Mount for artificial teeth
AssigneeDentsply Research & Development Corp.
InventorsHansjorg J. Janssen, Karl-Heinz Meislitzer
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Abstract
A mount for holding a set of artificial teeth comprising an elongated plate member having a row of recesses therein complementary to the lingual surfaces of said teeth and having adhesive in shallow indentations in the bottoms of said recesses to detachably secure the teeth therein and support them in such manner that the outer surfaces of the teeth are sloped forwardly for viewing.
Claims4
A mount for a set of artificial teeth comprising an elongated base member provided with a forward edge and a series of concave recesses conforming respectively to a portion of an artificial tooth of said set thereof and complementary in shape to said surfaces, and indentations formed in the bottoms of said recesses respectively having a small quantity of tacky adhesive substantially restricted to said indentation therein adapted to releasably engage part of said surface portions of said teeth to retain the teeth in said recesses in a manner to display the same visually for instant observation.
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