SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a technical problem provide a shell form tooth correction device suit and including at least one set shell form tooth correction device suit's tooth correction system to effectively guide the lower jaw to remove, and open the back tooth interlock.
In order to achieve the above object, the shell-shaped teeth appliance of the present invention comprises a shell-shaped body, wherein the shell-shaped body is provided with a plurality of cavities for accommodating upper jaw teeth, the gingival margin of the lingual side of the anterior dental area of the shell-shaped body is located or adjacent to the gingival margin, the gingival margin is provided with a guide plate connected with the shell-shaped body, and during occlusion, the guide plate contacts with the anterior dental area of the lower jaw and guides the lower jaw to move to open the posterior occlusion.
Preferably, the guide plate is formed by extending the shell-like body or is at least partially connected to the front tooth area of the shell-like body.
Preferably, the guide plate is a plane or a curved surface, and when the guide plate is occluded, the included angle formed by a tangent plane at each point on a connecting curve formed by the contact of the guide plate and the shell-shaped body and the jaw plane is between 0 and α and 15 degrees.
Preferably, the free end of the guide plate extends along the palate and the free end is curved in an arc substantially the same as the arc of the palate and does not conform to the palate.
Preferably, the distance between the guide plate and the shell-shaped body and the gingival margin is 1/3-2/3 of the length of a tooth crown corresponding to the guide plate connected with the tooth.
Further preferably, the distance between the guide plate and the shell-shaped body and the gingival margin is 1/3-1/2 of the length of a tooth crown corresponding to the guide plate connected with the tooth.
Preferably, the rigidity or elastic modulus of the guide plate is greater than the rigidity or elastic modulus of the shell-like body.
Preferably, the rigidity or elastic modulus of the guide plate at a portion near the lingual side is different from the rigidity or elastic modulus of a portion near the palatal side.
Preferably, an accommodating space is further formed between the guide plate and the palate, and a filling piece is further arranged in the accommodating space.
Preferably, the shell-like body is configured to move the teeth received by the shell-like body from a first configuration to a second configuration.
Preferably, one surface of the guide plate close to the tongue side is also provided with a holding part matched with the cusp of the teeth in the lower jaw anterior teeth area.
Preferably, the holding portion is fitted to at least one tooth of the pair of anterior mandibular teeth areas.
The utility model discloses a ware suit is rescued to shelly tooth is rescued including the first shelly tooth that is used for the upper jaw and the ware is rescued to the second shelly tooth that is used for the lower jaw. The second shell-shaped dental appliance comprises a plurality of cavities for accommodating mandibular teeth, and a guide plate arranged on the first shell-shaped dental appliance contacts with the anterior dental area of the second shell-shaped dental appliance to guide the mandible to move vertically to open the posterior occlusion.
Preferably, the distance from the gingival margin at the junction of the guide plate and the shell-like body of different shell-like dental appliance sets gradually decreases with the progress of the appliance.
The utility model discloses a ware suit is rescued to shelly tooth is including the first shelly tooth that is used for the upper jaw rescues the ware and is used for the second shelly tooth of lower jaw and rescues the ware, the second shelly tooth is rescued the ware and is included a plurality of cavitys that are used for holding the lower jaw tooth, baffle on the ware is rescued to first shelly tooth is close to tongue side one side still be equipped with the retaining portion of the cusp adaptation in the preceding tooth district that the ware was rescued to the second shelly tooth.
The tooth correcting system of the utility model comprises a plurality of groups of shell-shaped tooth correcting device suit, the groups of shell-shaped tooth correcting device suit comprise at least one set of shell-shaped tooth correcting device suit.
Preferably, the teeth fixing part of the first shell-shaped dental appliance in the plurality of sets of shell-shaped dental appliances is gradually changed from an initial position to a correction target position along with the correction process, and is adapted to the cusp of the anterior tooth zone of the second shell-shaped dental appliance.
The shell-shaped tooth appliance, the shell-shaped tooth appliance set and the tooth appliance system provided by the invention have the following beneficial effects:
the guide plate connected with the shell-shaped body is further arranged at or close to the gingival margin of the lingual side of the anterior dental area of the shell-shaped body, so that the guide plate is in contact with the anterior dental area of the mandible and guides the mandible to move to open the posterior occlusion during occlusion, and the sagittal direction and the horizontal direction of the mandible can be kept at natural positions for the correction of a patient with deep occlusion. In addition, the side of the guide plate close to the tongue is also provided with a holding part, so that the lower jaw can be guided to move vertically, open the rear occlusion, move moderately in the sagittal direction or move horizontally, and the teeth can be corrected at the same time.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the drawings of the present invention are combined to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, and obviously, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. As used herein, the word "comprising" and similar words are intended to mean that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items.
To the problem that prior art exists, the embodiment of the utility model provides a ware is rescued to shelly tooth to effectively guide the lower jaw to remove, and open the back tooth interlock, more specifically can guide the vertical to removal of lower jaw, improve the positional relationship between the maxilla promptly to the position through adjusting the lower jaw sagittal. The shell-shaped dental appliance includes a shell-shaped body and a guide plate.
Fig. 1a is a bottom view of a shell-shaped dental appliance according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1b is a cross-sectional view A-A of the shell-shaped dental appliance of FIG. 1 a; FIG. 1c is another cross-sectional view along A-A of the shell-shaped dental appliance of FIG. 1 a.
Referring to fig. 1a, the shell-shaped dental appliance 1 has a shell-shaped body 11, and the shell-shaped body 11 is provided with a plurality of cavities for accommodating maxillary teeth. A guide plate 12 connected with the shell-shaped body 11 is further arranged at or close to the gingival margin on the lingual side of the anterior dental area of the shell-shaped body 11, and when the shell-shaped body is occluded, the guide plate 12 is contacted with the anterior dental area of the lower jaw and guides the lower jaw to move to open the posterior occlusion.
Specifically, one end of the guide plate 12 is fixedly connected to the central incisor area 111, the lateral incisor area 112 and the cuspid area 113 of the shell-shaped body 11 to form a continuous arc-shaped area 121. The other end of the guide plate 12 connects two distal ends, i.e. distal ends, of the cusp area 113 of the shell-shaped body 11, which are far away from the middle incisor area 111, so as to completely cover the anterior teeth area of the shell-shaped body 11.
In some embodiments, two of the cusp tooth areas 113 of the shell-shaped body 11 are connected to the other end of the guide plate 12, which are far away from the distal end of the middle incisor area 111, and one end of the guide plate 12 is connected to the middle incisor area 111, the lateral incisor area 112 and the cusp tooth area 113 of the shell-shaped body 11, so as to form a discontinuous arc-shaped area (not shown), that is, one end of the guide plate 12 is fixedly connected to the middle incisor area 111, the lateral incisor area 112 and the cusp tooth area 113 of the shell-shaped body 11, so as to form a discontinuous arc-shaped area, for example, the discontinuous arc-shaped area is not connected to the middle incisor lateral incisor 112.
With reference to fig. 1a and 1c, the guide plate 12 is formed by a continuous extension of the shell-like body 11.
The guide plate 12 is a plane or a curved surface, and when the two guide plates are occluded, the included angle formed by a tangent plane at each point on a connecting curve formed by the contact of the guide plate 12 and the shell-shaped body 11 and a jaw plane 13 is not less than 0 degree and not more than α degrees and not more than 15 degrees, wherein the jaw plane 13 is a virtual plane formed from a mesial adjacent point of the two-sided maxillary middle incisors to the mesial buccal cusp of the two-sided first molar, and the connecting curve formed by the contact of the guide plate 12 and the shell-shaped body 11 is a continuous curve or an intermittent curve.
The utility model discloses in some embodiments, baffle 12 is the curved surface of single radian or comprises a plurality of little curved surfaces, each the crooked degree or the crooked direction of little curved surface are not identical, can adjust according to the in-service use condition.
Referring to fig. 1b, the guide plate 12 comprises a bite guide plate 123, the bite guide plate 123 extends toward the jaw plane 13 of the patient or in the palate direction, and one end of the bite guide plate 123 is fixedly connected to the middle of the lingual side of the anterior dental area of the shell-shaped body 11 and is parallel to the jaw plane 13. The bite guide 123 does not engage the patient's palate.
In some embodiments, the guide plate 12 comprises a fixed connection with each other, the occlusion guide plate 123 and the extension guide plate 124, the occlusion guide plate 123 extends toward the palate direction of the patient, one end of the occlusion guide plate 123 is fixed to the middle of the lingual side of the anterior tooth area of the shell-shaped body 11, and is parallel to the jaw plane 13. The extension guide 124 is fixedly connected with the other end of the engagement guide 123. The curvature of the free end of the extension guide plate 124 extending along the palate is basically the same as the curvature of the palate and is not attached to the palate, wherein the basically same means that the curvature is the same or has fluctuation change within a certain range, and the correction effect cannot be influenced. Neither the bite guide 123 nor the extension guide 124 will engage the patient's palate.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the free end of the occlusion guide plate 123 extends along the palate and the curvature of the free end is substantially the same as the curvature of the palate and does not conform to the palate.
The utility model discloses some embodiments, the interlock baffle 123 with the position that shell-like body 11 contacted does from the distance of gingival margin the interlock baffle 123 is connected 1/3 ~ 2/3 that corresponds tooth crown length, specifically does arc region 121 distance the distance of the gingival margin of shell-like body 11 parcel tooth is 1/3 ~ 2/3 of junction place tooth crown length, and wherein the gingival margin does the edge of shell-like body 11 open end, when it was worn in the patient mouth, adjacent patient's gum. In other embodiments of the present invention, the distance from the gingival margin to the contact part of the occlusion guide plate 123 and the shell-shaped body 11 is 1/2 of the length of the tooth crown where the occlusion guide plate is located.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the rigidity of the guide plate 12 is greater than the rigidity of the shell-shaped body 11, when the patient bites the upper and lower jaws, the lower jaw teeth will contact the guide plate 12, increasing the rigidity of the guide plate 12, which can prevent the occlusion, the guide plate 12 deforms, and the effect is corrected and controlled.
The utility model discloses some embodiments, the elastic modulus of baffle 12 is greater than the elastic modulus of shell form body 11, when the patient carries out the occlusion of upper and lower jaw, the lower jaw tooth can with baffle 12 contacts, increases the elastic modulus of baffle 12 can prevent the lower jaw with local deformation or reduction takes place during baffle 12 contact the degree of local deformation ensures the deformation degree can not influence and rescues the effect.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the rigidity of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the tongue side of the patient is different from the rigidity of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the palate side of the patient, and specifically, when the rigidity of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the tongue side of the patient is smaller than the rigidity of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the palate side of the patient, the lower jaw of the patient has a buffering effect when contacting with the portion of the palate side, so that the deformation amount of the guide plate 12 is smaller, and the correction effect is not affected; when the rigidity of the part of the guide plate 12 close to the tongue side of the patient is higher than that of the part of the guide plate 12 close to the palate side of the patient, the part contacting with the palate side of the patient is more comfortable to wear, and the deformation amount of the part contacting with the lower jaw teeth is smaller.
In some embodiments, the stiffness of the engagement guide 123 and the extension guide 124 are different. More specifically, the rigidity of the bite guide 123 is greater than that of the extension guide 124 to ensure that the amount of deformation of the bite portion is small and the portion in the same direction as the palate extends more comfortably.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic modulus of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the tongue side of the patient is different from the elastic modulus of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the palate side of the patient, specifically, when the elastic modulus of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the tongue side of the patient is smaller than the elastic modulus of the portion of the guide plate 12 close to the palate side of the patient, the lower jaw of the patient is softer at the contact position with the palate side, and has a buffering effect during the contact, so that the deformation amount of the guide plate 12 is smaller, and the correction effect is not affected; when the elastic modulus of the part of the guide plate 12 close to the tongue side of the patient is larger than that of the part of the guide plate 12 close to the palate side of the patient, the part contacting with the palate side of the patient is softer and more comfortable to wear, and the deformation amount of the part contacting with the lower jaw teeth is smaller.
In some embodiments, the modulus of elasticity of the engagement guide 123 and the extension guide 124 are different. More specifically, the elastic modulus of the occlusion guide plate 123 is greater than that of the extension guide plate 124, so as to ensure that the deformation amount of the occlusion part is smaller and the part in the same extending direction of the palate is more comfortable to wear.
FIG. 2a is a schematic view of another assembly structure of the bite guide, the extension guide and the shell-like body shown in FIG. 1 c.
Referring to fig. 1c and 2a, the occlusion guide plate 123 forms an angle with the jaw plane 13, and the reference line 23 shown in fig. 2a is parallel to the occlusion guide plate 123 and forms an angle a with the jaw plane 13 that is greater than 0 degree and equal to or less than 15 degrees.
In some embodiments of the present invention, an accommodating space is further formed between the guide plate 12 and the palate, and a filling member is further disposed in the accommodating space.
Fig. 2b is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the first engaging guide plate, the extending guide plate, the filling member and the shell-shaped body according to the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1c and 2b, the first bite guide 22 differs from the bite guide 123 in that: the upper surface of the first bite guide 22, i.e. the surface facing the palate of the patient, is provided with a fixing part (not shown) for fixing the filling member 23, so as to limit the filling member 23 in the accommodating space formed by the first bite guide 22, the extension guide 124 and the inner side wall of the shell-shaped body 11, thereby enhancing the supporting effect on the first bite guide 22 and the extension guide 124.
The utility model discloses some embodiments, filler 23 towards patient's palate surface and patient's palate laminating, orientation the surface of the inside wall of shell-like body 11 with the laminating of the inside wall of shell-like body 11 or shape match, orientation the surface of first interlock baffle 22 with the laminating of the upper surface or the shape match that correspond of first interlock baffle 22, orientation the surface of extension baffle 124 with the laminating of the corresponding upper surface of extension baffle 124, in order to follow first interlock baffle 22 and extend baffle 124 synchronous motion, the travelling comfort that makes the patient wear is more.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the filling member 23 is made of a polymer material that can be used in the mouth.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the guide plate 12 and the shell-shaped body 11 are an integrally formed structure or a split structure, that is, the guide plate 12 and the shell-shaped body 11 are made by an integrated pressing film method or formed by a split assembly.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the engagement guide plate, the extension guide plate and the first shell-shaped body according to some embodiments of the present invention.
With reference to fig. 1c and 3, first shell-like body 31 differs from said shell-like body 11 in that: the fixed connection of the lingual side of the anterior tooth area of the first shell-shaped body 31 and one end of the bite guide 123 starts at the non-gingival margin end, i.e. the connection of the bite guide 123 and the first shell-shaped body 31 starts at the non-gingival margin of the lingual side of the anterior tooth area of the first shell-shaped body 31, i.e. the first shell-shaped body 31 is not able to wrap the teeth of the anterior tooth area as completely as the shell-shaped body 11, and the bite guide 123 is parallel to the jaw plane 13.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the second engagement guide, the extension guide and the shell-shaped body according to some embodiments of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1c and 4, the second bite guide 41 differs from the bite guide 123 in that: the thickness of the second occlusion guide 41 is non-uniform, and the surface of the second occlusion guide 41 facing the lingual side is a plane or an approximate plane, and the surface facing the palatal side is an arc-shaped surface, so as to form the second occlusion guide 41 with non-uniform thickness. Specifically, the surface facing the palate of the patient is an arc surface, and the thickness of the side contacting the shell-shaped body 11 is greater than the thickness of the extension guide plate 124, so that the second occlusion guide plate 41 can provide stronger support strength when the patient is occluded, and occlusion deformation is not easy to occur, thereby affecting the correction effect.
In some embodiments of the present invention, any one of the shell-shaped body 11 or the first shell-shaped body 31 is a structure that the teeth accommodated therein are moved from the first layout to the second layout, so that the occlusion is opened for the patient and the teeth are also treated, and the orthopedic treatment is performed simultaneously.
Fig. 5a is a bottom view of a first shell-shaped dental appliance according to some embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view B-B of the first shell dental appliance shown in FIG. 5 a.
Referring to fig. 1a and 5a, one of the differences between the first shell appliance 5 and the shell appliance 1 is that: the guide plate 51 of the first shell-shaped dental appliance also covers the anterior molar region 114 of the shell-shaped body 11, i.e., both ends of the guide plate 51 of the first shell-shaped dental appliance are linearly connected with the distal ends of the two molars of the anterior molar region 114.
Referring to fig. 1c, 5a and 5b, the first shell appliance 5 differs from the shell appliance 1 by two: the lower surface of the third bite guide 512 of the guide plate 51 of the first shell-shaped dental appliance is provided with a first holding portion 511.
In some embodiments, the first holding portion 511 is disposed near the side of the tongue, and is adapted to the cusp of the patient's teeth in the anterior mandibular area. Specifically, the first holding part 511 is adapted to the cusps of the lower jaw side incisors and the lower jaw middle incisors of the patient, or the first holding part 511 is adapted to the cusps of the lower jaw middle incisors, the lower jaw side incisors and the lower jaw front teeth of the patient, so that a relatively stable state is formed when the upper jaw and the lower jaw are occluded, and the relative movement of the upper jaw and the lower jaw is prevented.
In some embodiments, the first shell-shaped teeth appliance 5 is adapted to a second shell-shaped teeth appliance worn on the lower teeth of the patient to form a first shell-shaped teeth appliance set for one of the appliances. The second shell-like dental appliance has a second cavity to fit the mandibular teeth of the patient at the one of the correction stages. The first holding part 511 is adapted to the cusp of the anterior dental zone of the shell-shaped body of the second shell-shaped dental appliance, specifically, the external contour of the cusp of the second shell-shaped dental appliance is larger than the external contour of the teeth wrapped by the second shell-shaped dental appliance, and the area of the first holding part 511, corresponding to the external contour of the cusp of the second shell-shaped dental appliance, on the first shell-shaped dental appliance 5 is larger than the area of the first holding part 511, which is adapted to the cusp of the lower jaw teeth, of the first shell-shaped dental appliance 5.
Fig. 6a is a schematic view of an assembly structure of a fourth engagement guide, an extension guide and a shell-like body according to some embodiments of the present invention.
With reference to fig. 4 and 6a, the fourth meshing guide 61 differs from said first meshing guide 22 in that: the lower surface of the fourth engaging guide 61 is further provided with the first holding portion 511.
Fig. 6b is a schematic view of an assembly structure of a fifth occlusion guide, an extension guide and a second shell-like body according to some embodiments of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 3 and 6b, the fifth bite guide 62 differs from the bite guide 123 in that: the lower surface of the fourth engaging guide 62 is further provided with the first holding portion 511.
Fig. 7 is a bottom view of a third shell-shaped dental appliance according to some embodiments of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1a, 5a and 7, the third shell appliance 7 differs from the first shell appliance 5 in that: the guide plate 71 of the third shell-shaped dental appliance covers the central incisor area 111, the lateral incisor area 112 and the cusp area 113 of the shell-shaped body 11, and a surface of the guide plate 71 of the third shell-shaped dental appliance facing the tongue of the patient is provided with a second holding part 711. The second holder 711 is fitted to a patient's mandibular lateral incisors, mandibular middle incisors, and mandibular cuspids.
The utility model discloses in some embodiments, the third shellliform tooth is rescued ware 7 and is used for wearing and rescues ware looks adaptation at the fourth shellliform tooth of patient's lower jaw tooth, form shellliform tooth and rescues the ware suit, at the actual in-process of rescuring, use different shellliform tooth to rescure the ware suit and rescure the tooth, the shellliform tooth that uses after the stage is rescued for first to the ware suit is rescued for the shellliform tooth that uses in the stage is rescued for the second, the shellliform tooth that the stage was used is rescued for the second and is rescued the ware suit and the shellliform tooth that uses after the stage is rescued for the first difference that: the shell-shaped bodies of the two are different in structure and the second holding part 711 is different in position, and the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance set used in the second orthodontic stage is closer to the target orthodontic position than the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance set used after the first orthodontic stage, and in addition, the connection position of the guide plate and the shell-shaped body of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance used in the second orthodontic stage is closer to the gingival margin of the front dentition of the shell-shaped body than the connection position of the guide plate and the shell-shaped body of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance used in the first orthodontic stage, that is, as the orthodontic process is performed, the distance between the connection position of the guide plate and the shell-shaped body of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance and the distance between the connection position of the guide plate and the shell-shaped body corresponding gingival margin are gradually.
Fig. 8 is a bottom view of a fifth shell-shaped dental appliance according to some embodiments of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1a, 7 and 8, the fifth shell appliance 8 differs from the third shell appliance 7 in that: the guide plate 81 of the fifth shell-shaped dental appliance covers the central incisor area 111 and the lateral incisor area 112 of the shell-shaped body 11, and a surface of the guide plate 81 of the fifth shell-shaped dental appliance facing the tongue of the patient is provided with a third holding portion 811. The third holding portion 811 is fitted to the lower lateral incisors and the lower central incisors of the patient.
The utility model discloses in some embodiments, the fifth shellliform tooth is rescued ware 8 and is used for wearing and rescues ware looks adaptation at the sixth shellliform tooth of patient's lower jaw tooth, form shellliform tooth and rescues the ware suit, at the actual in-process of rescuring, use different shellliform tooth to rescure the ware suit and rescure the tooth, the shellliform tooth that uses after the stage is rescued for first to the ware suit is rescued for the shellliform tooth that uses in the stage is rescued for the second, the shellliform tooth that the stage was used is rescued for the second and is rescued the ware suit and the shellliform tooth that uses after the stage is rescued for the first difference that: the shell-shaped main bodies of the first and second orthodontic sections have different structures, the third fixing portion 811 has a different position, and the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance set used in the second orthodontic stage is closer to the target orthodontic position than the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance set used after the first orthodontic stage.
It should be noted that any one of the first holding portion 511, the second holding portion 711 and the third holding portion 811 may be a groove or a protrusion adapted to the cusp of the anterior dental area of the mandibular dental appliance or adapted to the cusp of the anterior dental area of the second shell-shaped dental appliance, and may be any structure adapted to the cusp of the anterior dental area of the mandibular dental appliance or adapted to the cusp of the anterior dental area of the second shell-shaped dental appliance, which is not limited herein.
When any one of the first holding part 511, the second holding part 711, and the third holding part 811 is the groove, a concave surface of the groove is recessed toward the palate side.
When any one of the first holding part 511, the second holding part 711 and the third holding part 811 is the protrusion, two protrusions may be provided to form a matching groove, and when the upper jaw and the lower jaw are engaged, the cusp of the anterior dental area of the mandibular teeth or the cusp of the anterior dental area of the second shell-shaped dental appliance is engaged in the matching groove to form a relatively stable state, so as to prevent relative movement when the upper jaw and the lower jaw are engaged. Of course, a single protrusion may be provided according to actual cases, as long as the upper and lower jaws are engaged to form a relatively stable state and prevent relative movement of the upper and lower jaws.
The utility model discloses some embodiments, the multiunit shelly tooth is rescued ware suit, forms the tooth and rescues the system, just at least including a set of shelly tooth and rescues the ware suit among the system is rescued to the tooth, according to the quantity that shell tooth was rescued to the case selection of rescuring of difference and is used for the different stages of rescuring of adaptation to the ware suit is rescued to the difference.
Fig. 9 is a bottom view of a seventh shell dental appliance according to some embodiments of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 7 and 9, the seventh shell appliance 9 differs from the third shell appliance 7 in that: the edge of the guide plate 91 of the seventh shell-shaped dental appliance, which is used for connecting the distal ends of the two cuspids, is of a structure which is consistent with the direction of the dental arch, that is, the guide plate 91 of the seventh shell-shaped dental appliance has a U-shaped structure similar to the dental arch in overall shape. If the occlusion force of the patient is large, the convex part of the guide plate 91 of the seventh shell-shaped tooth appliance is easy to bend towards the tongue of the patient, and can be matched with the front end of the tongue when the upper jaw and the lower jaw are occluded, so that the wearing comfort is high. Compared with the guide plate 91 of the seventh shell-shaped dental appliance, the connecting line of the guide plate 71 of the third shell-shaped dental appliance connecting the distal ends of the two cuspids is a straight line or an approximately straight line structure, that is, the guide plate 71 of the third shell-shaped dental appliance has a larger area covering the palate than the guide plate 91 of the seventh shell-shaped dental appliance, so that the guide plate 71 of the third shell-shaped dental appliance has good strength and is not easily deformed even if subjected to a large biting force.
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail hereinabove, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to these embodiments. However, it is to be understood that such modifications and variations are within the scope and spirit of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims. Moreover, the invention as described herein is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways.