Systems, methods, and devices for treating mouth and jaw disorders
AssigneeMamta Ketan Shah
InventorMamta Ketan Shah
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Abstract
Maxillary and mandibular appliances can be mounted to a user's upper and lower jaws. The appliances can include a palatal pad, buccal tubes, hamular notch tubes, and an anterior deprogrammer. The various portions of the appliances can provoke beneficial reactions by muscles in the tongue and jaw area, massage the same muscles, or provide other beneficial effects. A mandibular appliance can include a front portion, and a V-shaped lingual lift pad having members extending outwardly and rearwardly from the front portion, the lift pad members separated by a gap, the mandibular appliance sized to fit in a space completely under the tongue of a user.
Claims18
A method of treating temporo-mandibular disorder, the method comprising:
- inserting a mandibular appliance into a mouth of a user with mandibular teeth to treat temporo-mandibular disorder, wherein the mandibular appliance is inserted under a tongue of the user so the mandibular appliance lifts the tongue of the user, wherein the mandibular appliance is sized so the mandibular appliance is positioned completely under the tongue of the user without touching the user's mandibular teeth, the mandibular appliance comprising:
- a front portion;
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- a U-shaped or V-shaped lingual lift pad having lift pad members extending outwardly and rearwardly from the front portion, the lift pad members separated by a gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.