OMER E PAQUETTE
Dentist in Fayetteville, NC
License number
Pennsylvania DS014320L
Category
Dentistry
Type
Dentist
Address
Address
2
Fayetteville, NC 28311
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Combination Dental Applicator And Carver Instrument
US Patent:
4251213, Feb 17, 1981
Filed:
Jan 3, 1979
Appl. No.:
6/000684
Inventors:
Omer E. Paquette - Fayetteville NC
International Classification:
A61C 302
US Classification:
433144
Abstract:
An improved dental instrument is provided to more easily carry the liquid stage of a self-hardening dental base material into place within a tooth cavity and to subsequently trim any hardened excess material. The combination dental applicator and carver instrument includes an enlarged, flat-faced, sharp-edged working tip at the end of a relatively narrow shank which is sharply and smoothly tapered from its sharp-edged circumference down to the narrow shank. The flat face allows the working tip to more efficiently coat tooth surfaces which are essentially parallel to it. The tapered configuration of the working tip inhibits undesired capillary action when the dental base material is applied into the tooth cavity. The sharp-edged tip also allows the hardened excess dental base material to be readily trimmed away.