Disposable dental waste filter device

A disposable dental waste filter device comprises:

• a body having a receiving end, a central lumen for receiving and capturing amalgam, a filter, and a circular leg portion having an exterior channel;
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• a separable cap having a tip end, a circular outer rim having a circular end ridge portion with the ridge portion adapted to be inserted into the exterior channel of the body for a snap fit engagement between the cap and the body, a circular inner rim, an annular channel formed between the circular outer rim and the circular inner rim, a
• circular ring, an annular channel formed between the circular ring and the circular inner rim, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap:
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• a filter being captured within the annular channel formed between the circular outer rim and the circular inner rim
• a flap in the circular ring to prevent any captured amalgam from escaping from within the body.