IP Library Granted Patent US 10,092,374
Granted Patent B2
US 10,092,374 · App. 14/437,357 · Granted Oct 9, 2018

Dental vibration application method and dental vibration application device

Inventors: Teruko Yamamoto (Miyagi, JP); Takumi Sakimura (Osaka, JP); Shogo Fukushima (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: JM Ortho Corporation; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
A61C7/008A61C7/08
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,092,374
App. No.
14/437,357
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a vibration application method including a stage for contacting a contact portion with at least one tooth, and a stage for causing the contact portion to vibrate so as to impart displacement of 0.04 μm or more to the contact portion. The difference between the maximum value and minimum value of a vibrational load during the time the contact portion is vibrating may be 3 gf to 10 gf. The stage for contacting the contact portion with the at least one tooth may include a stage for contacting the contact portion with an orthodontic appliance attached to the at least one tooth.

Claims (12)

1. A vibration application method comprising steps of:

contacting a contact portion with at least one of teeth or an orthodontic appliance that is attached for orthodontic treatment of the at least one of the teeth; and

vibrating the contact portion so that the contact portion displaces by no less than 0.04 μm under a condition in which the contact portion is fixed onto the at least one of the teeth or the orthodontic appliance,

wherein vibration of the contact portion has a wave number of no less than 3600 per day,

wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a vibrational load which is given the at least one of teeth or the orthodontic appliance is no less than 3 gf and no more than 6 gf during the vibration of the contact portion, and

wherein a combination of the wave number and the difference activates metabolism of periodontal ligament and alveolar bone to shorten a period of orthodontic treatment.

2. The vibration application method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of preparing at least one device selected from a group consisting of a mouthpiece, a bite plate and a vibration probe,

wherein the at least one device includes the contact portion.

3. The vibration application method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the step of vibrating the contact portion is repeated at intervals of no less than one week.

4. The vibration application method according to claim 2 ,

wherein a vibration period of the contact portion is no less than 1 minute and no more than 30 minutes per day.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2022
From: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
To: YAMAMOTO, TERUKO
Reel/Frame 059909/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: JM ORTHO CORPORATION
To: YAMAMOTO, TERUKO
Reel/Frame 052194/0361 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ROCKY MOUNTAIN MORITA CORPORATION
To: JM ORTHO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046732/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2016
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
To: ROCKY MOUNTAIN MORITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038350/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2015
From: YAMAMOTO, TERUKO; SAKIMURA, TAKUMI; FUKUSHIMA, SHOGO
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 035460/0462 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-233094 · Oct 22, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150265375A1 · Sep 24, 2015