Oral appliance for improving strength and balance

A neuromuscular oral appliance for placement in a mouth of a user comprising:

• a channel adapted to accept teeth from one of a lower jaw and an upper jaw of the mouth;
• wherein the channel is deformable to at least partially conform to a shape of the accepted teeth;
• a pair of bite pads extending adapted to contact teeth from the other of the lower jaw and the upper jaw when the oral appliance is placed in the mouth;
• wherein the pair of bite pads is adapted to partially collapse upon contact with the teeth such that a gap between the lower jaw and the upper jaw is maintainable within a predefined range.

A neuromuscular oral appliance for placement in a mouth of a user comprising:

• a channel with a base adapted to accept teeth from an upper jaw of the mouth;
• a plurality of fins arranged along at least a portion of the length of the channel, each of the plurality of fins having a groove to guide the teeth into the channel;
• wherein the channel and the fins are deformable to at least partially conform to a shape of the accepted teeth upon heating the channel and the fins to a melting temperature;
• a pair of bite pads adapted to contact teeth from a lower jaw when the oral appliance is placed in the mouth;
• wherein upon contact the pair of bite pads extends from a first bicuspid to a first molar of the lower jaw on opposite sides of the mouth;
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• wherein the pair of bite pads is adapted to partially and elastically collapse upon contact with the teeth of the lower jaw such that a gap between the lower jaw and the upper jaw is maintainable within a predefined range.

A neuromuscular oral appliance for placement in a mouth of a user comprising:

• a channel with a base adapted to accept teeth from a lower jaw of the mouth, the channel having two portions, each portion spanning at least from the first bicuspid to the second molar on opposite sides of the mouth;
• a wire connecting the two portions of the channel;
• a plurality of fins arranged along at least a portion of the length of each of the two portions of the channel, each of the plurality of fins having a groove to guide the teeth into the channel;
• wherein the channel and the fins are deformable to at least partially conform to a shape of the accepted teeth upon heating the channel and the fins to a melting temperature;
• a pair of bite pads extending from respective portions of the channel and adapted to contact teeth from a upper jaw when the oral appliance is placed in the mouth;
• wherein upon contact the pair of bite pads extends from a first bicuspid to a first molar of the upper jaw on opposite sides of the mouth;
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• wherein the pair of bite pads is adapted to partially and elastically collapse upon contact with the teeth of the upper jaw such that a gap between the lower jaw and the upper jaw is maintainable within a predefined range.

A neuromuscular oral appliance for placement in a mouth of a user comprising:

• a frame;
• a channel molded over the frame with a base adapted to accept teeth from one of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of the mouth;
• wherein the channel is deformable to at least partially conform to a shape of the accepted teeth upon heating to a melting temperature;
• wherein the frame has a higher melting temperature than the channel;
• a pliable, elastic bite pad extending opposite the channel, the pliable, elastic bite pad being adapted to contact teeth from the other of the upper jaw and the lower jaw when the oral appliance is placed in the mouth;
• wherein the pliable, elastic bite pad is adapted to partially collapse upon contact with the teeth of the other of the upper jaw and the lower jaw such that a gap between the lower jaw and the upper jaw is maintainable within a predefined range.