INTEROCCLUSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURING Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61F5/56 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to field of medicine, in particular to dentistry, and is intended for prevention of involuntary parafunctional jaw movements. Interocclusion device for installation on user's upper teeth contains polymer material, formed in configuration, on the whole, of dental arch, having lower flat surface, as well as first and second end parts and central part, which together form dental arch. First and second end parts determine first and second receiving parts for placement in each of at least one upper molar. Central part contains slanted protrusion, which has descending slope from maximal thickness of material. When polymer material is heated to temperature exceeding temperature of its Vicat softening temperature, receiving parts can form cavities for placement of at least one upper molar. Central part can be formed in such a way that it corresponds to part of user's palate, located behind one or several user's front teeth, forming interocclusion device. In interocclusion device, manufactured from said polymer material, in fact, there is no material in front of user's front teeth. Group of inventions also includes two more versions of interocclusion device and two methods of its manufacturing.

EFFECT: creation of device, preventing deterioration of teeth structure resulting from involuntary parafunctional jaw movements, such as bruxism or teeth compression.

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