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US 5,788,496 AGranted
Method and apparatus for treating teeth
AssigneeStorz Medical AG
InventorErnst H. Marlinghaus
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Abstract
A method is described for removing tooth fillings and shattering teeth using a device that generates focused acoustic pressure or shock waves with an appropriate energy. The focussed waves are coupled into the tooth and/or the filling. The apparatus includes a sound generating unit for generating focussed pressure or sound waves and a coupling cushion for coupling the focussed waves through a cheek or open mouth of the patient into the tooth or filling to be removed.
Claims5
A method for removing tooth fillings, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating one of focussed acoustic pressure and shock waves at an appropriate energy level;
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- coupling said generated focussed waves into at least one of a tooth and tooth filling to loosen said tooth filling,
- wherein said step of coupling said generated focussed waves is performed by coupling-in said generated focussed waves through a cheek of a patient.
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A method for shattering a tooth, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating one of focussed acoustic pressure and shock waves at an appropriate energy level;
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- coupling said generated focussed waves into the tooth to shatter the tooth,
- wherein said step of coupling said generated focussed waves is performed by coupling-in said generated focussed waves through a cheek of a patient.
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