Patent ID: 7648361
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental clamp for a single tooth, comprising: first and second spaced, opposing jaws; first and second tooth engaging portions on said first and second spaced, opposing jaws, respectively, said first and second tooth engaging portions positioned in confronting relation to one another, each of said first and second tooth engaging portions having a first terminal end and a second terminal end; and a resilient member operatively coupled to said first and second spaced, opposing jaws, said resilient member maintaining said first and second spaced, opposing jaws in a first, spaced position in a free state of the clamp, and biasing said first and second tooth engaging portions toward one another when said first and second spaced, opposing jaws are moved in a direction outwardly from said first, spaced position to a second, spaced position in a clamping state of the clamp; said first terminal ends of said first and second tooth engaging portions being spaced closer together than said second terminal ends of said first and second tooth engaging portions when said first and second spaced, opposing jaws are in said first, spaced position; and wherein a spacing between said first terminal ends of said first and second tooth engaging portions is substantially the same as a spacing between said second terminal ends of said first and second tooth engaging portions when said first and second spaced, opposing jaws are in said second, spaced position.