Method and apparatus for use in corrective dental work

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF ARTIFICIALLY REPRODUCING THE KINEMATIC ACTION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER DENTITION OF A PERSON, COMPRISING, FIRMLY MOUNTING A PAIR OF STYLI ON ONE DENTITION OF THE OPPOSING UPPER AND LOWER DENTITION OF A PERSON TO OCCUPY POSITIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HEAD OF THE PERSON IN GENERAL ALINEMENT WITH THE HINGE AXIS OF THE JAW, FIRMLY MOUNTING A PAIR OF REFERENCE ELEMENTS ON THE OTHER DENTITION OF THE PERSON TO OCCUPY POSITIONS IN GENERAL ALINEMENT WITH THE RESPECTIVE STYLI, MANIPULATING THE JAW OF THE PERSON AND ADJUSTING THE POSITIONS OF THE STYLI RELATIVE TO THE ONE DENTITION TO OCCUPY POSITIONS WHICH DO NOT MOVE RELATIVE TO THE REFERENCE ELEMENTS UPON SLIGHT PIVOTING OF THE JAW ABOUT ITS HINGE AXIS IN THE VICINITY OF ITS CONVENIENCE POSITION, FIRMLY MOUNTING ON SAID OTHER DENTITION TWO BODIES OF A MOTION RECORDING MEDIUM IN A PLASTIC STATE TO OCCUPY POSITIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE RESPECTIVE STYLI IN WHICH THE STYLI PENETRATE THE RESPECTIVE BODIES TO A SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH, MANIPULATING THE JAW OF THE PERSON TO PRODUCE THREEDIMENSIONAL TRACES OF THE STYLI IN THE BODIES OF MOTION RECORDING MEDIUM, FIRMLY MOUNTING THE RECORDING MEDIUM BODIES ON A MODEL OF SAID OTHER DENTITION TO DUPLICATE RELATIVE TO THE MODEL THE ORIGINAL POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE BODIES TO SAID OTHER DENTITION, FIRMLY MOUNTING STYLI ON A MODEL OF SAID ONE DENTITION TO DUPLICATE RELATIVE TO THE LAST MENTIONED MODEL THE POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE STYLI RELATIVE TO THE ONE DENTITION, AND MANIPULATING THE TWO MODELS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WITH THE STYLI IN THE STYLI TRACES IN THE RESPECTIVE BODIES TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE THE KINEMETIC ACTION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER DENTITION OF THE PERSON.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF ARTIFICIALLY REPRODUCING THE KINEMATIC ACTION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER DENTITION OF A PERSON, COMPRISING, FIRMLY MOUNTING A PAIR OF STYLI ON ONE DENTITION OF THE OPPOSING UPPER AND LOWER DENTITION OF A PERSON TO OCCUPY POSITIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HEAD OF THE PERSON IN GENERAL ALINEMENT WITH THE HINGE AXIS OF THE JAW, FIRMLY MOUNTING A PAIR OF REFERENCE ELEMENTS ON THE OTHER DENTITION OF THE PERSON TO OCCUPY POSITIONS IN GENERAL ALINEMENT WITH THE RESPECTIVE STYLI, MANIPULATING THE JAW OF THE PERSON AND ADJUSTING THE POSITIONS OF THE STYLI RELATIVE TO THE ONE DENTITION TO OCCUPY POSITIONS WHICH DO NOT MOVE RELATIVE TO THE REFERENCE ELEMENTS UPON SLIGHT PIVOTING OF THE JAW ABOUT ITS HINGE AXIS IN THE VICINITY OF ITS CONVENIENCE POSITION, FIRMLY MOUNTING ON SAID OTHER DENTITION TWO BODIES OF A MOTION RECORDING MEDIUM IN A PLASTIC STATE TO OCCUPY POSITIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE RESPECTIVE STYLI IN WHICH THE STYLI PENETRATE THE RESPECTIVE BODIES TO A SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH, MANIPULATING THE JAW OF THE PERSON TO PRODUCE THREEDIMENSIONAL TRACES OF THE STYLI IN THE BODIES OF MOTION RECORDING MEDIUM, FIRMLY MOUNTING THE RECORDING MEDIUM BODIES ON A MODEL OF SAID OTHER DENTITION TO DUPLICATE RELATIVE TO THE MODEL THE ORIGINAL POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE BODIES TO SAID OTHER DENTITION, FIRMLY MOUNTING STYLI ON A MODEL OF SAID ONE DENTITION TO DUPLICATE RELATIVE TO THE LAST MENTIONED MODEL THE POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE STYLI RELATIVE TO THE ONE DENTITION, AND MANIPULATING THE TWO MODELS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WITH THE STYLI IN THE STYLI TRACES IN THE RESPECTIVE BODIES TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE THE KINEMETIC ACTION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER DENTITION OF THE PERSON.