Dental instrument

Details Dental instrument Dental instrument

1988-08-22

1990-05-08

Peshock, Robert

Dentistry

Apparatus

Hand manipulatable implement

433153, A61C 316

Patent

active

049233998

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a dental instrument for attachment to a tooth providing a stable support for the use of other dental instruments such as those used to remove crowns. The instrument comprises a pair of arms, pivotably joined, each arm having a handle portion and an adjustable instrument mounting handle portion and an adjustable instrument mounting head portion which includes opposable tooth gripping means and a tool suitable for providing a stable support for dental instruments. The invention also provides a method of removing dental prostheses such as crowns utilizing the dental instrument of the invention as a stable support for a dental instrument used to apply pressure to the margin between the tooth and crown.

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patent: 4179816 (1979-12-01), Anderson
patent: 4197647 (1980-04-01), Goldenthal
patent: 4230454 (1980-10-01), Lococo
patent: 4474500 (1984-10-01), Lynch

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