Device and method for removing tooth applications such as brackets
AssigneeFerton Holding S.A.
InventorsRolf Meissner, Andreas Menne
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Abstract
A device and method for removing tooth applications such as brackets, wherein a force may be applied to the application via a transmission element for debonding the application from the tooth. The transmission element has an impulse conductor for receiving and transmitting an impulse, and an output surface for transmitting the impulse onto the application. Advantageously, the impulse is applied by an accelerated mass to an input surface of the transmission element. The mass is accelerated to a predetermined impact velocity by an acceleration device and impacts on the input surface so as to couple the impulse into the impulse conductor of the transmission element.
Claims31
A device for removing tooth applications such as brackets, having a transmission element for transmitting a force to the application, whereby the application is debonded from the tooth, characterized in that the transmission element includes an impulse conductor for receiving and transmitting an impulse and an output surface for transmitting the impulse onto the application.
A method for removing tooth applications such as brackets, wherein a force is exerted on the application by a transmission element so that the application is debonded from the tooth, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an impulse coupled into an input surface of the transmission element;
- and
- transmitting the impulse onto the application via an impulse conductor of the transmission element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.