Bone-mounted dental arch veneers and methods for fabricating and utilizing the same

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18/487464

October 16, 2023

Bone-secured dental arch veneers and methods for fabricating and utilizing the same. The dental arch veneers include a veneer assembly having one or more tooth veneers and a support structure configured to support the tooth veneer(s). The dental arch veneers also include a coupling structure configured to interconnect the veneer assembly to a bone mount that is anchored along a user's maxilla or mandible. The coupling structure also is configured to permit the veneer assembly to be selectively and repeatedly interconnected with and disconnected from the bone mount. The methods include determining a target region within the user's mouth, obtaining a representation of the target region, manipulating the representation to create a desired arrangement of the user's teeth within the target region, determining anchoring positions proximate the target region for anchoring the bone mount, and forming the dental arch veneer based on the anchoring positions and the desired arrangement.

Trion Concepts, Inc. (El Paso, TX, US)

Trion Concepts, Inc. (El Paso, TX, US)

1. A bone-secured dental arch veneer that is configured to provide a desired oral appearance to a user's mouth and to be temporarily installed in the user's mouth, the dental arch veneer comprising: a bone mount that includes a plurality of bone screws configured to be anchored in one or more of a buccal bone surface and a labial bone surface of a mandible or a maxilla of the user's mouth; a veneer assembly configured to be temporarily installed in the user's mouth by connection to the bone mount; and a coupling structure that is configured to interconnect the veneer assembly to the bone mount; wherein the coupling structure is configured to extend gingivally of the veneer assembly and within a vestibule of the user's mouth to interconnect the veneer assembly with the bone mount; wherein the coupling structure and the bone mount further are configured to support the veneer assembly spaced-apart from a corresponding dental arch of the user's mouth to permit the veneer assembly to be selectively and repeatedly interconnected with and disconnected from the bone mount without damaging the dental arch veneer; wherein the veneer assembly comprises: a plurality of tooth veneers; a support structure that is operatively coupled to the plurality of tooth veneers and configured to support the plurality of tooth veneers within the user's mouth; wherein the support structure includes a plurality of adjustable support structure portions from which the coupling structure extends to interconnect the veneer assembly to the plurality of bone screws; and further wherein one or more of the plurality of tooth veneers extends from each of the adjustable support structure portions; a central veneer portion from which a subset of the plurality of tooth veneers extends; and an adjustment mechanism that forms a portion of the support structure and which is configured to adjustably couple the central veneer portion to the plurality of adjustable support structure portions to permit selective adjustment of an arch-span of the dental arch veneer; wherein the adjustment includes expansion or contraction of the arch-span of the dental arch veneer; and responsive to the adjustment, the subset of the plurality of tooth veneers that extends from the central veneer portion are shifted relative to the one or more tooth veneers that extend from the adjustable support structure portions.

2. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the coupling structure includes a plurality of couplers that extend from each of the adjustable support structure portions; wherein each of the plurality of couplers that extend from each of the adjustable support structure portions are configured to be coupled to a respective bone screw of the plurality of bone screws.

3. The dental arch veneer of claim 2 , wherein responsive to the adjustment, the plurality of couplers that extend from one of the plurality of adjustable support structure portions is shifted relative to the plurality of couplers that extend from another of the plurality of adjustable support structure portions.

4. The dental arch veneer of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of couplers is configured to be selectively and repeatedly coupled to and uncoupled from the bone mount without damage to the bone mount or the coupling structure.

5. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism is at least one of a sliding adjustment mechanism and a telescoping adjustment mechanism that is configured to permit selective sliding and/or telescoping of the central veneer portion relative to the plurality of adjustable support structure portions.

6. The dental arch veneer of claim 5 , wherein the central veneer portion includes a plurality of receivers; and further wherein each adjustable support structure portion includes a rod that extends from the adjustable support structure portion, is received within a respective receiver of the plurality of receivers, and is configured to selectively and operatively translate within the respective receiver as the arch-span of the dental arch veneer is adjusted.

7. The dental arch veneer of claim 6 , wherein each rod includes a terminal end that limits a range of translation of the rod relative to the respective receiver of the plurality of receivers.

8. The dental arch veneer of claim 6 , wherein the rods are configured to be selectively secured at a relative position relative to the plurality of receivers.

9. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism is configured to permit incremental adjustment of the arch-span.

10. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein responsive to the adjustment being a contraction of the arch-span of the dental arch veneer, the subset of the plurality of tooth veneers overlaps with the one or more tooth veneers that extends from at least one of the adjustable support structure portions by a greater extent than immediately prior to the adjustment.

11. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein responsive to the adjustment being an expansion of the arch-span of the dental arch veneer, the subset of the plurality of tooth veneers overlaps with the one or more tooth veneers that extends from at least one of the adjustable support structure portions by a lesser extent than immediately prior to the adjustment.

12. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the dental arch veneer includes opposed posterior ends; and wherein the arch-span is measured as a distance extending along the dental arch veneer between the posterior ends of the dental arch veneer.

13. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the coupling structure is configured to support the dental arch veneer spaced-apart from a corresponding dental arch of the user's mouth in a vestibular direction without any portion of the dental arch veneer extending across a lingual surface of the corresponding dental arch of the user's mouth.

14. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the dental arch veneer is configured to be temporarily installed in the user's mouth without directly contacting the corresponding dental arch.

15. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the coupling structure is configured to interconnect the veneer assembly to the bone mount in a manner that does not facilitate or contribute to orthodontic rearrangement of teeth within the user's mouth.

16. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the veneer assembly is configured to obscure a target region of the user's mouth and present the desired oral appearance in a vestibular direction of the target region; and further wherein the adjustment mechanism permits the arch-span of the dental arch veneer to be adjusted to adjust to obscure different sizes of target regions.

17. The dental arch veneer of claim 16 , wherein the support structure is configured to support the plurality of tooth veneers in a desired arrangement; and wherein the desired arrangement includes the plurality of tooth veneers being arranged in an arcuate shape that corresponds to a shape of the corresponding dental arch within the target region.

18. The dental arch veneer of claim 16 , wherein the dental arch veneer is configured to be temporarily installed in the user's mouth while one or more of the user's teeth within the target region are undergoing orthodontic rearrangement, and wherein the dental arch veneer further is configured to be non-interacting with the orthodontic rearrangement of the one or more teeth.

19. The dental arch veneer of claim 16 , wherein the target region includes one or more misaligned teeth and/or one or more gaps that are included in the corresponding dental arch of the user's mouth, and wherein the coupling structure is configured to support the veneer assembly spaced-apart in the vestibular direction from the one or more misaligned teeth and/or the one or more gaps.

20. The dental arch veneer of claim 1 , wherein the coupling structure is configured to interconnect with a rail of the bone mount; and wherein the rail extends between two or more bone screws of the plurality of bone screws.

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