Medical device for combating overweight or obesity in humans

A medical device for combating overweightness or obesity in humans by achieving a more rapid feeling of satiety, comprising:

• a lower splint;
• an upper splint that is configured to reduce a masticatory surface by covering masticatory teeth of the human maxilla and/or mandible, the upper splint comprising:
• a splint body having an artificial occlusal surface that is configured to be positioned over the masticatory teeth between upper and lower teeth rows, wherein the artificial occlusal surface is configured to be positioned over and placed into direct contact with at least a portion of a natural occlusal surface of the masticatory teeth, wherein the artificial occlusal surface defines a surface area that is smaller than a natural occlusal surface area to reduce the size of the natural occlusal surface area during chewing, and wherein the artificial occlusal surface is built up by an occlusal elevation to define a saliva channel to facilitate drainage of saliva from the splint and to form a final blocking position between the upper and lower teeth rows, wherein the occlusal elevation defines a masticatory surface that is configured to come into direct contact with food when chewing, and wherein the masticatory surface is spaced apart from the artificial occlusal surface;
• and
• opposing sidewalls configured to wrap around a portion of the human maxilla and/or mandible to couple the splint to the human maxilla and/or mandible;
• wherein the entire splint body, including the artificial occlusal surface, the occlusal elevation, and the opposing sidewalls are a single, homogeneous solid piece of the same material and includes no holes or voids to reduce the size of the natural occlusal surface such that it takes more time to eat food when wearing the splint;
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• wherein the occlusal elevation is configured as a protruding bar section of the splint, wherein the width of the bar section is less than the width of the masticatory surface over the cup tips, and wherein the bar section has a length sufficient to extend along the first and second premolars and the first molar of the maxilla and/or mandible such that the final bite setting provides a sufficiently stable position of a mechanical occlusion;
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• wherein the upper splint is unconnected to the lower splint so as to not interfere with the user's chewing motion when chewing food.