Patent ID: 8001972

Claim:
An oral appliance, comprising: a first arch adapted to receive at least some of a user's teeth, the first arch comprising an anterior substantially planar region, which is located substantially proximate a center of the first arch and comprises an exposed substantially horizontal surface; and a second arch adapted to receive at least some of the user's teeth including cuspids, the second arch comprising elongated anterior bearing platform, the elongated anterior bearing platform being elongated in the anterior-posterior direction, located substantially proximate a center of the second arch, and comprising an exposed surface, the second arch being uncoupled from the first arch, the elongated anterior bearing platform of the second arch contacting and applying a force substantially vertically against the exposed substantially horizontal surface of the anterior substantially planar region of the first arch when the user bites down with the oral appliance inserted in the user's mouth, the elongated anterior bearing platform being the only contact surface between the first and second arches.