Custom dental tray
OwnerScott Jacobs, Robert Ibseninventors
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Abstract
A dental tray formed from an ethylene vinyl acetate polymer having a forming temperature between 115° F. and 145° F., and preferably between about 125° F. and 135° F. The preferred polymer is formed from a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate in which the percent by weight vinyl acetate is at least 30% by weight and preferably between 33% and 40% by weight, with the remaining amount of the copolymer comprising ethylene. The dental tray can then be used for dental treatments including bleaching, fluoride applications, desensitizing teeth, antibacterial treatments and other dental operations.
Claims13
A dental tray, comprising:
- an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having a forming temperature between 115° F. and 145° F.;
- said copolymer being formed into a dental tray and being sized to generally to cover a patient's upper or lower teeth and be conformed to said teeth at said forming temperature by applying pressure on said tray against said teeth.
A dental tray, comprising:
- a copolymer formed from ethylene and vinyl acetate in which the percent by weight vinyl acetate is between 33% and 40% by weight;
- said copolymer forming a tray having a forming temperature between 125° F. and 135° F. and a freezing point between about 80° F. and 106° F.;
- said tray formed from said copolymer being sized to generally to cover a patient's upper or lower teeth and be conformed to said teeth at said forming temperature by applying pressure on said tray against said teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.