Dentistry – Apparatus – Work support
Patent
1999-10-26
2000-11-07
Lucchesi, Nicholas D.
Dentistry
Apparatus
Work support
A61C 1100
Patent
active
061427799
ABSTRACT:
A device for efficiently, accurately and consistently securing dental casts while an articulator is attached thereto includes a spine connecting a first stabilizing pad at one end to a second stabilizing pad at an opposite end. The device includes a breakaway feature which allows a connection between the casts to be broken with manual force. The first stabilizing pad and the second stabilizing pad are secured to maxillary and mandibular casts with an adhesive or the like, or by other methods such as magnets, to create a rigid connection between the accurately related maxillary and mandibular casts. The breakaway feature allows a technician to easily break the connection between the maxillary and mandibular casts with manual force after the articulator has been attached to the casts.
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Gunderson Ronald Bruce
Siegel Sharon Crane
Lucchesi Nicholas D.
University of Maryland Baltimore
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