Patent Publication Number: US-2019183609-A1

Title: Dental Form Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to form devices and more particularly pertains to a new form device for forming a restorative material in a pair of adjacent teeth in a dental procedure. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first band that is selectively wrapped around a first tooth thereby facilitating the first band to be aligned with a cavity in the first tooth. The first band is comprised of a metallic material to retain a restorative material in the cavity. A second band is coupled to the first band and the second band is selectively wrapped around a second tooth is adjacent to the first tooth. Additionally, the second band is aligned with a cavity in the second tooth. Each of the first band and the second band facilitate the cavity in each of the first tooth and the second tooth to be simultaneously filled. The second band is comprised of a metallic material to retain the restorative material in the cavity in the second tooth. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a dental form assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new form device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the dental form assembly  10  generally comprises a first band  12  that is selectively be wrapped around a first tooth  14  thereby facilitating the first band  12  to be aligned with a cavity  16  in the first tooth  14 . The first band  12  is comprised of a metallic material such as stainless steel or the like. Thus, the first band  12  may retain a restorative material  18  in the cavity  16 . The restorative material  18  may be any dental filling material such as gold, ceramic and any other material used in the dental industry for filling and restoring teeth. 
     The first band  12  has a first end  20 , a second end  22 , a first surface  24  and a second surface  26 . The first band  12  is elongated between the first end  20  and the second end  22  and each of the first end  20  and the second end  22  is rounded. The first surface  24  abuts the first tooth  14  when the first band  12  is wrapped around the tooth. The first band  12  may have a length ranging between approximately 12.0 mm and 40.0 mm. 
     A second band  28  is provided and the second band  28  is coupled to the first band  12 . The second band  28  is wrapped around a second tooth  30  that is adjacent to the first tooth  14 . Moreover, the second band  28  is aligned with a cavity  32  in the second tooth  30 . Each of the first band  12  and the second band  28  facilitate the cavity  16 , 32  in each of the first tooth  14  and the second tooth  30  to be simultaneously filled. In this way the cavity  16 , 32  in the adjacent teeth may be filled without having to move a band from one tooth to the other for shaping the restorative material  18 . The second band  28  is comprised of a metallic material such as stainless steel or the like. Thus, the second band  28  retains the restorative material  18  in the cavity in the second tooth  30 . The second band  28  may have a length ranging between approximately 12.0 mm and 40.0 mm. 
     The second band  28  has a primary end  34 , a secondary end  36 , a primary surface  38  and a secondary surface  40  and each of the primary end  34  and the secondary end  36  are rounded. The secondary surface  40  is bonded to the second surface  26  of the first band  12  to define a bonding point  42  on each of the first band  12  and the second band  28 . The bonding point  42  is centrally positioned on each of the first band  12  and the second band  28 . The second band  28  is oriented collinear with the first band  12  such that the primary end  34  is aligned with the first end  20  and the secondary end  36  is aligned with the second end  22 . The bonding point  42  comprises a plurality of welds  44 . The welds  44  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between a top edge  46  and a bottom edge  48  corresponding to each of the first band  12  and the second band  28 . The primary surface  38  of the second band  28  abuts the second tooth  30  when the second band  28  is wrapped around the second tooth  30 . 
     A wedge  50  is provided with a first end  52  and a second end  54  and the wedge  50  tapers to an edge between the first end  52  and the second end  54 . Additionally, the wedge is selectively inserted between the first band  12  and the second band  28  along the bottom edge  48  when the first band  12  and the second band  28  are positioned between the first tooth  14  and the second tooth  30 . Thus, the wedge  50  compresses the first band  12  against the first tooth  14  and the wedge  50  compresses the second band  28  against the second tooth  30 . In this way the wedge  50  inhibits the restorative material from spilling outwardly from the first band  14  and the second band  28  when the first tooth  14  is excessively spaced from the second tooth  30 . 
     In use, each of the first band  12  and the second band  28  are positioned between the first tooth  14  and the second tooth  30 . Additionally, the bonding point  42  is positioned between the first tooth  14  and the second tooth  30 . The first band  12  is wrapped around the first tooth  14  and the second band  28  is wrapped around the second tooth  30 . Additionally, each of the first band  12  and the second band  28  are aligned with the cavity in the associated first tooth  14  and second tooth  30 . The restorative material  18  is packed into the cavity in each of the first tooth  14  and the second tooth  30 . The first band  12  and the second band  28  serve to form the restorative material  18  in the cavity and to retain the restorative material  18  in the cavity. Moreover, the first band  12  and the second band  28  facilitate a pair of adjacent teeth to be simultaneously filled thereby enhancing efficiency with respect to using a single band for restoring a cavity. A wedge or the like may be positioned beneath and between the first band  12  and the second band  28  to inhibit the restorative material  18  from flowing beneath the first band  12  and the second band  28 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.