Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide effective data for communicating apparatus compliance with patients, including increased patient knowledge and recall of appliance usage, increased compliance in wearing the dental appliance, and increased patient satisfaction as a result.SOLUTION: An apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes: an appliance 15 adapted to be worn over one or more teeth; and a compliance indicator 100 mounted on the appliance 15 to indicate compliance.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and methods for intra-oral delivery of drugs.SOLUTION: The system enables drugs or therapeutic agents to be delivered through a mouth. The system provides ideal drug delivery for certain diseases relating to periodontics, tooth surface, and endodontics, and diseases associated with cancer and medical conditions. For dental diseases, the system is placed so that release of the therapeutic agent occurs in the immediate vicinity of the disease process. As the volume of distribution is limited to the volume of gum pocket or crevice, relatively high concentrations of therapeutic agent can be delivered by devices with small therapeutic agent reservoir capacities. The small amount of therapeutic agent required under these conditions, typically a few milligrams, greatly reduces the effect of the therapeutic agent at distal sites within the body, thereby greatly decreasing the potential for systemic side effects. Thus, a high degree of effectiveness is achieved using a relatively small amount of drug.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provides better data for communicating device compliance with patients, including: increased patient knowledge and recall of appliance usage; increased compliance in wearing the dental appliance, and increased patient satisfaction as a result. SOLUTION: The apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes an appliance 15 adapted to be worn over one or more teeth, and a compliance indicator 100 mounted on the appliance to indicate compliance. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Uso de un éster de ácido benzoico sustituido con (met)acriloiloxi de fórmula general (III): **(Ver fórmula)** donde R1 representa cicloalquilo C3-C10 o arilo C6-C10, donde el cicloalquilo C3-C10 y arilo C6-C10 están no sustituidos o 1sustituidos con uno o varios sustituyentes, seleccionados de alquilo C1-C6 y alcoxi C1-C6; R2 representa H o CH3; los R3 en cada caso independientemente representan alquilo C1-C6 o alcoxi C1-C6; n es un número entero de 0 a 4; y X e Y en cada caso independientemente faltan o son alquileno C1-C3, con la condición de que cuando R1 representa arilo C6-C10, Y es alquileno C1-C3; como diluyente reactivo en un procedimiento para la polimerización de una composición que puede curarse, que comprende al menos un tipo de especies polimerizables, donde el procedimiento comprende las etapas de facilitar la composición que puede curarse, de mezclar la composición que puede curarse con el diluyente reactivo y de polimerizar la mezcla para dar un polímero dado el caso reticulado, caracterizado por que la composición que puede curarse comprende al menos un iniciador de fotopolimerización y se irradia para iniciar la polimerización en la etapa de polimerización, en la que los grupos alquilo comprenden grupos alquilo no ramificados, ramificados y cíclicos, y los grupos alquenilo comprenden grupos alquenilo no ramificados, ramificados y cíclicos.
Abstract:
Embodiments relate to an aligner breakage solution. A method includes obtaining a digital design of a polymeric aligner for a dental arch of a patient. The polymeric aligner is shaped to apply forces to teeth of the dental arch. The method also includes performing an analysis on the digital design of the polymeric aligner using at least one of a) a trained machine learning model, b) a numerical simulation, c) a geometry evaluator or d) a rules engine. The method may also include determining, based on the analysis, whether the digital design of the polymeric aligner includes probable points of damage, wherein for a probable point of damage there is a threshold probability that breakage, deformation, or warpage will occur. The method may also include, responsive to determining that the digital design of the polymeric aligner comprises probable points of damage, performing corrective actions based on the probable points of damage.
Abstract:
A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. A first number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the first shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw. The first number of bite adjustment structures can have a first shape and location specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. A second number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the second shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of the second jaw. The second number of bite adjustment structures can have a second shape and location, different than the first shape and location, specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.
Abstract:
A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. A first number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the first shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw. The first number of bite adjustment structures can have a first shape and location specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. A second number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the second shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of the second jaw. The second number of bite adjustment structures can have a second shape and location, different than the first shape and location, specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.
Abstract:
Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.