Patent ID: RE43459

Claim:
A semi-custom intraoral discluder device comprising: a prefabricated trough defining a first axis and having a front wall and a rear wall sized and configured to accommodate at least one upper or lower incisor, wherein the front wall is disposed is adjacent to the front surface of the incisor when the trough is in the wearer's mouth; and a protrusion attached to the trough and projecting anteriorly from the front wall of the trough and posteriorly from the rear wall of the trough when the trough is in the wearer's mouth, wherein the protrusion defines a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis of the trough, and wherein the protrusion is sized and configured to prevent contact between opposing upper and lower teeth, including the posterior and canine teeth, and to reduce the intensity of clenching of the wearer's temporalis muscles, including when the mandible is in a protrusive position or a retrusive position.