Dental jewelry
AssigneeEchodent AB
InventorKent Säfström
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Abstract
Dental jewelry includes a surface-covering jewelry piece, the body of which is designed to lie principally in a plane parallel with the tooth surface and is designed to be affixed to said surface by a layer of fixing composite. On its backside, which is designed to be turned toward the surface of the tooth, the jewelry piece has a recess which, along the piece's circumference of said backside, defines a continual supporting edge upon which the jewelry piece rests against the tooth surface.
Claims17
Dental jewelry for attachment to a tooth surface, the dental jewelry comprising:
- an inner surface that defines a concave recess;
- an outer surface;
- a surface edge that extends between the inner surface and the outer surface and rests substantially against the tooth surface when the dental jewelry is attached to the tooth surface;
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- an inwardly directed surface that extends from the inner surface proximate the surface edge and thereby defines a carved-out region.
Dental jewelry for attachment to a tooth surface, the dental jewelry comprising:
- an inner surface that defines a concave recess;
- an outer surface;
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- an inwardly directed surface that extends from the inner surface proximate an intersection of the inner surface and the outer surface and thereby defines a carved-out region.
A method of mounting dental jewelry to a tooth surface, the method comprising:
- forming the dental jewelry with an inner surface, an outer surface, an edge surface and an inwardly directed surface, wherein the inner surface defines a concave recess, wherein the edge surface extends between the inner surface and the outer surface, and wherein the inwardly directed surface extends from the inner surface proximate the surface edge and thereby defines a carved-out region;
- substantially filling the concave recess with a fixing composite;
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- placing the dental jewelry adjacent the tooth surface so that the surface edge rests substantially against the tooth surface and so that the fixing composite bonds the dental jewelry to the tooth surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.