Abstract: The appliance includes a body that snaps onto the brackets attached to teeth with latching slots and so becomes detachable for daily cleaning by the patient. Inside the body there is an integrated spring function. The fabrication of the polymeric body can be done by 3D printing, which makes it possible to print integrated spring elements connecting the latching slots with the body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2018
Assignee:
Dentbend BVBA
Inventors:
Koenraad Gerald Rijkaard Lode Reybrouck, Wouter Gerald Herman Rik Reybrouck, Isabelle Diane Savoye
Abstract: The appliance includes a body that snaps onto the brackets attached to teeth with latching slots and so becomes detachable for daily cleaning by the patient. Inside the body there is an integrated spring function. The fabrication of the polymeric body can be done by 3D printing, which makes it possible to print integrated spring elements connecting the latching slots with the body.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 5, 2014
Publication date:
July 21, 2016
Applicant:
DENTBEND BVBA
Inventors:
Koenraad Gerald Rijkaard Lode Reybrouck, Wouter Gerald Herman Rik Reyrouck, Isabelle Diane Savoye