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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6918320 | Conduit seal packing tools A packing tool or set of tools having a handle and one packing end that is formed to perform various tasks involved with packing fiber into conduits without damaging insulation on wires in the conduits. The tools are made of a non-conductive material that has a smoo... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6471515 | Device for holding an abutment The current invention provides a device for holding dental abutments such as healing caps, healing screws, contoured healing abutments, PME (precision margin esthetics) abutments, PME impression pins, hexed transfer assemblies, straight and angled fixed s... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6322363 | Dental pliers A tweezer-like dental pliers having a pair of elongated, flat and generally parallel handles with connected first ends, spaced-apart central portions, and second ends with normally closed gripping tips. The second ends are bent at an acute angle, preferab... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5730750 | Intraoral tissue trimming device An instrument for trimming intraoral tissue, such as periodontal flaps, having cutting edges that are contoured to excise tissue of a predetermined shape. The instrument has first and second trimming members that may be used to stabilize the intraoral tis... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5607302 | Matrix retainer apparatus for dental restorations A matrix retainer apparatus for dental restorations is formed from a resilient, substantially planar main body, a pair of fines extending from the ends of the main body and retention members provided on the tines. The retention members serve to increase t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5385471 | Cerec inlay holder and inserter A dental instrument comprising a grasping device in the form of a tweezer member having a finger receiving ring detachably connected to one of the legs of the tweezer member is disclosed. The instrument is used for holding and inserting a Cerec inlay, man... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5261813 | Orthodontic's hand instrument and method An orthodontic's hand instrument for installing a lingual bar on the lower arch of a patient's teeth. The hand instrument includes a handle having a first end and a second end with a clamp connected to the second end of the handle. A portion of the clamp ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 4594069 | Dental crown remover A dental crown (cap) remover with unique crown separating and removing means is adaptable to a wide variety of crown sizes and configurations and does not place compressive or axial forces on the underlying tooth or its supporting processes (alvoelar bone... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4340369 | Dental articulating paper forceps A dental articulating forceps has a pair of opposed long thin jaws extending from and offset from interconnected spring arms. The face of one jaw directed toward the other jaw has a central groove of determined shape extending therealong, and the other ja... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4225667 | Dental appliance A dental appliance for supporting marking paper within a patient's mouth and for directing a supply of air toward the marking paper, including first means for holding marking paper for insertion into a patient's mouth between opposing tooth surfaces, the ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4214870 | Dental clamp A dental clamp for maintaining steady pressure on a matrix strip of non-corrosive, flexible metal used to insert a Class III and/or a Class IV restoration to a tooth.... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4001940 | Elastic positioner apparatus for orthodontists This invention pertains to an elastic positioner apparatus on which is mounted, stretched and maintained, in an expanded open position, elastic bands as used in orthodontics. In particular, this apparatus is an elastic positioner which is easily manipulat... | 01/11/1977 |
