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Method and apparatus for carving and contouring dental restorations
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-12-18
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Granted: 1981-06-02
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Expires: 1998-12-18
Abstract
Abstract The finishing of dental restorations is disclosed with use of dental instruments of the present invention including instruments having concave surfaces shaped to conform to external convex tooth anatomy. External carving and contouring is accomplished by first carving the distal, mesial, lingual and facial convex surfaces using an interproximal carving instrument of the present invention, followed by carving of adjacent marginal ridges and contact areas, and embrasures with an intermarginal carver. Internal carving and contouring is accomplished by first making the areas of fossae and basic occlusal grooves with the ball end of the intermarginal carver, followed by carving and contouring tooth cusps and cuspal inclines, and then supplemental or developmental grooves with an occlusal-incisal carver.
Inventors
- 👤 Lawrence Wiland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 20:56
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C3/00; A61C3/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
An occlusal-incisal dental carving instrument comprising a handle and a flattened head carried by said handle, the head terminating in a concave distal edge and having a pair of concave side edges, the longitudinal direction of said side edges being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said distal edge, the length of said distal and side edges being substantially the same, said distal and side edges utilized for carving of a dental restoration on the occlusal surface of a tooth.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
An occlusal-incisal dental carving instrument comprising a handle and a flattened head carried by said handle, the head terminating in a concave distal edge and having a pair of concave side edges, the longitudinal direction of said side edges being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said distal edge, the length of said distal and side edges being substantially the same, said distal and side edges utilized for carving of a dental restoration on the occlusal surface of a tooth.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
115 words
A method of external carving, contouring, and finishing a dental restoration of a human tooth, the method comprising the following steps: (a) carving the distal, mesial, lingual and facial surfaces of the dental restoration using an interproximal carver comprising a handle and arcuate pointed head carried by said handle; and wherein said tooth has an occlusal surface defined by proximal marginal ridges; and (b) carving the proximal marginal ridges of said tooth with an intermarginal carver about one millimeter gingival to said occlusal surface, said intermarginal carver comprising a handle and flattened head carried by said handle, the head having a pair of concave edges conforming substantially to the shape of the original tooth surface.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
115 words
A method of external carving, contouring, and finishing a dental restoration of a human tooth, the method comprising the following steps: (a) carving the distal, mesial, lingual and facial surfaces of the dental restoration using an interproximal carver comprising a handle and arcuate pointed head carried by said handle; and wherein said tooth has an occlusal surface defined by proximal marginal ridges; and (b) carving the proximal marginal ridges of said tooth with an intermarginal carver about one millimeter gingival to said occlusal surface, said intermarginal carver comprising a handle and flattened head carried by said handle, the head having a pair of concave edges conforming substantially to the shape of the original tooth surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said interproximal carver is guided in its carving and contouring movement by an unrestored ridge of said tooth.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the proximal ridges have differing degrees of curvature and a plurality of intermarginal carvers having concave edges of differing degrees of curvature are employed to carve said ridges.
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