Dentistry – Apparatus – Having intra-oral dispensing means
Patent
1983-02-23
1985-05-07
Mancene, Gene
Dentistry
Apparatus
Having intra-oral dispensing means
433164, A61C 504
Patent
active
045155631
ABSTRACT:
The specification discloses an amalgam carrier for pushing amalgams into previously difficultly accessed tooth cavities such as in distal and lingual surfaces. The carrier includes an elongated handle, a support arm extending laterally of the handle, and a release mechanism mounted on the support arm and defining an amalgam bore opening away from the support arm in a direction generally common with the handle. The release mechanism is actuable in the vicinity of the support arm whereby the carrier can be firmly grasped about said handle and the release mechanism actuated by the user's thumb. Also disclosed is a method of pushing an amalgam utilizing the amalgam carrier of the present invention.
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Mancene Gene
Tarnoff David I.
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