Patent ID: 9095289
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A fixture for aligning dental x-rays to be substantially parallel to the area between two adjacent teeth where said two adjacent teeth contact each other for exposing at least one of a dental radiographic film and a dental radiographic sensor comprising: A first platform configured to fit and be stabilized between the biting surfaces of maxillary and the biting surfaces of mandibular teeth, comprising a superior or top surface and an inferior bottom surface; and A second platform comprising a medial surface and a lateral surface with an attachment location at the center of the lateral surface; The first platform further comprising a flexible pivot stud with an attachment end capable of flexibly attaching said first platform to the attachment location on the second platform; wherein The first platform when attached to the second platform is oriented substantially perpendicular to the second platform and able to move 10 to 15 degrees of rotation in either direction about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the first platform and the flexible pivot stud and parallel to the plane of the second platform, The first platform further comprising a marginal ridge angulation locator capable of fitting into and being aligned with the substantially triangular cross-section shaped space that runs from the buccal aspect to the lingual aspect of human teeth on the biting surface of the human teeth between adjacent marginal ridges of adjacent teeth and thus locating an aiming vector, The marginal ridge angulation locator further comprising an angulation indicator that indicates a first vector that is parallel to the aiming vector and may be centered over the aiming vector, wherein The second platform is capable of securely holding a dental x-ray sensor or dental x-ray film packet against its medial surface, wherein when the second platform is attached to the first platform an x-ray beam aligned parallel to and centered over the marginal ridge angulation location indicator when the marginal ridge angulation locator bar is stabilized in the space on the occlusal surfaces of the teeth between the marginal ridges of two adjacent teeth, can expose said dental x-ray film or dental x-ray sensor with x-rays that have passed through the space between the adjacent teeth and expose an image of those two substantially distinct and non-overlapped teeth.