Method and apparatus for use with dental implants - Pending Dental Patent Applications

Method and apparatus for use with dental implants
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Kliff, Howard ; et al.
US Patent Application: 20040265778
Publication Date: December 30, 2004
Kind Code: A1
Inventors: Kliff, Howard; (Highland Park, NJ) ; Mittler, Jordan; (Woodbury, NY) ; Scheck, Peter; (Freeport, NY) ; Wiggitt, Adam; (Randolf Center, VT)
Correspondence Name and Address:
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
745 FIFTH AVENUE- 10TH FL.
NEW YORK
NY
10151
US
Serial No.: 606640
Series Code: 10
Filed: June 26, 2003
Abstract:
A method of forming a hand tool by providing a mold having at least two sections injecting a material for forming the hand tool into the mold, and forming a sharpened edge surface on the hand tool along a surface formed by the parting line of the mold. The hand tool may be a dental tool having a working surface for contacting a patient's teeth. The working surface is formed of a substantially a flat curved section extending from a distal end of the dental tool. The distal end of the curved section having a facet extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the dental tool and having a sharpened surface formed on a proximal edge surface of the facet.