Patent ID: 6575743
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A dental mirror stem to be coupled to a handle during a coarse, debris-producing dental drilling procedure, comprising:a substantially circular disc having flat upper and lower surfaces extending to a side surface of said disc in defining a diameter of said disc and in establishing a configuration of said disc as substantially and continuously flat throughout and across; a shaft having a first end abutting against and contiguous with said side surface of said substantially circular disc, and also having a second end; and a plastic substrate adhesively secured to at least one of said upper and lower surfaces of said disc during said coarse dental drilling procedure in forming the dental mirror stem; with only said shaft supporting said continuously flat disc and said plastic substrate, and with said substrate serving as the only reflective surface for said mirror stem; and with said disc and said shaft being of a composition to withstand dental sterilization after peeling away of the plastic substrate used in the coarse dental drilling procedure and prior to the replacement with a new adhesively secured plastic substrate.