Orthodontic appliance for treating overjet

专利名称：Orthodontic appliance for treating overjet发明人：DUNCAN HIGGINS申请号：AU1683301申请日：20001115公开号：AU1683301A公开日：20010618

摘要：An orthodontic appliance is adapted for treating overjet in a patient having anupper jaw, a lower jaw, lower teeth in the lower jaw and upper teeth in the upper jawwhich are abnormally forward of the lower teeth. The teeth have lingual sides and labialsides. The appliance includes an upper attachment device which is configured to besecured to at least one of the upper teeth on each side of the upper jaw. A lowerattachment device has a pair of lower connectors. Each lower connector is configured tobe secured to at least one of the lower teeth of the patient on each side of the lower jaw.A rigid, wire-like lingual bow is extendable between the lower connectors about thelingual sides of the lower teeth. A rigid, wire-like labial bow is extendable between thelower connectors about the labial sides of the lower teeth. The bows are connected tothe lower connectors. A bite jumping device interconnects each side of the upperattachment device to a corresponding side of the lower attachment device. Each bitejumping device includes a first connector for connecting to the upper attachment device,a second connector for connecting to the lower attachment device and a biasing memberwhich biases the lower attachment device forwardly with respect to the upperattachment device.

申请人：DUNCAN HIGGINS

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