Patent ID: 8651872
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for didactic dentistry operations comprising: a base structure including a supporting plane raised from the floor, two spaced-apart supporting columns extending downwardly from the supporting plane, and a central compartment positioned beneath the supporting plane and between the supporting columns, each supporting column including a technical compartment with an equipment holder element able to support dentistry tools; and a dentistry simulation apparatus pivotably attached to said supporting plane at a location above the central compartment, the dentistry simulation apparatus being rotatable with respect to the supporting plane at least between a first operating position, in which the simulation apparatus extends laterally from the bulk of said supporting plane, and a second inactive position in which the simulation apparatus is substantially housed in the bulk of said supporting plane, in the second inactive position the supporting plane being usable as a top of a didactic table and allowing a user to sit and insert his or her legs freely under the supporting plane and into the central compartment, in the first operating position two users being able to perform a simulation operation on opposing sides of the dentistry simulation apparatus without compromising the use of the supporting plane as a desk for each of the two users, in the first operating position one of the two users having access to one of the two supporting columns and the other of the two users having access to the other of the two supporting columns, said supporting plane comprising a housing seating made inside the thickness of the supporting plane in correspondence with the central compartment, and able to completely accommodate said dentistry simulation apparatus in the second position thereof, wherein the base structure further includes a horizontally pivoting portion pivotally attached to the supporting plane and the simulation apparatus includes a manikin and a back-rest that simulates at least a portion of a dentist's chair, at least a portion of the manikin being positioned between at least a portion of the horizontally pivoting portion of the base structure and the back-rest when the dentistry simulation apparatus is in the first operating position.