Dental wedges and matrix bands for use in direct composite restoration techniques
AssigneeBurton Dental Innovations, LLC
InventorMatthew Burton
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Abstract
A wedge for use in a dental restoration procedure for a tooth. The wedge includes a handle portion, a body portion coupled to and extending outward from the handle portion, the body portion adapted to be at least partially disposed in an approximal space between the tooth and a second tooth adjacent the tooth, a first arm extending from the body, away from the handle portion, a second arm extending from the body portion, away from the handle portion, a gap formed between the first arm and the second arm, and a third arm coupled to the first arm and extending toward the handle portion.
Claims30
A wedge system for use in a dental restoration procedure for a tooth, comprising:
- a first wedge adapted to be disposed in an approximal space between the tooth and a second tooth adjacent the tooth, the first wedge including a handle portion, a body portion coupled to and extending outward from the handle portion, a first arm extending from the body portion, away from the handle portion, a second arm extending from the body portion, away from the handle portion, a gap formed between the first arm and the second arm, and a third arm directly coupled to the first arm and extending toward the handle portion;
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- a second wedge including a body portion, wherein at least a portion of the body portion of the second wedge is arranged to be disposed in the gap of the first wedge to removably secure the second wedge to the first wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.