Patent ID: 6935857
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: A61C,A63B

Abstract:
1. An oral appliance for placing in a mouth of a user, the appliance including: a base member having a generally U-shaped form corresponding to the outline of a jaw of a user, the base member having inner and outer flanges interconnected by a web which define at least one of upper and lower channels within which the corresponding rows of teeth of a user are received, said base member being made of a plastics material which is rigid and non-thermoplastic at a temperature of 90° C.–95° C.; and a continuous layer of thermoplastic material that encompasses the base member thereby to firmly and securely mount the layer of thermoplastic material on the base member, the layer of thermoplastic material forming teeth engaging elements which can be conformed or moulded to suit the individual teeth of a user by heating to a temperature at which the layer is plastic and formable.