Patent ID: 8297973

Claim:
An intraoral device, comprising: a tongue and cheek retractor, the tongue and cheek retractor comprising, a main body portion and a cheek retractor portion; the main body portion having a curved outer profile and including a lower tongue retractor portion configured to keep adjacent tongue tissue protected and retracted during use, and including one or more evacuation holes and one or more internal evacuation channels, the one or more internal evacuation channels in communication with the one or more evacuation holes to evacuate fluids from the person's mouth; a main receiving channel extending longitudinally in the main body portion and in communication with the one or more internal evacuation channels to evacuate fluids from the person's mouth; the cheek refractor portion having a curved, fish-tail shaped outer profile and being configured to: isolate an area of interest of a person's mouth by retracting cheek tissue during use: and protect adjacent cheek tissue during use; a bite piece, the tongue and cheek retractor removably coupleable with respect to the bite piece, wherein the main body portion and the cheek retractor portion coupled to the bite piece so that in use the main body portion and the cheek retractor portion generally wrap around a rear part of an interior cavity of the person's mouth from one side of the mouth to the other.