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AssigneeMy Little Projects Series 8 Planco 25 LLC
InventorWILLIS J. PUMPHREY, JR.
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Oral appliances that may include a supporting shell member having concave geometry for receiving at least a portion of a dental arch of a wearer into the concave geometry; and, a tongue guide member extending from said supporting shell member and into contact with an underside of a tongue of said wearer when the portion of the dental arch is received into the concave geometry. This oral appliance may be utilized in methods for treating various sleep and breathing disorders (“SBD”), for treating sleep apnea, treating airway obstruction, for upper and/or lower jaw reshaping, for airway reshaping, for mandibular advancement, for tongue-retaining, and for providing myofunctional therapy to encourage and help train the tongue to have the proper tongue posture for nasal breathing and discourage mouth breathing.
An oral appliance comprising:
The appliance of claim 2, wherein the arch comprises teeth, with each of the teeth having a unique tooth geometry, and wherein the concave geometry comprises a negative geometry corresponding to the unique tooth geometry of at least one of said teeth.
The appliance of claim 3, wherein the tongue guide member comprises a shape that will urge, and is positioned to urge, the tongue upwards toward a roof of a mouth of the wearer.
The appliance of claim 4, wherein the teeth have a lingual side, and the tongue guide member will extend away from the lingual side of the teeth.
The appliance of claim 5, wherein the teeth comprise one or more incisors, and wherein the tongue guide extends away from the lingual side of incisors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.