Patent ID: 8770970

Claim:
A placing device ( 1 ) for placing a dental splint ( 2 ), the splint being in the form of one of a flexible wire, tape or grid out of a flexible metallic, a synthetic material or a composite material, the splint ( 2 ) being intended to be fixed at the level of the lingual, palatal or vestibular surfaces of at least two adjacent teeth ( 10 ) in order to immobilize the at least two adjacent teeth ( 10 ) with respect to one another, wherein the placing device ( 1 ) comprises at least one flexible and elongated guiding support ( 3 ) carrying the splint ( 2 ), at least one positioning element ( 4 , 4 ′), mounted so as to slide on the guiding support ( 3 ) behind the splint ( 2 ), and arranged for being positioned substantially in front of an interproximal gap ( 9 ) between the at least two adjacent teeth ( 10 ), pressing means ( 5 , 5 ′) coupled to the positioning element ( 4 , 4 ′) and arranged to bring the positioning element ( 4 , 4 ′) close to the at least two adjacent teeth ( 10 ) to be interlocked when pressed in order to bring the splint ( 2 ) in contact with the lingual, palatal or vestibular surfaces and fit to their shape and the positioning element ( 4 ′) comprises two enlarged end sections ( 4 a , 4 b ) connected together by a narrow central section ( 4 c ) which comprises a slot ( 4 d ) for the passage of the splint ( 2 ), the positioning element ( 4 ′) is arranged to adopt a retracted rest position in which the end sections ( 4 a , 4 b ) are close to each other and a stretched active position in which the end sections ( 4 a , 4 b ) are spaced from one another so that the central section ( 4 c ) passes in the interproximal gap ( 9 ) in order to bring the splint ( 2 ) in contact with the lingual, palatal or vestibular surface of the teeth ( 10 ).