Apparatus and method for dental cleaning
AssigneeNordent Manufacturing Inc.
InventorsTim Irwin, Tom Stopka
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Abstract
A dental tool can include a handpiece with a working tip. The working tip can be driven by the handpiece to oscillate. The oscillations have a rate of less than 500 cycles per second, in order to reduce or eliminate the generation of aerosols created by oscillation of the working tip. The working tip can include a set of teeth to remove calculus, stains, or plaque from a tooth surface, or can include an abrasive surface or coating, or a prophy cup.
Claims20
A dental tool comprising:
- a body extending between an attachment end and a working end:
- a working tip mounted to the body at the working end, the working tip configured to be driven to oscillate;
- a set of teeth extending from the working tip, configured to be oscillated by the working tip to remove or clean material from a dental patient.
A working tip for a dental tool, the working tip comprising:
- a working surface configured to be oscillated to remove or clean material from a dental patient;
- wherein a rate of oscillation for the working surface is five-hundred oscillations per second or less.
A method of removing calculus, stains, or plaque from a tooth surface, the method comprising:
- oscillating a working tip at a rate of oscillation that is less than five-hundred cycles per second.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.