The present invention provides a gingival drug delivery system (“GDDS”) and methods of using and making the same. The GDDS comprises a tray with a drug reservoir.

A dentoalveolar stabilizer includes a tray or channel having arranged thereon a stabilizing medium, which in some instances may be a wax-like medium. The tray and/or channel is sized and shaped to be placed over the entire mandibular (i.e., lower) or maxillary (i.e., upper) dentition. The stabilizing medium holds an affected tooth (e.g., a tooth that is loose or fractured following dentoalveolar trauma) in place and uses the stability of the adjacent healthy teeth and hard tissues to help stabilize the affected tooth. The dentoalveolar stabilizer can also stabilize an alveolar fracture, a palatal fracture, and/or a non-displaced mandible fracture. The dentoalveolar stabilizer can then be kept in place until the patient can be seen and definitively managed by a dental specialist.

The invention relates to manufacturing a surgical guide to be placed in a patient's mouth. The patient's mouth is scanned to obtain surgical-region scan data at a region where an implant is to be located. The patient's mouth is also scanned in the opened position to acquire dental conditions opposite from the surgical region so as to obtain opposing-condition scan data. A virtual model is developed using the surgical-region scan data and the opposing-condition scan data. Using the virtual model, a surgical plan is developed that includes the location of the implant to be installed in the patient. A virtual surgical guide is also developed based on the surgical plan. The dimensions of instrumentation to be used with the surgical guide are checked to ensure they will tit within the mouth by use of the opposing-condition scan data. After checking, final surgical-guide manufacturing information is obtained for manufacturing the surgical guide.

Various embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatuses and methods for performing bone implants such as, but not limited to, dental implants, knee and joint replacements, and various types of bone anchored prosthesis. For a better understanding of how the various apparatus and methods can be used for bone implants, an example will be given herein with respect to dental implants.

A mandibular advancement device includes a lower part, a lower flange, an upper part and an upper flange. The lower part is releasably attachable to at least a portion of a lower jaw. The lower flange has a lower engagement surface extending upwardly from the lower part. The upper part is releasably attachable to at least a portion of an upper jaw. The upper flange has an upper engagement surface extending downwardly from the upper part. The device includes a lower one way ratchet means configured to only allow uni-directional posterior movement of the lower flange relative to the lower part and/or an upper one way ratchet means configured to only allow uni-directional anterior movement of the upper flange relative to the upper part. When the device is fitted to a patient's jaws, the upper and lower engagement surfaces engage to cause anterior advancement of the lower jaw.

The present invention relates to method of measuring patient-specific temporomandibular joint relation and transferring it into a virtual articulator (2) by using, a device (1) comprising: a transfer linkage (3) which can be attached from its upper end to a ace bow (4); an impression means (5) for bolding impression material (6) and for taking the impression of the upper jaw and/or the lower jaw of the patient through said impression material (6); at least a first form-fitting component (7) fixed at the lower end of the transfer linkage (3), for leaving an impression (8) on the impression material (6) to be placed on the grip (9) of the impressions means (5) projecting out of the mouth of the patient.

Disclosed is a dental system with a baseline so that a digital three-dimensional teeth model can be combined with an anatomical location and a plane analysis of the human body. The dental system includes an acquisition unit which is formed to be held by an anodontia patient or a partial anodontia patient in a mouth to acquire a tooth height or tooth distance of the anodontia patient or the partial anodontia patient, an analysis unit which is disposed at a maxillary landmark or a mandibular landmark of the anodontia patient or the partial anodontia patient to analyze an occlusal plane of the anodontia patient or the partial anodontia patient, and a control unit which is connected to the acquisition unit and the analysis unit, respectively to control the acquisition unit and the analysis unit to be modularized simultaneously or selectively. According to the present disclosure, since a digital three-dimensional teeth model required for design of a digital dental prosthesis required to anodontia patients having no teeth or partial anodontia patients is modularized with a baseline so as to be placed at an anatomically ideal location, the digital three-dimensional teeth model is formed to rapidly and accurately engage with the anatomically ideal location, thereby chewing and pronouncing well.

The present invention provides a dental restoration manufacturing method for improving the precision and reliability of a dental restoration, the dental restoration manufacturing method comprising: a first step for acquiring, through an imaging device, each of a scanning image of a part where implantation is to take place and a corresponding antagonistic part, before the mounting of a coupling bite disposed between the part where implantation is to take place and the corresponding antagonistic part, and after the mounting of the inner and outer surface portions of the coupling bite in consideration of a vertical dimension of a patient by occlusal pressure, a CT image of the oral cavity occluded by means of the coupling bite, and a gothic arch motion image of a three-dimensional motion trajectory of the temporomandibular joint of the patient in a state where a mastication protrusion part, provided on the coupling bite, and the corresponding antagonistic part are mutually occluded, and transmitting the images to a planning unit; a second step for generating an integrated scanning image by aligning and arranging a plurality of the scanning images so that same correspond to the vertical dimension, wherein a three-dimensional planning image is generated by overlapping and matching the integrated scanning image on the basis of a common portion between same and the CT image; a third step for, on the basis of the three-dimensional planning image, generating and arranging dental restoration design information including a virtual masticatory surface, and displaying an overlapping occlusal area on the virtual masticatory surface by overlapping the motion image on the dental restoration design information; and a fourth step for correcting the dental restoration design information by configuring an overlapping elimination area of the overlapping occlusal area, and manufacturing a dental restoration by transmitting the corrected dental restoration design information to a manufacturing apparatus.

A device for enhancing the appearance of a person's lips is formed from a curved member configured to fit between the person's upper or lower lip and an adjacent gum at the front of the mouth. The curved member has a gingival portion configured to be placed on the person's gums, a top surface and an extension connected to the top surface and extending from a longitudinal edge of the top surface to overlap and extend beyond the gingival portion. The extension is configured to rest against and evert the person's upper or lower lip when the device is placed between the lip and the person's gum.

A method of installing a dental prosthesis that includes having a practitioner install at least one narrow implant and at least one standard implant into a subject's bone, where the narrow implant has a narrow implant abutment that is exposed after installation, and the standard implant has a standard implant abutment exposed after installation. The practitioner places a narrow implant housing over each narrow implant abutment, and places a standard implant housing over each standard implant abutment. The practitioner flows a resin within a channel located within a dental prosthesis and places the dental prosthesis over each narrow implant housing and each standard implant housing such that the resin surrounds each narrow implant housing and each standard implant housing. Once the resin cures, each narrow implant housing and each standard implant housing is fixed within the resin and the resin is fixed within the dental prosthesis.