Patent ID: 11896454
Assignee: JERRY CHI HU, DDS FAMILY DENTISTRY, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A temporary oral appliance that is reversibly adjustable to assume pre-measured dimensions of occlusion that define a therapeutic position of a permanent oral appliance for treatment of obstructive sleep disorders, wherein the pre-measured dimensions of occlusion include an anterior-posterior axis, a lateral axis, and a vertical axis, an angle of rotation about the anterior-posterior axis, and an angle of rotation about the lateral axis, the temporary oral appliance comprising:
a maxilla frame comprising a maxilla gutter having a convex maxilla gutter bottom surface;
a mandible frame comprising a mandible gutter having a convex mandible gutter top surface;
a vertical adjustment block disposed between said maxilla frame and said mandible frame and comprising a first gutter that is concave and complementary to the convex maxilla gutter bottom surface and a second gutter that is concave and complementary to the convex mandible gutter top surface, said vertical adjustment block shaped to allow adjustment of a spatial relationship between said maxilla frame and said mandible frame according to said pre-measured dimensions by adjusting relative positions of said maxilla frame, said mandible frame and said vertical adjustment block, wherein the spatial relationship includes the angle of rotation about the anterior-posterior axis and the angle of rotation about the lateral axis between the mandible frame and the maxilla frame; and
a first adjustable fastener associated with said maxilla frame and a second adjustable fastener associated with said mandible frame that reversibly fix relative positions of said maxilla frame, said mandible frame and said vertical adjustment block, including fixing the angle of rotation about the anterior-posterior axis and the angle of rotation about the lateral axis between the mandible frame and the maxilla frame.