Patent ID: 7686773

Claim:
The method of utilizing a dental hand piece for preparing an intra-oral target area on a patient for treatment, comprising the steps of: a) providing an adapter formed to fit to a dental hand piece in the form of a device having: a first drive shaft having first and second ends, a second drive shaft having first and second ends, said first end of said second drive shaft formed to engage said second end of said first drive shaft at an angle, said second end of said second drive shaft formed to engage and rotate an off-center weight; an outer body casing enveloping said off-center weight, at least part of said outer body casing comprising an application surface; said second drive shaft having affixed to and laterally enamanting therefrom a collar having an outer diameter configured to rotatingly engage said outer body casing via a nub; b) applying said first end of said first drive shaft to a chuck associated with a dental hand piece; c) applying said application surface to an intra-oral target area on a patient; d) initiating a motor associated with said dental hand piece to rotate said chuck and first drive shaft, rotating said second drive shaft so as to rotate said off-center weight to provide vibration to said second drive shaft; while using said collar to transfer said vibration from said second shaft to said outer housing via said nub, so as to provide a vibrating application surface; e) utilizing said vibrating application surface to vibrate said target area on said patient for a pre-determined period of time, providing a treated target area; f) disengaging said motor, ceasing rotation of said off-center weight, ceasing vibration of said application surface; g) removing said application surface from said target area; and h) treating the patient at said treated target area.