Abstract: An intra-oral device for facilitating pill swallowing includes a flexible shield sized as a flat pattern, that is configured to be formed so as to cover a substantial portion of the roof of the user's mouth. The flexible shield also preferably extends so as to overlap at least a portion of a pair of opposing upper teeth, thus securing the device in place. Upon positioning the shield inside the user's mouth to cover the roof portion thereof, and placing one or more pills between the user's tongue and the shield, swallowing may occur without the pills contacting the roof of the user's mouth. This avoids the touch sensation of large, irregularly-shaped and dense capsules and tablets, which is believed to evoke a nervous response by the user that inhabits the swallowing of pills. Alternatively, the intra-oral device includes a preformed, rigid shield, that is custom fit to conform to the shape of the upper portion of the particular user's mouth.