Patent ID: 8172570

Claim:
A teeth whitening system, comprising the combination of a plastic mouthpiece with a face end and a rear end, the mouth piece having an upper member and a lower member, the mouth piece being adaptable for insertion into a mouth of a user with the upper member and the lower member adapted to abut adjacent root edges of upper and lower frontal teeth for exposing substantially all of the upper and lower frontal teeth of the user, the upper member adapted to push up an upper lip of the user, and the lower member adapted to push down a lower lip of the user; a compact light source adapter having a front end and a rear end, the front end having a battery power and at least one UV emitting light source and the rear end having a concave curved surface; attachment members on the mouthpiece and the light source adapter, the attachment members including hook clips attached to and projecting out from the front portions of the mouthpiece and a raised rim about the concave surface of the rear end of the adapter, which clip with each other; and a whitening agent for being placed on the upper and lower frontal teeth, wherein UV light is emitted from the light source adapter onto the exposed teeth without restricting movement of the user.