Sectioned Artificial Tooth for Veterinary Extraction Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Veterinary practitioners face challenges in tooth extraction, particularly with multi-rooted teeth, due to limited training time and resulting in increased rates of unsuccessful extractions and trauma to animal patients.
Innovation Solution
An animal dentistry apparatus featuring a sectioned artificial tooth with a crown and furcate root portion, allowing practitioners to assess and optimize sectioning approaches, order, and trajectory for extraction, using a base that securely retains and releases each root section for simulation and practice.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If veterinary practitioners perform tooth extraction on multi-rooted teeth without adequate training and sectioning practice, then the procedure time is reduced, but the trauma to adjacent tissues increases and extraction success rate decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus enables practitioners to perform preliminary practice extractions on artificial teeth with realistic root morphology before treating actual patients. This preliminary action allows them to master sectioning techniques and extraction procedures, ensuring higher success rates and reduced tissue trauma when performing real extractions.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates artificial copies of animal teeth with accurate representations of root structures, furcations, and sockets. These copies allow practitioners to practice and perfect extraction techniques without risking harm to actual patients, thereby improving reliability and reducing harmful effects in clinical settings.
2Reliability
If veterinary practitioners are given more training time on animal dentistry, then extraction success rate improves, but the training duration and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is designed to be used independently by practitioners for self-directed practice. The artificial teeth can be repeatedly assembled, sectioned, and extracted without requiring instructor supervision or complex equipment, allowing practitioners to efficiently utilize training time and resources while improving their skills.
Solution Approach 2:
The artificial tooth is divided into separable sections that can be independently manipulated and extracted. This segmentation allows practitioners to practice different extraction scenarios and techniques systematically, maximizing learning efficiency within limited training time.
3Measurement precision
If artificial teeth are made highly realistic with accurate root morphology, then the training effectiveness improves, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The artificial tooth structure focuses realism and manufacturing complexity only on critical areas such as the root morphology, furcations, and socket interface. Non-critical areas use simpler construction methods, balancing manufacturing ease with training effectiveness.
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AI summary
An animal dentistry training and assessment apparatus comprising a sectioned artificial tooth, comprising a crown portion and a furcate root portion, the furcate root portion comprising a plurality of roots; and a base comprising a receiving portion configured to receive and releasably retain each root of the furcate root portion. The sectioned artificial tooth is sectioned into a plurality of sections comprising one or more but not all of said roots of the furcate root portion and part of the crown portion, the plurality of sections being contiguous when the sectioned artificial tooth is received in the receiving portion.