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US 6,203,319 B1Granted
Pellet-forming mold for dental filling materials
OwnerEdward Stanley Leeinventor
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Abstract
A mold used to form small pellets of dental filling material. The mold has several flat surfaces, on which several individual pellet-forming grooves (12a-d) are located. A handle is attached to one end (10).
Claims1
A molding device used to form pellets from any kind of dental filling material for delivery into a tooth cavity preparation, comprising:
- a) a polygon having 3 or more sides, each side defining a surface,
- b) a plurality of grooves on each surface for receiving a dental filling material,
- c) grooves varying in length between 1 to 6 mm, width between 0.5 to 2 mm and depth between 0.5 to 2 mm, and
- d) an attached handle.
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