Dental containment device
OwnerCheryl B. Billingsleyinventor
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Abstract
A portable dental containment device for use in manipulating dental fixtures, including veneers, in-lays, partials, dentures and other prosthodontics, the device including a transparent enclosure with hand-holes. The dental containment device provides a protected work space in which a dentist, dental assistant, technician, or the like, can manually adjust small fixtures using various hand tools without the risk of ejecting the fixtures, or parts thereof, onto the floor and other unsterile surfaces. The containment device may include autoclavable materials, attachment mechanisms for attaching the shield to a tray, counter top, or other surface, and a magnified viewing area.
Claims11
A dental containment device used in performance of manipulations of a dental fixture comprising:
- a shield portion defining an interior work space and at least two unobstructed openings that enable simultaneous insertion of an operator's hands into the interior work space, together with at least one of a dental tool and the dental fixture, without creating an airtight seal around the operator's hands;
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- at least one transparent surface area that provides the operator an unobstructed view into the interior work space;
- wherein the operator's hands can manipulate the dental fixture within the interior work space while being observed through the at least one transparent surface area.
A dental containment device used in a performance of manipulation of a dental fixture comprising:
- a shield portion defining an interior work space and two unobstructed openings, each of the two openings having a dimension and being positioned to enable an unimpeded insertion of a hand into the interior work space, together with at least one of a dental tool and the dental fixture, with sufficient clearance to permit the manipulation of the dental fixture;
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- a transparent surface area that provides an unobstructed view into the interior work space.
A dental containment device used in a performance of manipulation to a dental fixture comprising:
- a shield portion defining an interior work space and two unobstructed openings, each of the two openings having a dimension and being positioned to enable an unimpeded insertion of a hand into the interior work space, together with at least one of a dental tool and the dental fixture, with sufficient clearance to permit the manipulation of the dental fixture, said shield portion comprising an autoclavable material;
- a transparent surface area that provides an unobstructed view into the interior work space;
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- at least one attachment mechanism that attaches the dental containment device to an exterior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.