Patent ID: 6988893
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental appliance that facilitates the retraction of a patient's cheek when the user installs the appliance in the patient's mouth and pulls the appliance outward, the dental appliance comprising: a plurality of sterile support members longitudinally extending between working and non-working ends; a plurality of sterile connection members extending between, substantially perpendicular to and coupled with the support members to comprise a sterile dental appliance, at least one of the connection members defining an aperture there through for receiving and retaining an indicia display medium; whereby the user of the dental appliance grasps a portion of one of the plurality of support or connection members to direct the insertion of the working end portions of the dental appliance into the mouth of the patient in order to facilitate retraction of the cheek of the patient.