Patent ID: 6354837
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A method for bleaching teeth comprising the steps of:obtaining a dental tray having a trough in which a moldable material may be deposited, selecting a moldable material having a two part composition, said first part being a base and said second part being a catalyst, mixing said first part and said second part of said moldable material, placing a quantity of said moldable material in said trough of said dental tray, placing said dental tray into a patient's mouth and pressing the patient's teeth into said moldable material, maintaining the patient's teeth in said moldable material until said moldable material is substantially cured to form a dental bleaching tray, removing said dental tray having said dental bleaching tray formed in it, removing said dental bleaching tray from said dental tray, placing a quantity of dental bleach into said dental bleaching tray, placing said dental bleaching tray onto teeth to be bleached so that said dental bleaching tray maintains said dental bleach in contact with teeth, permitting said dental bleach to exert a whitening effect on the teeth, removing said dental bleaching tray from the teeth.