Patent ID: 11931220
Assignee: ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  C | IPC A  B  C

Claim 16:
17. A method of manufacturing a dental treatment device, comprising:
blending a wax component selected from petroleum wax and distilled wax and a thermoplastic elastomer component to form a composition comprising greater than 40% and up to 95% by weight of the wax component, and the thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the composition is substantially free of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer component is an olefin-based elastomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene-, propylene-, and butylene-based elastomers; and
forming the composition into a dental treatment tray that is sized and configured to be placed over at least a portion of a user's teeth,
wherein the dental treatment tray is plastically deformable at room temperature and thermally stable at a temperature up to at least 40° C.