Patent ID: 8602778

Claim:
An improved handle for a dental filing tool, the tool having an arcuate handle with a horizontal bridge and opposed first and second vertical arms extending from opposite ends of the bridge to terminal ends, the vertical arms and bridge having outer surfaces and being adapted to hold a filing strip extending between them, the horizontal bridge and vertical arms generally defining a handle plane and having a front surface and a back surface, the improvement comprising: first and second sets of partial-cylindrical grip portions distributed along the outer surfaces of the first and second vertical arms, respectively, each of the grip portions extending longitudinally from a first end surface projected outward from the handle front surface to a second end surface projected outward from the handle back surface, each of the grip portions aligned longitudinally normal to the handle plane; and, each set comprising a first grip portion disposed proximate the vertical arm terminal end, a second grip portion disposed proximate the connection region of the bridge and respective vertical arm, and a plurality of spaced-apart interstitial grip portions distributed between the first and second grip portions.