Pressure sensitive mouth piece
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1. A pressure sensitive mouth piece comprising:
- (a) a premolded bite guard means to be worn between a patient'"'"'s upper and lower teeth for preventing contact between the patient'"'"'s upper and lower teeth; and
(b) means attached to the bite guard means and directly responsive to pressure from the patient'"'"'s teeth for emitting a tone audible to the patient when the patient grinds his teeth and exerts pressure on the bit guard.
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Abstract
A pressure sensitive mouth piece has a pressure detector-sound unit assembly mounted on or embedded in the molded bite guard. When a patient clenches or bruxes his teeth, the pressure detector senses that condition and activates the sound unit to emit a tone audible to the patient. The patient is thereby alerted that he is clenching or bruxing his teeth so he can stop. Alternatively, a mechanical clicker can be embedded in the mouth piece and will emit an audible tone when the patient clenches or bruxes his teeth.
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1. A pressure sensitive mouth piece comprising:
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(a) a premolded bite guard means to be worn between a patient'"'"'s upper and lower teeth for preventing contact between the patient'"'"'s upper and lower teeth; and (b) means attached to the bite guard means and directly responsive to pressure from the patient'"'"'s teeth for emitting a tone audible to the patient when the patient grinds his teeth and exerts pressure on the bit guard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A pressure sensitive mouth piece comprising:
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(a) a bite guard adapted to be worn over a patient'"'"'s teeth, and (b) a pressure detector embedded in the bite guard, (c) a pressure detector comprising a mechanical member having a fixed upper arm joined to a movable lower arm, said movable lower arm having a bend point whereby when the patient clenches or bruxes, the movable lower arm flexes about the bend causing an audible click that can be detected by the patient. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A pressure sensitive mouth piece comprising:
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(a) a bite guard means to be worn between a patient'"'"'s upper and lower teeth for preventing contact between the patient'"'"'s upper and lower teeth; (b) a pressure detector attached to the bite guard means; and (c) a sound unit attached to the bite guard means and connected to the pressure detector whereby when a patient clenches or bruxes his teeth the pressure detector senses that condition and activates the sound unit to emit an audible tone which is perceptible to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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