Patent ID: 6997709
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. Dental hand instrument, comprising a handle and a neck part at each end of the handle, each neck part being made of stainless steel and being narrower than the handle and provided with a replaceable tip forming a dental tool, characterized in that the end of each neck part of the hand instrument is provided with a coupling element which is an axial socket oriented in the same direction with the neck part and concentric with it, the axial socket has at least one groove or slot extending in the longitudinal direction of the socket, and each replaceable tip is made of plastic and is provided with an axial projection for cooperating with the axial socket and is oriented in the same direction with the neck part and concentric with it, and wherein each said neck part and replaceable tip provided thereon have substantially the same outer diameter at the end of said neck part where said tip is coupled to said axial socket.