Biomaterial Database

Improvement of the rubber dam frame. 1997

G Sauveur

UFR d'Odontologie, Université Paris, France.

An improvement of the rubber dam frame for obtaining the endodontic operative field is proposed. The device consists of an articulated frame that maintains the currently used standard rubber dam sheet in position. A hinge allows the frame to be folded, resulting in easier accessibility to the working area. This accessibility facilitates taking of radiographs, administration of additional doses of anesthetics, and evacuation of therapeutic liquids, which may have accidentally entered the buccal cavity. In addition, a reservoir at the bottom of the frame allows the placement of gauze compresses and an aspiration cannula to avoid leakage of fluids such as sodium hypochloride onto the patient's clothing.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011108	Polymers	Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., BIOPOLYMERS; PLASTICS).	Polymer
D004708	Endodontics	A dental specialty concerned with the maintenance of the dental pulp in a state of health and the treatment of the pulp cavity (pulp chamber and pulp canal).	Endodontology
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001672	Biocompatible Materials	Synthetic or natural materials, other than DRUGS, that are used to replace or repair any body TISSUES or bodily function.	Biomaterials,Bioartificial Materials,Hemocompatible Materials,Bioartificial Material,Biocompatible Material,Biomaterial,Hemocompatible Material,Material, Bioartificial,Material, Biocompatible,Material, Hemocompatible
D013450	Sulfones		Sulfone
D016733	Rubber Dams	Sheets of latex rubber punched and placed over the teeth during dental procedures to isolate the field of operation from the rest of the oral cavity (Jablonski; Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982). Rubber dams are useful in preventing the swallowing of instruments or restorations during dental work.	Rubberdam,Dam, Rubber,Dams, Rubber,Rubber Dam,Rubberdams