CPC A61C 9/0006 (2013.01) [A61C 19/04 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
8. An adjustable dental impression tray comprised of:
an anterior section and a posterior section, said sections lying essentially in a horizontal plane, where each of said sections is comprised of an arrangement of distal ends that are connectable and disconnect-able from the other section, where one of the sections is further comprised of elongated slots to accommodate a complementary end of the other section,
where the anterior and posterior sections are initially connected in a single tray with predetermined breakaway modularity comprised of an at least two regions that are configured to breakaway disposed on lateral sides of a section,
where the anterior and posterior sections are configured to reconnect after breaking by the breakaway modularity to form a tray of a different size after removal of at least part of the breakaway region,
one of said sections having an at least one vertically extending opening adjacent its distal end after the breaking away, and the other of said sections having an at least one vertically extending pin adjacent its distal ends after the breaking away of the initially connected single tray,
said opening and said pin being of complementary shape,
where the tray is further comprised of a handle, the handle extending from said anterior section away from said posterior section.
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