Patent ID: 6896518

Claim:
A method for treating at least some of a patient's teeth, comprising the steps of: forming a pattern from dental wax, said pattern having a length sufficient to cover the selected patient's teeth on one jaw and a height twice the nominal length of the selected patient's teeth on said one jaw, said wax having a softening temperature of less than 98.6° F.; and folding said pattern along a longitudinal fold dividing said pattern into a front portion sized to cover said teeth on said one jaw and a back portion to form a tray shaped device for covering said teeth on said one jaw, said pattern including at least two cut-out areas in said back portion to permit said pattern to be folded to form a tray conforming to the patient's teeth, said dental wax being sufficiently deformable at room temperature to permit a patient to conform said tray to said teeth on said one jaw.