Dentistry – Method or material for testing – treating – restoring – or...
Patent
1993-02-17
1994-10-25
Hirsch, Paul J.
Dentistry
Method or material for testing, treating, restoring, or...
433172, 433 18, 433 24, A61C 500, A61C 1312, A61C 13225, A61C 300
Patent
active
053584058
ABSTRACT:
A tooth-fixing member of a shape memory alloy including two pairs of fixing fingers formed on both sides of a band base for engaging teeth, the pair of fixing fingers being processed to open in parent phase and close in martensite phase. Tooth fixing procedure includes the steps of: forming a cavity in each of plural target teeth; inserting each pair of fixing fingers of the tooth-fixing member in martensite phase into the cavity; and heating the tooth-fixing member to the parent phase to open the fixing fingers so as to fix the teeth together. The tooth-fixing member applicable to various dental treatments, which include: fixation of teeth which are loose due to periodontal diseases like pyorrhea alveolaris; fixation of teeth to ensure a space for a tooth to erupt; fixation of a tooth which is extruding abnormally; fixation of a transplanted tooth; and correction of slanting teeth.
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Daigen Sangyo Inc.
Hirsch Paul J.
Lucchesi Nicholas D.
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