Anita Hingle Daniels

US Patent:

53201175, Jun 14, 1994

Filed:

Dec 10, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/989498

Inventors:

Richard J. Lazzara - Lake Worth FL
Anita H. Daniels - Jupiter FL

International Classification:

A61C 1500

US Classification:

132321

Abstract:

An article of dental floss particularly for hygienic maintenance of titanium abutments which is in the form of a ribbon or an elongated strip of woven or non-woven flexible moisture-absorbent material having adequate strength when wet to resist breaking when pulled back and forth adjacent teeth abutments or implant abutments and over gum tissue and is sufficiently soft when wet to avoid scratching the abutments and cutting into or abrading the gum tissue. A relatively stiff leader at one end of the strip serves to thread the strip between teeth and under bridges and bars.

US Patent:

52443906, Sep 14, 1993

Filed:

Jan 14, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/820339

Inventors:

Richard J. Lazzara - Lake Worth FL
Keith D. Beaty - West Palm Beach FL
Anita H. Daniels - Jupiter FL

Assignee:

Implant Innovations, Inc. - West Palm Beach FL

International Classification:

A61C 1700

US Classification:

433143

Abstract:

A dental scaler particularly for scaling artificial dental abutments made of a material that is softer than natural dentition, such as titanium and its dilute alloys, without scratching the surface of the abutment. Two embodiments of the scaler are disclosed; in one the scaler tip has a contact surface that is softer than the abutment surface; in the other the contact surface has a contact edge that is rounded to avoid scratching the abutment surface.