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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of the claims will replace all prior versions, andlistings, of claims in
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`the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1, (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance for aligning teeth, comprising:
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`braces to be mounted on a specified tooth includedin the teeth to align the teeth;
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`a magnetic field generator; [[and]]
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`a magnetic element to be attached to the teeth so as to vibrate in response to a
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`magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and apply the vibration to the
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`tooth on which the braces are mounted; _and
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`a dental mouthpiece configured to be mounted on teeth, the dental mouthpiece
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`including a storage space which stores only the magnetic element inside, the storage
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`space being shaped _to provide the magnetic element_with play which permits an
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`independent vibration of the magnetic element itself within the storage space.
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`2. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator includes one or more coils for generating the magnetic field by
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`receiving [[the]] a supply of a current.
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`3. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 2, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator includes two round coils arranged suchthat [[the]] central axes
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of the claims will replace all prior versions, andlistings, of claims in
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`the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1, (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance for aligning teeth, comprising:
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`braces to be mounted on a specified tooth includedin the teeth to align the teeth;
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`a magnetic field generator; [[and]]
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`a magnetic element to be attached to the teeth so as to vibrate in response to a
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`magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and apply the vibration to the
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`tooth on which the braces are mounted; _and
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`a dental mouthpiece configured to be mounted on teeth, the dental mouthpiece
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`including a storage space which stores only the magnetic element inside, the storage
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`space being shaped _to provide the magnetic element_with play which permits an
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`independent vibration of the magnetic element itself within the storage space.
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`2. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator includes one or more coils for generating the magnetic field by
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`receiving [[the]] a supply of a current.
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`3. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 2, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator includes two round coils arranged suchthat [[the]] central axes
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`thereof intersect with each other.
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`4, (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 2, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator includes three round coils arranged such that [[the]] central axes
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`thereof intersect with each other.
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`5. (Original) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 2, wherein the magneticfield
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`generator includes Helmholtz coils.
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`6. (Canceled)
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`7. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to elaim-6 claim1, wherein:
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`thedental mouthpiece includes a dividingportion at a part thereef of the dental
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`mouthpiece except the one corresponding to the tooth to be aligned; and
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`the-divided thedividing portion suppresses suppressing the transmission of the
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`mechanical vibration generated by the magnetic elementso that the mechanical vibration
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`acts restrictedly on the part including the tooth to be aligned.
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`8. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 7, wherein the
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`dividing portion of the dental mouthpiece is a cutout portion formed by cutting out either
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`one portion of a tooth root portion and a tooth crown portion of the dental mouthpiece
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`except at the tooth to be aligned; and the other [[part]] portion integrally connects parts of
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`the dental mouthpiece before and after the cutout portion.
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`9. (Original) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 7, wherein the dividing portion
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`of the dental mouthpieceis a slit portion formedin a part ofthe dental mouthpiece except
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`at the tooth to be aligned; and parts of the dental mouthpiece before andafter the slit
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`portion are connected to each other.
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`10. (Original) An orthodontic appliance accordingto claim7, wherein the dividing
`portion of the dental mouthpieceis a cut portion formed bycutting a part of the dental
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`mouthpiece except at the tooth to be aligned, and parts of the dental mouthpiece before
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`and after this cut portion are connected via a member separate from the one forming the
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`cut portion.
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`11. (Original) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 7, wherein the dividing
`portion of the dental mouthpiece is a cutoffportion formed by cutting off a part of the
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`dentalmouthpiece exceptat the tooth to be aligned, and the cutoffportion is formed at
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`such a position that the dental mouthpiece is so shaped as to be mounted only on the
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`tooth to be aligned.
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`12, (Canceled)
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`13. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1 claim-2,
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`wherein the storage space is shaped such that a clearance is formedin the storage space in
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`a direction corresponding to an aligning direction of the tooth to be aligned.
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`14, (Previously Presented) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the
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`magnetic element partly or entirely constitutes the braces.
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`15. (Original) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 14, wherein:
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`the braces include an orthodontic wire and brackets for fixing the orthodontic wire
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`to teeth; and
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`the magnetic elementpartly or entirely constitutes the orthodontic wire.
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`16. (Original) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 14, wherein:
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`the braces include an orthodontic wire and brackets for fixing the orthodontic wire
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`to teeth; and
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`the magnetic element constitutes someorall of the brackets.
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`17. (Previously Presented) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field whose direction is fixed and whose
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`magnitude cyclically changes.
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`18. (Previously Presented) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field whose direction rotates in a specific
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`plane and whose magnitudecyclically changes.
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`19. (Previously Presented) An orthodontic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the
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`magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field between 0.15 mT (inclusive) and 0.18
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`mT (inclusive).
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`20. (Currently Amended) An orthodontic method for aligning teeth, comprising:
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`a-step-of mounting braces on a specified tooth includedin the teeth to align the
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`a-step-—of attaching a magnetic_elementto—theteethdental mouthpiece which
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`includes a storage space storing only a magnetic element inside and having such a shape
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`a-step-offorming a magnetic field for vibrating the magnetic elementin the
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`storage space of the dental mouthpiece attached to the teeth and applying the vibration of
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`the magnetic elementto the tooth on which the braces are mounted.
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