Apparatus for Clamping on the Lower or Upper Teeth, and Activator Comprising Such an Apparatus
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Abstract
Apparatus which can be placed clampingly on a lower jaw or upper jaw, in particular on the molars and/or pre-molars thereof, essentially consisting of:—at least a left and a right buccal shaped body on the buccal side;—one or more connecting elements between the left and right buccal shaped body, wherein the left and right buccal shaped bodies extend at least along respectively the left and right molars and/or premolars and/or canines; and wherein the one or more connecting elements are adapted to push the left and right shaped bodies into the undercuts of the molars and/or premolars and/or canines.
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41 Claims
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22. An apparatus which can be placed clampingly on a lower or upper jaw, in particular on the molars and/or premolars thereof, essentially consisting of:
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at least a left and a right shaped body (2a, 2b;
2a′
, 2b′
) on buccal or on lingual side;one or more connecting elements between the left and the right shaped body (4a-b, 5a-b, 1;
30;
40a-b),wherein the left and right shaped bodies extend at least along respectively the left and right molars and/or premolars and/or canines; and wherein the one or more connecting elements are adapted to push the left and right shaped bodies into the undercuts of the molars and/or premolars and/or canines, and to hold the apparatus in place via a clamping action at typical intra-maxillary tensile forces. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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23. An apparatus which can be placed clampingly on a lower or upper jaw, in particular on the molars and/or premolars thereof, comprising:
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a lingual shaped body on the lingual side; at least one buccal shaped body on the buccal side; a left and a right connecting element between the lingual shaped body on the one hand and the at least one buccal shaped body on the other, which left and right connecting elements are located on sides of the mouth laterally opposite each other and are adapted to clamp the lingual shaped body and the at least one buccal shaped body against the teeth.
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