Patent ID: 7717709
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A contact cap for a dental tooth measuring apparatus comprising: a cap section which is attachable to cover a periphery of a shooting window section of the tooth measuring apparatus; an opening section which has a size to include a tooth to be measured and parts of a pair of adjacent teeth adjacent to the tooth to be measured, wherein the opening section is arranged before the cap section, and faces the shooting window section when the cap section is attached to the tooth measuring apparatus; a protrusion section which is placed below the opening section so as to protrude ahead of the tooth measuring apparatus, and which is biteable by the pair of adjacent teeth; a pair of pillar convex sections formed on an upper portion of the protrusion section for positioning tongue sides of the pair of adjacent teeth, wherein the pair of pillar convex sections are arranged separately from each other; and a wall section which is provided on the cap section and which is placed with a predetermined gap at a side of the tooth measuring apparatus with respect to the pair of pillar convex sections.