Patent ID: 8287277
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61C,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
1. A retention device having a length, a depth, and a thickness for installation at a dental site, the dental site comprising an insertion space at least partially enclosed by two adjacent facing dental surfaces, and defining an insertion path into the insertion space; the retention device comprising a first device part and second device part; the retention device being configured in said installed configuration for providing controlled delivery to said dental site of at least one material having a predetermined intraoral activity via said outer-facing surfaces when said retention device is installed in the insertion space and in contact with said dental surfaces, said retention device comprising at least one matrix containing said at least one material; wherein at least one of said outer-facing surfaces has a respective dimension along said reference axis corresponding to said device length, said device length being greater than a respective dimension of said at least one of said outer-facing surfaces orthogonal to said reference axis; wherein the device is configured for being manipulated from a pre-installed configuration to said installed configuration, in which in said pre-installed configuration said first device part is in a second spatial disposition with respect to said second device part, different from said first spatial disposition, and in which said first device part is correspondingly at least one of unbent or unfolded with respect to said second device part about said respective reference axis; wherein said retention device is resilient.