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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
May. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E. Garrison, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/706 ;
Abstract
A bite block for facilitating a dentist's access to a patient's mouth includes an open-ended, U-shaped body having a pair of arms extending from a bight portion, thereby defining a void 40 that is bounded in part by the arms and the bite portion, whereby when the bite block is positioned between upper and lower teeth of the patient's mouth the dentist will have access to the patient's mouth through the void.