Patent ID: 8303306

Claim:
A tool for removing a maxillary dental prosthesis and a mandibular dental prosthesis, the tool comprising: a member having a handle portion at a first end thereof, a top portion at a second opposite end thereof, and a transition portion located intermediate the handle portion and the top portion, the top portion having a head portion located at an end of the top portion distal from the transition portion; and a beak portion extending generally laterally directly from the head portion, the beak portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, the upper surface including a downwardly sloping portion sloping downwardly directly from the head portion from an upper head end of the beak to a first junction and an upwardly sloping portion sloping upwardly from the first junction away from the head portion to an upper terminal end of the beak, the upper surface being generally concave toward the lower surface, the lower surface including an upwardly sloping portion sloping upwardly directly from the head portion from a lower head end of the beak to a second junction and a downwardly sloping portion sloping downwardly from the second junction away from the head portion to a lower terminal end of the beak, the lower surface being generally concave toward the upper surface, the upper and lower surfaces configured such that the thickness of the beak portion measured parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle portion is less at the first junction than proximate the head portion between the upper head end and the lower head end is greater than the thickness between the upper terminal end and the lower terminal end; the upper surface being configured to engage the mandibular dental prosthesis; the lower surface being configured to engage the maxillary dental prosthesis; wherein the maxillary dental prosthesis may be removed by orienting the member in a first orientation relative to a user, engaging the maxillary dental prosthesis with the lower surface of the beak portion and pulling the handle downwardly away from a maxillary jaw; and wherein the mandibular dental prosthesis may be removed, while maintaining the member in the first orientation relative to the user, by engaging the mandibular dental prosthesis with the upper surface of the beak portion and pushing the handle upwardly away from a mandibular jaw.