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US 2012/0237888 A1Published application
Dental probe with bristles
OwnerRobert D. Mcwhorterinventor
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a dental tool having a probe and a portion configured to disguise the dental probe from a patient.
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What is claimed is:
- a dental tool having a first end and a second end and a length between said first end and said second end;
- a plurality of bristles located proximate said first end of said dental tool and extending in a first generally normal direction from said first end of said dental tool;
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- a hard probe located proximate said first end of said dental tool and extending outward from said first end of said dental tool.
1 more element
A method of probing for a carious lesion, wherein said method comprises the following steps:
- a. providing a device for probing for carious lesions in a mouth, wherein said device comprises a first section and a second section, wherein said first section comprises a hard probe, wherein said second section comprises a section configured to disguise said dental tool such that said tool does not appear to include a hard probe;
- brushing said device to probe a tooth for the presence of carious lesions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.