Goods & Services

Dental apparatus, namely, dental pins; dental apparatus, namely, dental pins made of fiber optic segments for tooth repair; tooth repair kits comprised of dental apparatus, namely, dental pins made of fiber optic segments and plastic fiber optic segment carrier sleeves

Goods & Services

Dental pins; dental pins, namely, fiber optic segments for tooth repair; tooth repair kits comprised of fiber optic segments and fiber optic segment carrier sleeves

Abstract

This invention relates to a tooth repair system including a method of: drilling an aperture in, e.g., a broken anterior tooth to a predetermined depth; providing a fiber optic— preferably of a diameter of between.3 and 1 millimeter and elastic modulus of between 22 GPa and 83 GPa— with a length longer than the predetermined depth; placing and adhering the fiber optic within the first aperture so that a portion of the fiber optic is exposed beyond the broken tooth surface; and restoring the broken tooth surface around the exposed fiber optic so that the fiber optic anchors a restored tooth portion to the broken tooth surface. The system also provides a tooth repair pin with the above characteristics, being acid-etched and silane coated with a carrier sleeve.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61C 5/35 - PinsMounting tools or dispensers therefor
• A61C 5/30 - Securing inlays, onlays or crowns
• A61C 5/50 - Implements for filling root canalsMethods or instruments for medication of tooth nerve channels
• A61C 5/00 - Filling or capping teeth
• A61C 13/30 - Fastening of peg-teeth in the mouthRoot pins