STANLEY KNEBELMAN
Dentist in Penn Wynne, PA
License number
Pennsylvania DS011462L
Category
Dentistry
Type
Dentist
Address
Address
Penn Wynne, PA 19096
Professional information
Methods Of Treating Respiratory Disorders
US Patent:
6634353, Oct 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar 17, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/528013
Inventors:
Stanley Knebelman - Wynnewood PA 19096
Alan G. Deeley - Youngstown OH 44503
Alan G. Deeley - Youngstown OH 44503
International Classification:
A61C 1904
US Classification:
12820024, 433 72
Abstract:
A method of treating a patient having a malocclusion between the upper and lower mandibles, and obtaining optimum relative positioning of the mandibles. The treatment is useful in correcting respiratory conditions such as sleep apnea, and in prosthodontics and implantology. The method comprises measuring the malocclusion and determining the variation of the malocclusion from an optimal line occlusal contact, then mounting a dental appliance on one or both of the upper and lower mandibles and providing points of engagement on the exposed surface of the appliance to engage the other mandible as it is moved towards the closed position against the one mandible, to thereby reposition the mandibles in a direction toward line occlusion. After one or more periods of use of the appliance, the appliance is modified until the mandibles achieve line occlusion. To reinforce the treatment, at times of repose, the patients mandibles may be biased toward closure so as to effect relative displacement of the mandibles from the maloccluded positioning toward the nine positioning.