Patent ID: 7517148

Claim:
A dental device for use during a dental procedure so as to eliminate the need for removal or adjustment of an already placed flexible sheet, comprising in combination: a housing unit for removably holding sensor film; a tooth clamp formed of a first resilient arcuate bridge and a second resilient arcuate bridge; said first resilient arcuate bridge having a first end and a second end; said second resilient arcuate bridge having a first end and a second end; oppositely disposed first and second jaws, each of said oppositely disposed first and second jaws having a gripping plate, said gripping plate including an aperture and a tab engagable with a flexible sheet; said first end of said first resilient arcuate bridge and said first end of said second resilient arcuate bridge being connected to corresponding opposite sides of one of said oppositely disposed first and second jaws; said second end of said first resilient arcuate bridge and said second end of said second resilient arcuate bridge being connected to corresponding opposite sides of the other one of said oppositely disposed first and second jaws; and said housing unit being disposed on said tooth clamp.