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US 9,283,059 B2Granted
Tissue management impression material and dispensing system
AssigneeDENTSPLY International Inc.
InventorsPaul R. Pierson, Fuming Sun, Richard J Bennett, Robert Pieroni
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a tissue management impression material and a method of application into the sulcus of a patient, whereby the tissue management impression material is a part of the final dental impression made when manufacturing a dental device, such as a crown.
Claims7
A pneumatic dental dispenser, comprising:
- a cylinder having a cylinder body, a retainer cap, a cartridge, an extrusion tip, and an applicator tip,
- the cylinder including at least one pneumatically actuated plunger rod disposed within the cylinder body,
- wherein the cartridge is connected to the extrusion tip via a spur on the cartridge that locks into a hole in a side of the extrusion tip, the applicator tip connected to a distal end of the extrusion tip,
- the cartridge being partially positioned within the cylinder body, the cartridge being rotatable within the cylinder body from a first orientation to a second orientation, wherein, in the second orientation, a barrel of the cartridge is aligned with the plunger rod, and
- wherein the retainer cap is secured to the cylinder body thereby locking the cartridge and extrusion tip in place between the cylinder body and the retainer cap, the retainer cap being engaged with the extrusion tip such that the act of securing the retainer cap to the cylinder body simultaneously rotates the cartridge connected to the extrusion tip from the first orientation to the second orientation.
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