Dental impression supply kit

Abstract

A dental impression kit to assist the dentist or a dental technician in the making of dental impressions preparatory to the formation of a mold and the manufacture of a crown or full or partial dentures. The kit contains a compact and orderly arranged array of items necessary or desirable in formation of dental impression. Such items include a selection of upper and lower dental impression trays, dental impression material base and catalyst, adhesive, polish, instructions and a mixing pad. From the kit, the dentist is able to select the appropriate type and size of impression tray, mix the impression base and material on a mixing pad, prepare the tray with the adhesive and then fill it with the impression material and take the dental impression, all the while having instructions at hand if necessary. The finished dentures can be polished using the polish kit. Secondary inventory control cases complement the primary case by making inventory available as items from the primary...

Patent number: 4763791
Filing date: Nov 3, 1987
Issue date: Aug 16, 1988
Inventors: George E. Halverson, Gerald A. Nelson
Assignee: Excel Dental Studios, Inc.
Primary Examiner: Bryon Gehman


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What is claimed is:

1. A dental impression supply kit comprising:

a primary case having a base and a cover, said cover movable into and out of covering relationship to the base;

a support member located in and substantially filling the base and having an accessible upper surface when the cover is in position out of covering relationship to the base;

a first plurality of items appropriate to procedures for forming dental impressions;

said support member having a corresponding plurality of upwardly open pockets for holding said first plurality of items, each pocket being individually shaped generally in conformance with the shape of an item to be held;

said first plurality of items including one each of a small size, a medium size, and large size disposable upper dental impression trays;

said pockets including a first row of three pockets having a first shape in conformance with the shape of an upper dental impression tray;

said upper dentral impression trays being located in said first row of pockets;

a first secondary case having a base and a cover movable into and out of covering relationship to the base, a support member located in and substantially filling the base, a plurality of upwardly open pockets having said first shape located in the support member, a plurality of disposable upper dental impression trays of small, medium and large sizes located in said pockets for replenishment of upper dental impression trays depleted from the primary case;

said first plurality of items also including one each of a small size, a medium size and large size lower disposable dental impression trays;

said pockets including a second row of three pockets having a second shape in conformance with the shape of a lower dental impression tray;

said lower dental impression trays being located in said second row of pockets;

a second secondary case having a base and a cover movable into and out of covering relationship to the base, a support member located in and substantially filling the base, a plurality of upwardly open pockets having said second shape located in the support member, a plurality of disposable lower dental impression trays of small, medium and large sizes located in said pockets for replacement of lower dental impression trays from the primary case;

others of said items being located in corresponding pockets of the support member of the primary case and including a depletable container of impression material base, a depletable container of impression material catalyst, and a depletable container of adhesive material for forming a dental impression using one of the upper dental impression trays and one of the lower dental impression trays from the primary case.

2. The dental impression kit of claim 1 wherein: said primary case cover is hingedly connected to the primary case base and has an interior surface carrying holding means for holding a second plurality of items appropriate to dental impression procedures, said second plurality of items including an instruction sheet and a mixing pad.

3. The dental impression kit of claim 2 including: a second instruction sheet fixed to the inner surface of the cover providing directions for use of the dental kit.

4. The dental empressions kit of claim 3 wherein: said first plurality of items includes a dental polish kit.

5. The dental impression kit of claim 1 including: a third secondary case, said third secondary case carrying a plurality of replacement containers of dental impression base, a plurality of replacement containers of dental impression catalyst, and at least one replacement container of adhesive for replacement of corresponding items from the primary case.

6. The dental impression kit of claim 5 wherein: said lower impression dental trays are the type having a generally V-shape with an interior wall spaced from an exterior wall by a bottom wall forming a channel for filling with impression material, and a handle extended from the exterior wall.

7. The dental impression kit of claim 6 wherein: said upper impression trays are of the type having an outer wall, a curved inner platform corresponding to the roof of a mouth, and a bottom wall connecting the curved platform and the outer wall forming a channel to be filled with dental impression material, said channel being generally shaped according to the upper dentures of a person, and a handle extended forwardly from the outer wall.

8. The dental impression kit of claim 7 wherein: said base of the primary case is comprised as a box-like housing with an open top, said first selection of dental impression trays comprising first, second and third trays of small, medium and large size arranged in a row proximate one edge of said base, said second selection of dental impression trays comprising first, second and third dental trays of small, medium and large size arranged proximate an opposite edge of said base, said remainder of the first plurality of items being located between the first and second selections of dental trays.

9. The dental impression kit of claim 8 including: latch means to latch the cover with respect to the base when in covering relationship to the base.

10. A dental impression supply kit comprising:

a primary case having a generally rectangular upwardly open base with perpendicularly orientated side walls and a bottom wall connected to the side walls;

a cover for said base having perpendicularly orientated side walls generally corresponding in shape to the side walls of the base, and a top wall connected to the side walls, said cover having a first side wall hingedly connected to a first side wall of the base for movement between positions in and out of covering relationship to the base;

a first plurality of items appropriate to procedures for forming dental impressions;

support means in the base having a corresponding plurality of upwardly open pockets for holding said first plurality of items, each pocket being individually shaped genreally in conformance with the shape of an item to be held;

said plurality of open pockets including a first row of three pockets proximate an edge of a second side wall of a box perpendicular to the first side wall, said pockets each having the shape of a lower dental impression tray, and a second row of three pockets disposed proximate an edge of a third side wall of the box perpendicular to the first side wall and having the shape of an upper dental impression tray;

said items including small, medium and large disposable lower dental impression trays located in said first row of pockets, small, medium and large disposable upper dental impression trays located in said second row of pockets, a depletable container of impression material base and a depletable container of impression material catalyst usable with an upper dental impression tray and a lower dental impression tray to form a dental impression, and a container of adhesive material located between the rows of dental impression mold trays;

first and second pouches located on the interior surface of the cover for holding a second plurality of items, said second plurality of items including a sheet of instructions and a mixing pad;

a first secondary case having a base and a cover movable into and out of covering relationship to the base, a support member located in and substantially filling the base, a plurality of upwardly open pockets having the shape of an upper dental impression tray located in the support member, a plurality of disposable upper dental impression trays of small, medium and large sizes located in said pockets of the first secondary case for replenishment of upper dental impression trays depleted from the primary case;

a second secondary case having a base and a cover movable into and out of covering relationship to the base, a support member located in and substantially filling the base, a plurality of upwardly open pockets having the shape of a lower dental impression tray located in the support member, a plurality of disposable lower dental impression trays of small, medium and large sizes located in said pockets of the second secondary case for replenishment of lower dental impression trays depleted from the primary case.

11. The dental impression kit of claim 10 including: a third secondary case, said third secondary case carrying a plurality of replacement containers of dental impression base, a plurality of replacement containers of dental impression catalyst, and at least one replacement container of adhesive for replacement of corresponding items from the primary case.