Tooth root canal point
View Patent ↗The tooth root canal point is made of a synthetic material reinforced with glass or carbon fibers and not of the usual gutta percha. When inserted with bone cement, the result is a solid but not completely rigid post that conforms to the contours of the tooth root canal and ensures a high stability of the tooth.
1. A tooth root canal point made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material, the point comprising:
a bundle of fibers configured to be inserted into a root canal such that fibers of the bundle of fibers extend lengthwise along a length of the root canal, the fibers of the bundle of fibers comprising a distal end length, the distal end length being an extent at a lengthwise distal end of the fibers,
wherein the bundle of fibers is held together to enable one or more of the fibers or fiber strands of the bundle to separate along the distal end length thereof from the bundle of fibers, such that the separated distal end length protrudes away from the bundle of fibers to penetrate one or more openings in a lateral wall of the root canal.
2. The tooth root canal point according to claim 1 , wherein the point is comprised of fibers arranged substantially parallel to each other and coated with the synthetic material.
3. The tooth root canal point according to claim 1 , wherein the fibers are glass fibers.
4. The tooth root canal point according to claim 1 , wherein the point is affixed with a bone cement into the tooth root canal, wherein the tooth root canal point and the cement exhibit approximately the same modulus of elasticity as the tooth.
5. The tooth root canal point of claim 2 , wherein the synthetic material is vinyl silane embedded in a synthetic resin.
6. The tooth root canal point of claim 1 , wherein the point is of a length adapted for being entirely enclosed within a tooth.
7. A tooth root canal point made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material, the point comprising:
a bundle of fibers configured to be inserted into a root canal such that fibers of the bundle of fibers extend lengthwise along a length of the root canal, the fibers of the bundle of fibers comprising a distal end length, the distal end length being an extent at a lengthwise distal end of the fibers,
wherein the bundle of fibers is held together to enable one or more of the fibers or fiber strands of the bundle to separate along the distal end length thereof from the bundle of fibers, such that the separated distal length protrudes away from the bundle of fibers to penetrate one or more openings in a lateral wall of a root canal, and
the bundle of fibers having a modulus of elasticity approximately equal to the modulus of elasticity of the tooth.