Patent ID: 7654267

Claim:
An intraoral discluder comprising: a trough assembly including an adaptive material having an anterior wall and a posterior wall sized and configured to conformably engage at least one upper or lower incisor, wherein the anterior wall is disposed adjacent to the incisor's labial side and the posterior wall is disposed adjacent to the incisor's lingual side when the trough assembly is disposed in the wearer's mouth; a platform attached to the trough assembly and defining a contact surface for direct contact with opposing incisors along the entire contact surface, wherein the contact surface projects a substantial distance posteriorly from the trough assembly's posterior wall when the trough assembly is disposed in the wearer's mouth, wherein the contact surface is spaced sufficiently from the trough assembly to prevent contact between opposing upper and lower teeth, whether the mandible is in a protrusive position or a retrusive position, and wherein the platform's contact surface is substantially uniform along an anterior/posterior axis when the discluder is positioned in the wearer's mouth; and a post located at the posterior end of the platform and projecting in a direction away from the trough assembly, wherein the post is sized and configured to be engageable directly with one or more opposing incisors, to inhibit excessive retrusive movement of the mandible.