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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ikuo Kyotani, Kitamoto, JP;
Assignee:
G-C Dental Industrial Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433142 ; 132 89 ;
Abstract
A dental polishing strip includes a substrate formed of a shape-memory alloy which is not harmful in the human mouth and is restored to the stored shape at a temperature of no lower than 40.degree. C. for sterilization in dental clinics. The polishing strip is provided with a number of small holes, files, abrasive grains, or a combination thereof to form a polishing surface.