Patent ID: 9173720
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental wedge, for use in the inter-proximal space between adjacent teeth, each of the adjacent teeth having a gingival margin and an occlusal surface, the dental wedge comprising: a wedge body; a planar dental bur guard releasably engaged to the wedge body, the dental bur guard including a bottom boundary, a top edge opposite the bottom boundary, and a front edge and back edge extending between the top edge and bottom boundary and extending away from the wedge body towards the occlusal surfaces of the adjacent teeth and away from the gingival margins of the adjacent teeth; a plurality of extensions disposed along the bottom boundary of the dental bur guard, the plurality of extensions in mating engagement with a spine of the wedge body and adapted to releasably anchor the dental bur guard to the wedge body, wherein the dental bur guard is transformable between a first position adjoined to the wedge body and inserted in the inter-proximal space between the adjacent teeth and a second position disengaged from the wedge body and removed from the inter-proximal space between the adjacent teeth.