Patent ID: 8376743

Claim:
An oral retractor, comprising: a superior lip-engaging portion adapted for retracting a patient's upper lip from the patient's upper teeth and gums, the superior lip-engaging portion having: a pair of laterally extending linear portions joined at an angle to form a tented arch having laterally extending ends; a pair of superior links extending longitudinally downward from the laterally extending ends to opposite ends, the superior links being parallel to each other; and a pair of medially extending portions extending from the opposite ends of the superior links; an inferior lip-engaging portion adapted for retracting a patient's lower lip from the patient's lower teeth and gums, the inferior lip-engaging portion having: a pair of laterally extending linear portions joined at an angle to form a tented arch having laterally extending ends; a pair of inferior links extending longitudinally upward from the laterally extending ends to opposite ends, the inferior links being parallel to each other and substantially co-planar with the superior links; and a pair of medially extending portions extending from the opposite ends of the inferior links; and a pair of bilateral arcuate cheek-engaging portions adapted for retracting the patient's cheeks away from the patient's teeth and gums, the cheek-engaging portions extending between the medially extending portions of the superior lip-engaging portion and the medially extending portions of the inferior lip-engaging portions, the cheek-engaging portions extending posteriorly and laterally from the superior and inferior links, the superior and inferior lip-engaging portions extending anteriorly from the superior and inferior links.