Abstract: Wax-based compositions for making barrier layers used in oral treatment devices are thermally stable when formed into a flat sheet or three-dimensional article to a temperature of at least 45° C. and are plastically deformable at room temperature (25° C.). The wax-based compositions include a wax fraction homogeneously blended with a polymer fraction. The wax fraction includes at least one wax and the polymer fraction includes at least one polymer selected such that, when the at least one wax and at least one polymer are homogeneously blended together, they yield a wax-based composition having the desired properties of thermal stability and plastic deformability. Barrier layers and oral treatment devices made from such wax-based compositions are dimensionally stable to a temperature of at least 40° C. without external support and can be plastically deformed in a user's mouth to become at least partially customized to the size and shape of user's unique dentition.

Abstract: Wax-based compositions for making barrier layers used in oral treatment devices are thermally stable when formed into a flat sheet or three-dimensional article to a temperature of at least 45° C. and are plastically deformable at room temperature (25° C.). The wax-based compositions include a wax fraction homogeneously blended with a polymer fraction. The wax fraction includes at least one wax and the polymer fraction includes at least one polymer selected such that, when the at least one wax and at least one polymer are homogeneously blended together, they yield a wax-based composition having the desired properties of thermal stability and plastic deformability. Barrier layers and oral treatment devices made from such wax-based compositions are dimensionally stable to a temperature of at least 40° C. without external support and can be plastically deformed in a user's mouth to become at least partially customized to the size and shape of user's unique dentition.

Abstract: The debris deflecting lift truck wheel guard is comprised of a deflecting material assembly, preferably made of metal, synthetic, and/or natural materials, that is attached to a lift truck via at least one adjustable or fixed mode of attachment. The assembly is positioned so that the deflecting material extends down either in front of and/or behind the wheel toward the floor. As the truck moves, the deflecting material moves along the floor in the projected path of the wheel(s) and removes debris from that path. One debris deflecting lift truck wheel guard is needed per wheel or set of wheels to protect them all from premature wear. The debris deflecting lift truck wheel guard protects the wheel(s) of lift trucks from premature wear caused by contact with debris. This technology is unique in that it seeks to clear only the projected path of the wheel(s) of debris, as opposed to a larger portion of the floor, and it does so while the lift truck remains in normal operation.