Dentistry – Apparatus – Jaw – cheek – lip – or tongue positioner
Patent
1977-12-29
1979-12-25
Peshock, Robert
Dentistry
Apparatus
Jaw, cheek, lip, or tongue positioner
128 12, A61C 514
Patent
active
041798155
ABSTRACT:
A dental device including a body of plastic material having a plurality of bite block portions and a tongue shield portion for holding a patient's mouth open while restricting movement of the tongue toward the teeth. The bite block portions are adapted to be engaged by the opposing occlusal surfaces of the arches and the tongue shield portion extends between the bite block portions for particularly blocking the tongue from moving toward the lingual surfaces of the teeth.
REFERENCES:
patent: 735762 (1903-08-01), Hare
patent: 2220674 (1940-11-01), Bloomheurt
patent: 2797682 (1957-07-01), Kannenberg
Peshock Robert
TP Laboratories, Inc.
Zickert Lloyd L.
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