Dentistry – Orthodontics – Method of positioning or aligning teeth
Patent
1982-05-24
1984-08-28
Peshock, Robert
Dentistry
Orthodontics
Method of positioning or aligning teeth
433 7, A61C 700
Patent
active
044681968
ABSTRACT:
Method of orthopedic and/or orthodontic treatment comprising the steps of securing bands or the like to selected teeth (e.g., selected molars) of one jaw (e.g., the upper or lower jaw) of a patient with these bands being adapted to hold an archwire. Then, the proper relationship of the mandible to the maxilla is temporarily established, such as through the use of temporary splints, allowing ligaments and muscles to function normally and maintaining the patient's proper mandibular and temporomandibular joint positions. A body of pliable, hardenable material carried by the archwire is placed in the patient's mouth with the patient's mouth open and with the archwire held in place by the bands, the body of pliable, hardenable material is in register with selected teeth (e.g., the incisors) of the patient's other arch. A buccal wire is optionally provided which contacts the outer surfaces of the front teeth and is passed distal to both the cuspids or the laterals, and is imbedded in the hardenable material on the inside of the selected teeth (e.g., front incisors and cuspids). Then, the patient closes his mouth so that with the mandible and temporomandibular joints properly positioned with respect to the maxilla, the selected teeth of the other jaw form an impression in the body of hardenable material such that after hardening of the material and after the temporary splints are removed, the impression formed in the body of the hardenable material by the selected teeth of the other jaw serves as a reference to stabilize the position of the mandible, maxilla and temporomandibular joints during an extended period of orthopedic and orthodontic treatment whereby the patient's teeth may be orthodontically moved to their optimal anatomical and physiological positions with the mandible and temporomandibular joints held in their proper position.
Apparatus for carrying out the above-described method is also diclosed.
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