Endodontic device

Details Endodontic device Endodontic device

1989-10-05

1990-12-11

Mancene, Gene

Dentistry

Apparatus

Having gauge or guide

433102, A61C 300

Patent

active

049766155

ABSTRACT:
An endodontic device in the form of a platform adapted to be mounted on a dentist's finger. A foam insert holder mounted on the platform is adapted to receive a removable foam insert for holding a plurality of root canal instruments. An open-ended slot formed in the platform is adapted to receive one of the instruments. Scale indicia is provided on the platform adjacent to the slot to permit adjustment of the working length of the instrument in the slot to guide the dentist in using the instrument during a root canal procedure. The platform also is formed having a plurality of instrument receiving holes to permit curving of the instrument where desired. The platform further has a plurality of finger-operated indexing plates having indicia to permit the dentist to assign a separate indication of the working length in each root canal being worked on.

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patent: 4462802 (1984-07-01), Sekiya
patent: 4708651 (1987-11-01), Buchanan

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