A food obstructing dental device comprising a palate cover, where the palate cover is positioned toward a palate within a users mouth, and where the palate cover includes an edge shaped to follow an arch behind the users teeth and a pair of teeth attachments attached to a lateral portion of the palate cover, where the pair of teeth attachments fasten around a pair of molars with the users mouth to secure the palate cover within the mouth, wherein when the palate cover is attached with the pair of teeth attachments a portion of the volume of the users mouth is obstructed.