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US 2006/0188839 A1Published application
Dental alignment instrument
OwnerSuzanne Adamsinventor
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Abstract
A handheld dental instrument has a horizontal level indicator and a vertical midline angle marker pin mounted on a bite line plate. The bite line plate has an arcuate front and a pair of protruding positioning pins. The bite line plate is rotatably mounted to a handle. The dental device is used in the formation of custom fitted lab fabricated dental prosthesis to improve dental bite registration recording of a patient's horizontal and vertical angles by the dentist and transferred to the dental lab technician to permit the formation of a prosthesis.
Claims5
A dental alignment instrument comprising:
- an elongated handle having two end portions;
- a bite line plate having an arcuate front edge and having a hinge pin for hingedly attaching said bite line to one end portion of said handle said bite line plate having a pair of positional pins protruding therefrom on either side of said arcuate front edge;
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- a level indicator mounted on said bite line plate for displaying the horizontal level of said dental instrument;
- whereby a dentist and dental lab technician can better determine a patient's bite line in formulating a dental prosthesis.
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