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US 2017/0319291 A1Published application
Prophy angle and adapter with guard
AssigneeAvid, L.L.C.
InventorsChris J. Carron, David G. Grither
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Abstract
A dental tool comprises a guard having a concave inner surface at one end and an adapter. The adapter comprising a nose, a monolithic ball portion having an integral neck, and a ball receiver comprising a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, where the concave inner surface of the ball receiver engages a convex outer surface of the monolithic ball portion, the concave inner surface of the guard engages the convex outer surface of the ball receiver, and an opposite end of the guard rests upon the nose.
Claims5
A dental tool comprising:
- a guard having a concave inner surface at one end;
- and,
- an adapter comprising a nose, a monolithic ball portion having an integral neck, and a ball receiver comprising a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, wherein
- the concave inner surface of the ball receiver engages a convex outer surface of the monolithic ball portion,
- the concave inner surface of the guard engages the convex outer surface of the ball receiver, and
- an opposite end of the guard rests upon the nose.
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