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US 11,445,812 B2Granted
Dental appliance
OwnerFrederick Sagerinventor
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Abstract
A dental appliance for removing material from the mouth of a user is disclosed. The appliance has a body with a plurality of bores extending through the body. A cleaning element is positioned in each of the bores. The cleaning elements are disposed to extend beyond the body and are moveably positioned in the bores.
Claims1
A dental appliance consisting of:
- a body having a first surface and a second surface, the first and second surfaces being disposed in parallel relationships;
- a handle extending from the body, the handle disposed at an angle from 5° to 25° with respect to center line of the body;
- wherein an end of the handle that is spaced apart from the body has a Y-shaped extension, the Y-shaped extension being disposed to assist in removing material from a user's mouth;
- a plurality of cleaning elements;
- the cleaning elements being cylindrical in shape with four equally spaced grooves on each cleaning element;
- wherein the plurality of cleaning elements are rigid;
- and
- wherein the at least one groove is perpendicular to the first and second surfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.