Patent ID: 6382979
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A method of treating a person's teeth comprising:providing a dental impression tray having means for receiving a dental impression material used in making an impression of at least a portion of a person's teeth and means for heating the dental impression material received by the dental impression tray, placing a dental impression material at least partially within the dental impression tray; inserting the impression tray and impression material into a person's mouth so as to form an impression within the impression material of the person's teeth; removing the impression tray with the formed impression from the person's mouth; placing a dental composition suitable for a desired treatment into the formed impression of the person's teeth; inserting the impression tray containing the dental composition within the formed impression into the person's mouth; and heating the dental composition to a temperature of at least about 105Â° F. while maintaining the impression tray within the person's mouth for a desired treatment interval.