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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2005
Applicant:
David A. Tesini, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventor:
David A. Tesini, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dental bite impression wafer that also captures the user's saliva and cheek cells. The wafer is made from a thermoplastic material that softens when warmed and that defines opposed posterior edges. The wafer carries one or more structures such as posts that are adapted to capture and retain the user's saliva and cheek cells.