Mortise lock for locking a removable tooth-replacement prosthesi

Details Mortise lock for locking a removable tooth-replacement prosthesi Mortise lock for locking a removable tooth-replacement prosthesi

1980-03-28

1981-08-25

Peshock, Robert

Dentistry

Prosthodontics

Holding or positioning denture in mouth

A61C 800

Patent

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042856728

ABSTRACT:
An artificial tooth has embedded therein a mortise lock including a housing set into the tooth and accommodating a bolt member which is slidable to protrude from the interior of the housing to engage into a recess in a keeper which is fixed firmly to the jaw bone of a patient. The mortise lock includes an elastic ring which is movable with the bolt and engages a collar in the end of the housing when the lock is in unlocked position, to prevent the bolt from being removed from the housing. The collar is detachable to enable removal of the bolt for replacement of the elastic ring.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1008028 (1911-11-01), Gollobin et al.
patent: 1702282 (1929-02-01), Stoloff
patent: 4085506 (1978-04-01), Lew

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