| 摘要 |
A dental appliance (1) and a method for correcting the arch shape and/or size of a patient by utilizing existing tooth shapes and sizes are provided. A method for correcting the position of the arch and/or teeth of a person is also provided. Also provided is a method for correcting the position of teeth in the mouth, erupting teeth and/or teeth expected to erupt by utilizing existing tooth shapes and sizes and/or group standards. The dental appliance (1) may have teeth sockets (4) which may be formed to match the corresponding tooth of the patient identically or may be formed to correct the position of the tooth into the proper location. The teeth sockets (4) may be sized based on predictions of the size and/or shape of the teeth which have not eruped. The dental appliance (1) may correct, for example, rotations, spacing, crowding, overjet and/or overbite. |
