Patent ID: 8398323

Claim:
A dental appliance adapted to be placed on an index finger of a hand of a user, the index finger having a finger pad surface, an opposite fingernail surface, a proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) and a distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) and said user's hand having a thumb, the dental appliance comprising: a pouch sized to capture and cover a distal portion of the user's finger extending from a finger's distal end to at least a midsection between said distal interphalangeal joint and said proximal interphalangeal joint, said pouch having a dentifrice carrying pad outboard of said finger pad surface of said user's finger; and an elongated tail extending from a proximal end of said pouch and extending at least beyond said thumb of said user, said tail having a thumb hole at a proximal region which thumb hole is adapted to encircle said thumb of said user when said pouch is mounted on said user's index finger; and indicia on said pouch and said tail, said indicia aligned along said user's index finger when the index finger points straight forward to accurately place the dentifrice carrying pad at the proper location on the user's index finger when said pouch is properly mounted on said user's index finger and said thumb hole encircles said user's thumb.