Pelottes

I have a Skel Activator with a Pellotes. The pellotes is a  plastic ball in the middle of the upper jaw plate which I believe is used to treat tongue thrust.
I think pellotes is a German word??
 
nanegor said:
I have a Skel Activator with a Pellotes. The pellotes is a  plastic ball in the middle of the upper jaw plate which I believe is used to treat tongue thrust.
I think pellotes is a German word??
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No, it isn´t... the pelottes are the plastic-parts behind the lips

yes, it is.

 
How sure are you?
I have several appliances with plastic guards either in front of or behind lips, and only one that was advertised as "with pelottes".
That was when I ordered it, the Skel Activator.
There are several activator with pellotes advertised now in the shop and they all have the plastic ball.
 
I dont think, Pelottes is a german word, the double tt seem frensh to me, and I dont know, what the word means, exept these these two plastic parts on braces.
 
Yes it is a French word but why it appears in a German web site as a orthodontic term beats me.
French: from pelote ‘pelote’, ‘ball’,
 
Well German is a complicated language, and therefore I guess they where searching for an easy term to name that part of braces.
Does someone know, who actually invented them?
 
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