公开(公告)号：EP2004088A2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-24

申请号：EP07760372.8

申请日：2007-04-10

申请人： 3M Innovative Properties Company

发明人： KAPPLER, Oliver ,  HOHMANN, Arno ,  POPP, Eva-Maria

IPC分类号： A61C15/00

CPC分类号： A61C3/00

摘要： A dental instrument (1) for use in removing unremineralizable carious dentin from a tooth while generally maintaining remineralizable carious dentin. The instrument comprises an instrument body (4) and an instrument head (3) having scraping elements (5) made of plastic. Also, a method of removing unremineralizable carious dentine from a tooth while generally maintaining remineralizable carious dentin, wherein the method comprises the use of the dental instrument (1).