Dental appliance
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1. A dental appliance for improving appearance of a patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
- a continuous wall that engages facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth and provides a visual impression including at least one of a selected color and a selected contour, the wall comprising;
an inner surface adapted to engage with the facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth;
an outer surface comprising a tongue side arch and a visible cheek side arch, each of the arches extending from a first posterior location to an anterior portion and then to a second posterior location; and
wherein thickness of the wall between the inner and outer surfaces on the cheek side arch gradually and continuously increases toward the first and second posterior locations relative to the anterior location.
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Abstract
An appliance fabricated to improve the appearance of a patient'"'"'s smile includes a plurality of simulated teeth. The interior surfaces of each of the teeth closely fits and conforms to the surface of a patient'"'"'s real teeth while the outer surfaces of each of the simulated teeth has an ideal surface configuration. The dental appliance provides the patient with the appearance of a perfect set of teeth and an ideal smile without a need to alter the dental structure of the patient'"'"'s teeth.
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1. A dental appliance for improving appearance of a patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
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a continuous wall that engages facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth and provides a visual impression including at least one of a selected color and a selected contour, the wall comprising; an inner surface adapted to engage with the facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth; an outer surface comprising a tongue side arch and a visible cheek side arch, each of the arches extending from a first posterior location to an anterior portion and then to a second posterior location; and wherein thickness of the wall between the inner and outer surfaces on the cheek side arch gradually and continuously increases toward the first and second posterior locations relative to the anterior location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A dental appliance for improving appearance of a patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
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a continuous wall that engages facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth and provides a visual impression including at least one of a selected color and a selected contour, the wall comprising; an inner surface adapted to engage with the facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth; an outer surface comprising a tongue side arch and a visible cheek side arch, each of the arches extending from a first posterior location to an anterior portion and then to a second posterior location; means for affixing the inner surface of the wall to the Patient'"'"'s teeth; and wherein thickness of the wall between the inner and outer surfaces on the cheek side arch gradually and continuously increases toward the first and second posterior locations relative to the anterior location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A dental appliance for improving appearance of a patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
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a continuous wall that engages facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth, extends from a gingival margin of the patient'"'"'s teeth, and provides a visual impression including at least one of a selected color and a selected contour, the wall comprising; an inner surface adapted to engage with the facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth; an outer surface comprising a tongue side arch and a visible cheek side arch, each of the arches extending from a first posterior location to an anterior portion and then to a second posterior location; and wherein thickness of the continuous wall between the inner and outer surfaces on the cheek side arch gradually and continuously increases toward the first and second posterior locations relative to the anterior location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A dental appliance for improving appearance of a Patient'"'"'s teeth, comprising:
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a continuous wall that engages facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth and provides a visual impression including at least one of a selected color and a selected contour, the wall comprising; an inner surface adapted to engage with the facial and lingual surfaces of the patient'"'"'s teeth; an outer surface comprising a tongue side arch and a visible cheek side arch, each of the arches extending from a first posterior location to an anterior portion and then to a second posterior location; and wherein thickness of the wall between the inner and outer surfaces on the cheek side arch gradually and continuously increases toward the first and second posterior locations relative to the anterior location, and wherein the outer surface of the visible cheek side arch is configured as a plurality of simulated teeth.
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