Apparatus for removing dental appliance and dental system

• US 9,351,808 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert E. Mccarthy, Sharon M.E. Mccarthy
• Original Assignee: Robert E. Mccarthy, Sharon M.E. Mccarthy
• Inventors: McCarthy, Sharon M. E.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, RALPH A
• Application Number:
  US13/246,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20130078592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,708 Days
• Field of Search: 433/141, 433/6, 152/360.1, 152/360.7, D32/46, 303/24
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/02 Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags A61C5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 3/162 acting by leverage
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 7/023 for debonding or removing orthodontic devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 7/08 Mouthpiece-type retainers or positioners, e.g. for both the lower and upper arch arch-shaped medicament applicators for teeth or gums A61C19/063; mouthguards for protecting the teeth of sportsmen A63B71/085

Abstract

An apparatus for removing a dental appliance can include a body having a perimeter and a pry lip extending from the perimeter of the body. The pry lip includes a terminal ridge surface and an inclined surface disposed between the terminal ridge surface and the perimeter of the body. The apparatus for removing a dental appliance can be incorporated in a dental system which includes a dental appliance and the apparatus for removing a dental appliance. The apparatus for removing a dental appliance can be configured such that it fits within an area defined by an outer edge of the dental appliance. Thus, the dental appliance and the apparatus for removing the dental appliance can be stored within a dental appliance container with an internal cavity that closely conforms to the shape and size of the dental appliance.

Claims

1. A dental system comprising:

a dental appliance including an outer edge defining a dental appliance area with it first shape;

an apparatus for removing a dental appliance including an outer edge defining a remover area with a second shape, the apparatus including;

a body, the body including a perimeter, the perimeter of the body defining a face having a curved surface,

a pry lip, the pry lip extending from and circumscribing the entire perimeter of the body, the pry lip including an inclined surface and a terminal ridge surface, the inclined surface disposed between the terminal ridge surface and the perimeter of the body;

wherein the apparatus for removing a dental appliance is configured such that the second shape of the remover area is disposable within the first shape of the dental appliance area.

2. The dental system according to claim 1, wherein the dental appliance comprises an incremental position adjustment dental appliance.

3. The dental system according to claim 2, further comprising:

one or more additional incremental position adjustment dental appliances each having a geometry selected to progressively reposition a user'"'"'s teeth from an arrangement to a successive arrangement.

4. The dental system according to claim 2, wherein the incremental position adjustment dental appliance has a pair of ends and a generally arcuate segment extending between the ends, the arcuate segment including the outer edge of the dental appliance and an inner edge, the outer edge being convex and the inner edge being concave, the inner edge and the ends defining a recess, and the dental appliance area including the recess.

5. The dental system according to claim 1, wherein the dental appliance has a pair of ends and a. generally arcuate segment extending between the ends, the arcuate segment including the outer edge of the dental appliance and an inner edge, the outer edge being convex and the inner edge being concave, the inner edge and the ends defining a recess, and the dental appliance area including the recess.

6. The dental system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a dental appliance holder including a base and a lid, base defining an opening and an interior cavity in communication with the opening, the interior cavity adapted to accommodate both the dental appliance and the apparatus for removing a dental appliance, the lid adapted to be positioned in relation to the base so that the lid at least partially occludes the opening of the base.