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Method for removing a dental crown and apparatus therefor

US6923647B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 2004
Grant dateAug 2, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 5, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C3/166
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method and tool for fracturing the cement interface between a crown and a tooth or the like. The method is accomplished by positioning a piezoelectric driven rapid impacting tool against one side of a portion of a crown covering the tooth. The tool is covered with a malleable metal and is interfacing abutment with said crown. The opposite side of the crown is abutted against an anvil which is covered with a thicker malleable metal interface.

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