Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for causing tooth movement
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Application No.: US15643634Application Date: 2017-07-07
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Publication No.: US10245122B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Bryce A. Way , Christopher U. Phan , Dana Leigh Gelman Keiles , Richard Johnson , Phillip Abatelli
- Applicant: ADVANCED ORTHODONTICS AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY Ossining
- Assignee: Advanced Orthodontics and Education Association, LLC
- Current Assignee: Advanced Orthodontics and Education Association, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Ossining
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A61C8/00
- IPC: A61C8/00 ; A61C7/02 ; A61C3/02 ; A61C1/08 ; A61B17/16 ; A61C19/04 ; A61C7/12 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/56 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A method of increasing movement of a tooth in a jaw having at least one tooth with an orthodontic brace thereon includes: (1) holding a handle of a device, the device having an elongate member extending from the handle and a screw tip at a distal end of the elongate member; (2) moving a sleeve along the elongate member to set a length of exposed screw tip; (3) locking the sleeve in place relative to the screw tip; (4) drilling a hole with the screw tip through a cortical bone of a jaw to increase movement of the tooth; and (5) stopping the drilling when the length of exposed screw tip has penetrated the jaw.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170304029A1 Method and Device for Causing Tooth Movement Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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