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US 11,439,489 B2Granted
Dental medicament applicator
AssigneeCav-Aid LLC
InventorsTyler Ferris, Jeff Reeh
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Abstract
A dental medicament applicator is disclosed. In one embodiment, a retention device is sized for insertion at a dental site, such as an interproximal site. The retention device includes a body and at least one matrix within the body containing a topical substance, such as a fluoride-containing chemical agent, silver diamine fluoride, or a peptide-based chemical agent, for example. One or two wings may be selectively separably coupled to respective ends of the body. The body, in response to being physically affixed to the dental site, delivers the topical substance at a controlled rate to the dental site.
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A dental medicament applicator comprising:
- a retention device sized for insertion at a dental site, the dental site being an interproximal site, the retention device including a body having a front, a rear, an upper end, a lower end, a first lateral end, and a second lateral end;
- a first wing having a proximal end and a distal end, the first wing having a hole therethrough proximate the distal end, the first wing being selectively separably coupled to the first lateral end by three points of contact, the three points of contact defining two windows, each of the two windows providing a line-of-sight opening through the retention device;
- a second wing having a proximal end and a distal end, the second wing having a hole therethrough proximate the distal end, the second wing being selectively separably coupled to the second lateral end by three points of contact, the three points of contact defining two windows, each of the two windows providing a line-of-sight opening through the retention device;
- at least one matrix within the body containing a topical substance;
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- the body, in response to being physically affixed to the dental site, delivering the topical substance at a controlled rate to the dental site.
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A dental medicament applicator comprising:
- a retention device sized for insertion at a dental site, the dental site being an interproximal site, the retention device including a body having a front, a rear, an upper end, a lower end, a first lateral end, and a second lateral end;
- a first wing having a proximal end and a distal end, the first wing having a hole therethrough proximate the distal end, the first wing being selectively separably coupled to the first lateral end by three points of contact, the three points of contact defining two windows, each of the two windows providing a line-of-sight opening through the retention device;
- a second wing having a proximal end and a distal end, the second wing having a hole therethrough proximate the distal end, the second wing being selectively separably coupled to the second lateral end by three points of contact, the three points of contact defining two windows, each of the two windows providing a line-of-sight opening through the retention device;
- a transverse axis from the distal end of the first wing through the body to the distal end of the second wing, the transverse axis having a transverse length;
- the body extending along the transverse axis and intersecting the transverse length from one-third (⅓) of the transverse length measured from the distal end of the first wing to one-third (⅓) of the transverse length measured from the distal end of the second wing;
- at least one matrix within the body containing a topical substance, the topical substance including a fluoride-containing chemical agent;
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- the body, in response to being physically affixed to the dental site, delivering the topical substance at a controlled rate to the dental site.
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A dental medicament applicator comprising:
- a retention device sized for insertion at a dental site, the dental site being an interproximal site, the retention device including a body having a front, a rear, an upper end, a lower end, a first lateral end, and a second lateral end;
- a first wing having a proximal end and a distal end, the first wing having a hole therethrough proximate the distal end, the first wing being selectively separably coupled to the first lateral end by three points of contact, the three points of contact defining two windows, each of the two windows providing a line-of-sight opening through the retention device;
- at least one matrix within the body containing a topical substance;
- and
- the body, in response to being physically affixed to the dental site, delivering the topical substance at a controlled rate to the dental site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.