Patent ID: 8075309

Claim:
A method for delivering one or more substances, comprising: providing a dental device comprising a shell formed of a material and the dental device configured to move a number of teeth and including one or more reservoirs formed in the shell; supplying at least one of the reservoirs with the one or more substances; fluidly releasing the one or more substances from at least one reservoir into a gum of a patient via a nozzle formed of the material as a portion of the shell and connected to the at least one reservoir and inserted into the gum at a first preselected dose at a first predetermined time period, wherein the nozzle is shaped to conform to the gum for prolonged placement therein; and fluidly releasing the one or more substances from at least one reservoir into the gum via a nozzle connected to the at least one reservoir and inserted into the gum at a second preselected dose at a second predetermined time period.