Patent ID: 8348664

Claim:
An orthodontic treatment method for repositioning a mandibular jaw relative to a maxillary jaw, comprising: securing inner and outer telescoping members of an orthodontic device between the mandibular jaw and the maxillary jaw; configuring the inner and outer telescoping members of the orthodontic device to operate in a Herbst operating mode to reposition the mandibular jaw relative to the maxillary jaw, wherein the Herbst operating mode lacks a biasing force from a biasing member and includes contacting engagement between the inner telescoping member and a fixed stop or between the outer telescoping member and the fixed stop; and activating a biasing member carried by the telescoping members of the orthodontic device to convert the orthodontic device from the Herbst operating mode to a second operating mode in which the active biasing member applies a biasing force directed to reposition the mandibular jaw relative to the maxillary jaw.