US 12,127,907 B1
Powder coated malleable hydrophobic orthodontic device shield
Michael Edward Silver, Holland, MI (US); and Charles Schryver, Atascadero, CA (US)
Assigned to OrVance, LLC, Caledonia, MI (US)
Filed by OrVance, LLC, Caledonia, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,322.
Application 17/371,322 is a continuation of application No. 16/125,357, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, granted, now 11,083,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/555,454, filed on Sep. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/555,459, filed on Sep. 7, 2017.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/12 (2006.01); C08J 7/04 (2020.01)
CPC A61C 7/125 (2013.01) [C08J 7/0427 (2020.01); C08J 2383/04 (2013.01); C08J 2439/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of covering a tooth surface, an orthodontic appliance, or both the tooth surface and the orthodontic appliance with an orthodontic protection device comprising the step of:
using a person's fingers to push the orthodontic protecting device into engagement with the tooth surface, the orthodontic appliance or both the tooth surface and the orthodontic appliance, and an orthodontic appliance thereby adhering the orthodontic protection device to the tooth surface, the orthodontic appliance or both the tooth surface and the orthodontic appliance;
wherein the orthodontic protection device comprises:
a rod of base material comprising at least one of the following compounds chosen from the group consisting of:
a product consisting of one or more hydrocarbon-based waxes that may also include inorganic fillers and/or organic fillers;
an uncured, uncrosslinked silicone high consistency rubber base; and
a hydrophobic water insoluble solid material that is malleable at 37° C. or lower and safe for a human oral environment; and
wherein the rod of base material has at least one dry, powdered hydrophilic polymeric substance mechanically or frictionally engaged with and dispersed on one or more surfaces of the rod of base material.