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

Claim 18:
19. A temporary oral appliance that is reversibly adjustable to assume dimensions of occlusion that define a therapeutic position for treatment of obstructive sleep disorders, wherein the 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 that defines a maxilla slot;
a mandible frame comprising a mandible gutter that defines a mandible slot;
a vertical adjustment block disposed between said maxilla frame and said mandible frame, said vertical adjustment block comprising:
a first gutter that is concave and complementary to a convex curved side of the maxilla gutter; and
a second gutter that is concave and complementary to a convex curved side of the mandible gutter;
wherein rotation of the vertical adjustment block about the convex curved side of the maxilla gutter adjusts the angle of rotation about said anterior-posterior axis and rotation of the vertical adjustment block about the convex curved side of the mandible gutter adjusts the angle of rotation about the lateral axis; and

first and second adjustable fasteners, each received into the vertical adjustment block through one of the maxilla slot or the mandible slot, that reversibly fix relative positions of the maxilla frame, the mandible frame and the 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.