Title:
METHOD OF DIRECT FABRICATION OF INTRAORAL DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/039888
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of fabricating an intraoral discluder device for fitting to the upper palate and corresponding teeth of the upper palate, the method including forming a tray intraorally to cover the upper palate and the teeth of the upper arch; placing pliable thermoplastic on the tray; adapting intraorally the pliable thermoplastic on the tray to the upper palate; allowing the thermoplastic material to harden; trimming the hardened thermoplastic material of posterior biting surfaces; and adding a discluding element to the lingual side of the central incisors. A corresponding device or appliance is provided that includes a hardened thermoplastic palatal component and a discluding element formed thereon that is shaped by a user's tongue to match the user's profile.
Inventors:
WITTBOLD ELSA (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/059106
Publication Date:
July 01, 2010
Filing Date:
September 30, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WITTBOLD ELSA (US)
International Classes:
A61C9/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2000036991A1 | 2000-06-29 |
Foreign References:
US20030121523A1 | 2003-07-03 | |||
US5772432A | 1998-06-30 | |||
US20060105289A1 | 2006-05-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BOLLER, Timothy, L. et al. (Suite 5400701 Fifth Avenu, Seattle Washington, US)
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