Mouth guard and kit
AssigneeDen-Mat Corporation
InventorEckart Mathias
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Abstract
A user-fabricated mouth guard wherein the user's teeth and gums are not directly exposed to the uncured mouth guard material. The uncured mouth guard material is pliant at room temperature and does not have to be heated to form and shape the mouth guard. The cured mouth guard can be pliant or rigid at room temperature. A kit and a method of forming the mouth guard are also disclosed.
Claims25
A kit for forming a mouth guard, said kit comprising:
- a thin-walled container;
- a curable resin;
- and
- a tray,
- wherein the tray is sized to substantially correspond to a person's upper maxillary arch and wherein the container is sized to substantially fit on the dental tray.
A method for forming a mouth guard, said method comprising:
- providing a curable resin into a thin-walled container to form a resin-filled container;
- placing the container on a tray;
- inserting the resin-filled container and the tray into a person's mouth wherein the person forms impressions of the person's teeth in the resin;
- curing the resin;
- removing the resin-filled container and the tray from the person's mouth;
- and
- removing the container from around the resin to form a mouth guard.
A user-fabricated mouth guard comprising impressions formed by the user's own teeth wherein the user's own teeth do not directly contact the mouth guard material during the formation of the impressions.
A method for forming a mouth guard, said method comprising:
- providing a curable resin into a thin-walled container to form a resin-filled container;
- placing the container on a tray;
- placing a pre-formed model of a person's teeth onto the resin-filled container to form the person's teeth impressions in the resin;
- curing the resin;
- removing the resin-filled container and the tray from model of the person's teeth;
- and
- removing the container material from around the resin to form a mouth guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.