the second socket is shaped and sized based on a predicted shape and size of at least one tooth of the user which has not erupted wherein the predicted shape and size is estimated from the shape and the size of one of the teeth of the user which erupted into the mouth of the user wherein the second socket is constructed from a second material wherein the first material is softer than the second material.

A dental appliance adapted to be worn adjacent to teeth in a mouth of a user wherein the user has a lip adjacent to the mouth of the user wherein the user has a tongue in the mouth of the user, the dental appliance comprising:

• a generally U-shaped base having a first end, a second end, an inside perimeter and an outside perimeter wherein the first end is located in a position opposite to the second end wherein the base has a length defined by the first end and the second end;
• a wall extending from the base along the outside perimeter wherein the wall has a labial surface and a lingual surface wherein the wall has one or more protrusions extending from the labial surface inwardly with respect to the inside perimeter of the generally U-shaped base wherein the labial surface is adjacent to the lip of the user wherein the lingual surface is adjacent to the tongue of the user wherein the labial surface and the lingual surface are spaced from each other based on the size and the shape of a tooth of the user wherein one or more protrusions contact and rotate the tooth of the user when the generally U-shaped base is worn in the mouth of the user wherein the wall has a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion and the second portion are different distances from the first end of the base and further wherein the first portion is constructed from a first material and the second portion is constructed from a second material wherein the first material is softer than the second material.