Dental device for removing a partially or fully osseointegrated dental implant
AssigneeDENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
InventorsBjörn Elgh, Daniel Magnusson, Jeremy Jo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a dental device (1) for removing a dental implant (2) which is at least partially or fully osseointegrated with a patient's jaw (3), comprising: a head portion (6) for rotatingly holding a dental tool (7) for unscrewing the dental implant (2); and a driving means for applying a torque to the dental tool (7) for unscrewing the dental implant (2); characterized in that the driving means is further adapted to apply pulsed torques (τ; τ1, τ2, τ3) to the dental tool (7) to unscrew the dental implant (2).
Claims9
A dental device (1) for removing a dental implant (2) which is at least partially or fully osseointegrated with a patient's jaw (3), comprising:
- a head portion (6) for rotatingly holding a dental tool (7) for unscrewing the dental implant (2);
- and
- a driving means for applying a torque to the dental tool (7) for unscrewing the dental implant (2);
- characterized in that
- the driving means is further adapted to apply pulsed torques (τ;
- τ1, τ2, τ3) to the dental tool (7) to unscrew the dental implant (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.