Dental system for root and root tip extraction
View Patent ↗A compact, easily transportable dental system to permit root and root tip extractions from human and animal patients including those who are unable to visit an oral surgeon or veterinarian at a traditional office. An extraction bur having a lifting ball is embedded within and stands upwardly from the root or root tip to be extracted. The extraction bur is detachably connected to and rotated into the root/tip by a bur implanting device. A bur ejector is slidable through the bur implanting device to cause the extraction bur to be released therefrom once the bur has been implanted in the patient's root/tip. A universal fulcrum tray covers the root/tip and surrounds the patient's adjacent teeth during the extraction process. The upstanding extraction bur and the lifting ball thereof project through one of a pair of slots formed in the universal fulcrum tray. An extracting instrument having a pivot surface rotates over the universal fulcrum tray to apply a lifting force to the lifting ball of the extraction bur to pull the bur upwardly and the root/tip outwardly from its root socket.
1. A dental system for extracting a tooth portion from a socket in the jawbone of a human or an animal patient, said dental system comprising:
a flexible extraction bur having a sharp first end so as to be attached to and stand upwardly from the tooth portion to be extracted in response to a rotation of said extraction bur, said extraction bur also having a lifting element to which a lifting force is applied;
an extracting instrument adapted to engage the lifting element of said extraction bur and apply said lifting force thereto such that a corresponding extraction force is applied from said extraction bur to the tooth portion to which said extraction bur is attached for causing said tooth portion to be extracted from its root socket in the mouth of the patient; and
a hollow flexible sleeve sized to surround said flexible extraction bur and be received within the patient's socket, said flexible sleeve adapted to bend when the socket is curved for correspondingly bending and guiding said flexible extraction bur through the socket and into alignment with the tooth portion to be extracted.