Dentistry – Apparatus – Hand manipulatable implement
Patent
1991-08-15
1993-03-30
O'Connor, Cary E.
Dentistry
Apparatus
Hand manipulatable implement
433159, 433157, A61C 300
Patent
active
051978776
ABSTRACT:
An implement for extraction of crowns or bridges from the mouths of dental patients has one or more pairs of jaws and/or one or more hooks or a flexible wire engageable with a crown or bridge at a distance from the edge of the crown or bridge and at a distance from the gums of the patient, and a force applying unit which can pull the jaws and/or the hook or hooks or the wire in a direction to lift the crown or the bridge off the respective tooth or teeth. The jaws can engage spaced-apart portions of external surfaces of crowns, and the hook or hooks or the wire can engage the connector or connectors between neighboring crowns of a bridge.
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Kontler Peter K.
O'Connor Cary E.
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