Patent ID: 11957970
Assignee: DENTEK ORAL CARE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A dental guard and tray, comprising:
a thermoplastic dental guard, the thermoplastic dental guard including
a pair of bite pads positionable upon the teeth of a user, and
a connecting band extending between the pair of bite pads; and

a tray configured to receive the thermoplastic dental guard, the tray including
a pair of bite pad supports, each bite pad support having a tooth occlusal contacting surface and a well extending from the tooth occlusal contacting surface and configured to receive at least a portion of one of the pair of bite pads therein, each bite pad support including an outer sidewall extending past the at least a portion of the one of the pair of bite pads received within the bite pad support such that an upper edge of the outer sidewall is adapted to contact the tooth buccal surface, and
a connecting arc extending between the pair of bite pad supports, the connecting arc including
an elongated support member extending rearwardly and upwardly from a proximal end at a midpoint of the connecting arc to a distal end above the upper edges of the outer sidewalls, wherein the elongated support member includes spaced apart holding lips configured to receive the connecting band of the thermoplastic dental guard between the holding lips and adapted to hold the connecting band of the thermoplastic dental guard behind and in contact with the front teeth for receiving impressions of the front teeth during fitting.