DocumentCode
627982
Title
Controlled Mechanical Extraction of Teeth
Author
Essafi, R. ; Hu, Jiankun ; Lyons, Daniel ; Noll, E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Chem., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
5-7 April 2013
Firstpage
257
Lastpage
258
Abstract
Over 20 million teeth are extracted in the U.S. each year. Today dentists utilize forceps and blunt force, causing a painful and traumatic experience for the patient. The Tooth FerryTM will facilitate tooth extraction and minimize local trauma by implementing a novel mechanical method of extracting teeth. The mean procedure time will be reduced by 20%, saving the dental industry $2.1 billion per year.
Keywords
biomechanics; dentistry; injuries; medical control systems; patient treatment; Tooth FerryTM; United State; blunt force; controlled mechanical teeth extraction; dental forcep; dental industry; dentist; patient pain experience; patient traumatic experience; Actuators; Dentistry; Force; Sockets; Standards; Teeth; Timing; Dentistry; mechanical extraction; teeth;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2013 39th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location
Syracuse, NY
ISSN
2160-7001
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-4928-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBEC.2013.71
Filename
6574456
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