Patent ID: 9730766
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61C

Claim:
1. A dental system comprising a dental prophy angle received by an adapter, wherein the dental prophy angle comprises: a housing; a rotor disposed within a distal end of the housing; a guard comprising an inner surface that is concave, the guard extending from a receiving end of the housing, wherein the guard has a greatest outer diameter larger than a greatest outer diameter of the housing; the adapter comprising a nose, a monolithic ball portion having an integral neck, and a ball receiver comprising a distal portion with a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface and a proximal portion extending away from the nose, the nose coupled to the integral neck of the monolithic ball portion, wherein the housing comprising a configuration to receive the nose of the adapter, the concave inner surface of the ball receiver engages a convex outer surface of the monolithic ball portion, the concave inner surface of the guard engages the convex outer surface of the ball receiver, and the integral neck extending from the monolithic ball portion toward the rotor.