Dental arch bite registration device

A dental arch bite registration device comprising a multi-laminar occlusal wall for placement between a pair of dental arches before they are impressed into the device, one lamina of said occlusal wall adapted to confront one of said pair of dental arches and another lamina of said occlusal wall adapted to confront the other of said pair of dental arches, wherein both lamina are toothed-impressionable plastic for taking impressions that are deep enough to include the tips and cusps of teeth of both arches but less than full tooth crowns for obtaining a bite registration, said one lamina has a durometer different from that of said another lamina such that when said dental arches are impressed into the device during a bite, said one lamina takes an impression of said one arch that is noticeably deeper than the impression that said another lamina takes of said other arch, wherein said one lamina and said another lamina are directly bonded together without any intervening lamina between them.

A dental arch bite registration device comprising a multi-laminar occlusal wall for placement between a pair of dental arches before they are impressed into the device, one lamina of said occlusal wall adapted to confront one of said pair of dental arches and said another lamina of said occlusal wall adapted to confront the other of said pair of dental arches, wherein said one and said another lamina have durometers such that when said dental arches are impressed into the device during a bite, said one lamina takes an impression of said one arch and said another lamina takes an impression of said another arch, and wherein at least one of said one and said another lamina is ethylene vinyl acetate that has a durometer no greater than about 40.

A dental arch bite registration device comprising a multi-laminar occlusal wall, each lamina formed of an impression material for placement between a pair of dental arches before they are impressed into the device, one lamina of said occlusal wall adapted to confront one of said pair of dental arches and another lamina adapted to confront the other of said pair of dental arches such that when said dental arches are impressed into the device, said one lamina takes an impression of said one arch and said another lamina takes an impression of said other arch, wherein said one lamina comprises a series of small holes that are located about the periphery of said occlusal wall and adjacent an area adapted to receive an impression.

A dental arch bite registration device comprising a multi-laminar U-shaped disk that is generally entirely flat between labial and lingual margins, one lamina of said disk being a tooth-impressionable plastic adapted to confront one of a pair of dental arches and another lamina of said disk being a tooth-impressionable plastic adapted to confront the other of said pair of dental arches such that when said disk is placed between said arches and they are impressed into said disk, said one lamina takes an impression of said one arch and said another lamina takes an impression of said other arch, wherein said one and said another lamina are joined via an intermediate lamina that is also a tooth-impressionable plastic of a durometer different from the durometers of said one and said another lamina.