Patent ID: 9173719
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An attachment in use with a force applying tool for fracturing a bond established between a tooth root surface and a receiving socket defined in a bone, said attachment comprising: a body adapted to being engaged by an output portion of the force applying tool; said body further including a pair of outwardly extending, spaced apart tooth engaging portions adapted to being inserted into contact with opposite sides of the tooth root surface and the bone within which the tooth is held; said body further having an elongate stem, said tooth engaging portions extending from said elongate stem, at least a selected one of said tooth engaging portions being removably engaged within an aperture defined in said elongate stem; a support pad mounted atop a neck and interconnecting base which is engageable with an axially extending end of said elongate stem opposite a bit portion engaged to the force applying tool; said extending end of said elongate stem is in the form of a rectangular projection, said base of said support pad having a rectangular recess adapted to receive said rectangular projection in order to mount said support pad in crosswise extending fashion relative to the other selected and affixed tooth engaging portion following removal of the removably engaged tooth engaging portion; so that tool introduced loading forces will be imparted to said engaging portions and to the tooth, thereby causing the tooth to displace within the socket sufficient to fracture the bond between the root surface and bone, facilitating tooth removal.