James Jiwen Chun,Jennifer Miseong Chun,Angela Soyoung Chun,Andrew Youngho Chun
申请号:
US13568573
公开号:
US20130040262A1
申请日:
2012.08.07
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
A method and apparatus for rupturing connective tissues that attach a tooth to a patients alveolar bone socket are provided. The apparatus includes a metal cap removably attached to the tooth using a cementing agent, and a transducer assembly having a transducer head and a ball projection. The metal cap includes a body section having a hollow space defined by its coronal surface and contiguous vertical surfaces for enclosing the tooth. The body section has a slit terminating with an apical strip and loop arrangement. The metal cap further includes a ball socket extending from the coronal surface of the body section. The transducer head generates vibrational and tapping movements in the ball projection. The ball projection operatively engages the ball socket to transfer the vibrational and tapping movements to the metal cap and thereby to the tooth, which ruptures the connective tissues of the tooth.