Patent ID: 8371854
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A method for concurrently filling cavities in a first tooth and in an adjacent second tooth, said method comprising the steps of excavating the first tooth and the second tooth to remove decay, applying a first matrix band to the first tooth to create a first recessed region, applying a second matrix band to the second tooth to create a second recessed region, separating the first tooth and the second tooth, positioning a tool comprising first and second tines extending from first and second arms that are pivotally connected to each other so that a portion of said first tine is within said first recessed region and a portion of said second tine is within said second recessed region, manipulating the tool and simultaneously shaping adjacent portions of said first and second matrix bands to move a portion of said first matrix band towards the second tooth and to move a portion of the second matrix band towards the first tooth, removing the tool, inserting filling material into the first and second recessed regions so that both recessed regions contain filling material and removing the first and second matrix bands from the first tooth and from the second tooth after both recessed regions contain filling material.