Dental training device
OwnerCharles Q Leeinventor
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Abstract
A manikin assists a student in learning to perform root canal therapy on a primary tooth of a child without damaging the underlying adult tooth bud. The manikin includes one or more inserts including a model of an upper primary tooth with roots and a lower adult tooth bud. The manikin includes a jaw portion that is receivable into a hinged dental training aid, so as to simulate the mandible or maxilla of the child. The jaw includes bony portions with a plurality of insert-receiving sockets. The bony portions are covered by an elastic simulated gum tissue that engages the primary tooth of an installed insert.
Claims15
A dental insert for a dental training device, the training device having a jawbone socket, the insert comprising:
- (a) a model of a primary tooth with a root;
- (b) a model of a bud of an adult tooth engaged with the primary tooth;
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- (c) an insert stem secured to the bud and adapted for mounting of the insert in the jawbone socket;
- the stem being positioned to allow a simulated root canal procedure to be performed on the root of the primary tooth without interference from the stem.
A dental training device comprising:
- (a) a model of a human jaw, the jaw including:
- (1) a model of a jawbone;
- (2) the jawbone including a socket configured to removably receive a dental insert;
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- (3) gum material representing gum tissue which is positioned in covering relation to the jawbone;
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- (b) a dental insert including:
- (1) a model of a primary tooth with a root;
- (2) a model of a bud of an adult tooth fixedly engaged with the root;
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- (3) an insert stem operably mounting the insert in the jawbone socket, the insert stem being part of the bud and extending outwardly from the bud and away from the root so as to not interfere with a root canal procedure performed on the primary tooth.
A dental manikin for simulating a portion of a jaw of a human child having a tooth socket during dental root canal procedure training, the manikin comprising:
- (a) a tooth insert including:
- (1) a model of a primary tooth with a root;
- (2) a model of a bud of an adult tooth fixedly engaged with the root;
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- (3) an insert stem secured to the bud and mounted in the socket opposite the primary tooth so as to allow a simulated root canal procedure to be performed on the primary tooth without interference from the stem;
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- (b) a jaw portion including:
- (1) a bony portion with the tooth socket that is sized and shaped to removably receive the tooth insert;
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- (2) a gum portion in covering engagement with the bony portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.