Dentistry – Apparatus – Broach
Patent
1994-02-14
1996-03-12
O'Connor, Cary E.
Dentistry
Apparatus
Broach
A61C 502
Patent
active
054981581
ABSTRACT:
A set of endodontic cutting instruments, each having handles and each having a different working tip diameter incrementally increasing in size from one instrument to the next. The set includes a first smaller standard size endodontic cutting instrument having a grasping end with a first color according to a standard color code, a second larger standard size endodontic cutting instrument having a grasping end with a second color according to the standard color code and a non-standard intermediate size endodontic instrument having a size between the first smaller standard size and the second larger standard size and having a grasping end with a color combination including a first portion having the first standard color corresponding to the first smaller standard size and a second portion having the second standard color corresponding to the second larger standard size.
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Montgomery John W.
O'Connor Cary E.
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