Patent ID: 11963843
Assignee: TONGUE LABORATORY LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
providing a dental appliance, the dental appliance including:
an attachment mechanism; and
a constraining mechanism linked to the attachment mechanism, the constraining mechanism including an arch having posterior end portions linked to the attachment mechanism and an anterior portion having an apex at an anterior end; and

attaching the dental appliance at an upper jaw of a patient such that:
(i) the anterior portion of the arch, including the apex, is spaced apart from a palate of the patient;
(ii) at the end of an adjustment the arch is in a predetermined position angled towards an occlusal plane of the patient as the arch extends away from the attachment mechanism and to the apex; and
(iii) while the dental appliance is attached at the upper jaw of the patient the apex is incapable of contacting any tooth of the patient.