Patent ID: 8075307

Claim:
A method for in-situ temporary coating of at least one intra-oral device so as to reduce discomfort to surrounding soft tissues of the oral cavity comprising the steps of: providing at least one intra-oral device installed within an oral cavity of a person; mixing a two-part polymerizable composition, the two-part polymerizable composition including a polymerizable component and an initiator system for initiating polymerization such that a first part and a second part of the two-part composition begin to polymerize upon mixing of the first and second parts so as to form a polymerizable temporary coating composition, wherein the two-part polymerizable composition further comprises at least one of a filler or plasticizer and wherein the polymerizable temporary coating composition is configured so that, after polymerization, it spontaneously wears away over time from a surface of the intra-oral device to which it is applied and after a person's soft oral tissues have adjusted to the presence of the intra-oral device; and applying the polymerizable temporary coating composition to an accessible surface of the at least one installed intra-oral device before the polymerizable temporary coating composition has substantially completed polymerization such that the coating composition holds to the intra-oral device where applied and, after polymerization, spontaneously wears away over time from the intra-oral device once a person's soft oral tissues have adjusted to the presence of the intra-oral device.