Dental plier design with offsetting jaw and pad elements for assisting in removing upper and lower teeth utilizing the dental plier design
View Patent ↗A dental pliers appliance and associated method for removing teeth from a patient's gum line and bone. First and second pivotally connected handles are provided, each including a user grasping portion. The first handle terminates in an arcuately extending jaw exhibiting a substantially pointed end, the second handle terminates in an opposing and offset support exhibiting a support surface with an ergonomic configuration substantially matching that of the patient's gum line. Upon aligning the support along a selected location below the gum line, and further aligning the jaw in abutting fashion against an inwardly facing side of a tooth, the offset support defining a center point of rotation proximate to an edge location of the gum line and bone. The handles are subsequently rotated in an outward fashion away from the patient's gum line to forcibly dislodge the tooth from the patient's gum line and bone.
1. A method for removing teeth from a dental patient's gum line and bone, said method comprising the steps of:
positioning a first terminating portion of dental pliers appliance along a selection location below the gum line;
positioning a second terminating portion of the dental pliers appliance against an inwardly facing side of a selected tooth projecting from the gum line; and
rotating first and second pivotally connected handles associated with the dental pliers appliance in an outward fashion away from the patient's gum line to forcibly dislodge the tooth from the patient's gum line and bone.
2. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising the step of offsetting the first terminating portion from the second terminating portion and such that said first portion defines a center point of rotation proximate an edge location of the gum line.
3. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising the step of ergonomically configuring the first terminating portion to substantially match that of the patient's gum.
4. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising the step of configuring the; second terminating portion with a substantially pointed end.
5. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising the step of configuring the dental pliers appliance to engage and dislodge a tooth located along a lower gum line and jaw bone of a patient.
6. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising the step of configuring the dental pliers appliance to engage and dislodge a tooth located along an upper gum line and jaw bone of a patient.
7. The method as described in claim 6 , further comprising the step of angling a side profile of the first and second pivotably connected handles.
8. The method as described in claim 3 , further comprising the step of releasably securing a plasticized and sterilized cap attachment over the ergonomically configured and first terminating portion.