Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Disposable dental prophylaxis instrument capable of discharging dentifrice material
- Patent Title (中): 能够排出牙膏材料的一次性牙科预防器械
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Application No.: US12342081Application Date: 2008-12-23
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Publication No.: US07806689B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Kwang S. Lee , Duke K. Ghim
- Applicant: Kwang S. Lee , Duke K. Ghim
- Agent Louis F. Teran
- Main IPC: A61C1/10
- IPC: A61C1/10

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a disposable dental instrument used by dental professionals to polish a patient's teeth. The dental instrument can be connected to a hand motor used to rotate a prophy cup with a plurality of grinding wings that rub against the patient's teeth as a predetermined amount of tooth cleaning fluid is discharged directly on the patient's teeth through a drain hole within the prophy cup. The tooth cleaning fluid is discharged from a tube that is assembled in a tube room of the dental instrument. The tube is a flexible bladder similar in function and form to a tube of toothpaste. The tube is made of a flexible polymer material that allows it to be squeezed when pressure is applied to it. A roller is assembled within the tube room and on top of the tube. As the roller is pushed forward with a finger, the tube is squeezed to discharge the tooth cleaning fluid directly on the patient's teeth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100159416A1 DISPOSABLE DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF DISCHARGING DENTIFRICE MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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