Relined dental device and method

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A61C 9/00 (2006.01) A61F 5/56 (2006.01) A61K 6/083 (2006.01) A61K 6/087 (2006.01) A61K 6/10 (2006.01) B29C 43/02 (2006.01) B29C 43/18 (2006.01) A61M 16/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2256574

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a dental device (10, 11) includes a first mold (28) of a user's tooth (16). A deformable layer (32) is coupled to the first mold (28) while the device (10, 11) is in the user's mouth to form a second mold (36) of the tooth (16). The offset (34) between the second mold (36) and the tooth (16) may be less than the offset (30) between the first mold (28) and the tooth (16). A dental device (10, 11) includes an arch (12, 14) adapted to receive one or more of a user's teeth (16). A deformable material (20, 32) is coupled to the arch (12, 14) and includes an aliphatic polyester. The aliphatic polyester may be a polycaprolactone polymer and may have formula (1) where R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon. A delivery device (40) containing the deformable material (20, 32) may deliver at least some of the deformable material (20, 32) to a selected region of the arch (12, 14) to customize the dental device (10, 11) for the user.

Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, un appareil dentaire (10, 11) comprend un premier moule (28) de la dent (16) d'un patient. Une couche déformable (32) est accolée au premier moule (28) pendant que l'appareil (10, 11) se trouve dans la bouche du patient afin de former un deuxième moule (36) de la dent (16). L'écart (34) entre le deuxième moule (36) et la dent (16) peut être plus petit que l'écart (30) entre le premier moule (28) et la dent (16). Un appareil dentaire (10, 11) comprend une arcade (12, 14) destinée à recevoir une ou plusieurs dents (16) d'un patient. Un matériau déformable (20, 32) comprenant un polyester aliphatique est accolé à l'arcade (12, 14). Le polyester aliphatique peut être un polymère polycaprolactone et peut répondre à la formule (1) où R est un hydrocarbone aliphatique. Un dispositif de distribution (40) contenant le matériau déformable (20, 32) peut distribuer au moins une partie du matériau déformable (20, 32) sur une région choisie de l'arcade (12, 14) afin d'adapter l'appareil dentaire (10, 11) au patient.

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