Patent ID: 7125251

Claim:
An impression tray for capture of one or more of a sectoral or total impression of one or more of an upper jaw or a lower jaw, the impression tray comprising: a gutter ( 2 , 102 , 202 ) in a general shape of an arch with a central curved section ( 7 , 107 ) extending on first and second sides by two side branches ( 8 , 9 , 108 , 109 ), the gutter comprising; a bottom wall ( 3 , 103 , 203 ) bordered longitudinally by an interior side wall ( 4 , 104 , 204 ) and an external side wall ( 5 , 105 , 205 ), and thus defining a receiving throat ( 6 , 106 ) being able to be filled with an impression paste; and at least an integrated deformable zone, deformable at a temperature of use and having a multidirectional extension portion ( 12 , 112 , 212 ) extending contiguously across the entire bottom wall, interior side wall and external side wall of the gutter to facilitate both angular adjustment and a change of length of the gutter.