Dental Torque Wrench

[GettinJunkDone]

One night over dinner, my girlfriend and I realized we had one more thing in common. We each have our own version of a torque wrench. I have mine in the garage, she has hers at the dental office she works at. I've never handled them personally, but from her description they ratchet just like the kind we are more familiar with. I tried convincing her to grab one for me...she likes being employed...

Thought I'd share, even though I know nothing more about them.

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[radrush]

One night over dinner, my girlfriend and I realized we had one more thing in common.

I thought you were gonna say gnarly unpainted garage walls...
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[Rickster]

Yup, they ratchet. Used for dental implants to torque down the post I believe.

 

[GettinJunkDone]

One night over dinner, my girlfriend and I realized we had one more thing in common. QUOTE]

I thought you were gonna say gnarly unpainted garage walls...
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Nope, they are all mine.

 

[GettinJunkDone]

Yup, they ratchet. Used for dental implants to torque down the post I believe.

Exactly.

 

[Monkey Milk]

Tell your girl to ask for them. I work with a lot of dentist and they gave me drills that needed rebuilds after they autoclave(oven) it. But what would you use it for?

 

[Pipe]

That's pretty neat. My girlfriend has her master's and I've spent a tuition on tools. Something kind of similar to you that we toast our glasses to.

 

[Richard Cranium]

thanks, I had never seen nor heard of a dental torque wrench. learn some thing new all the time.

 

[LXCam]

Those are badass, I want some. Don't need it, but want it. I wonder if they'd fit in my mini snap on box?

 

[G_P]

Tell your girl to ask for them. I work with a lot of dentist and they gave me drills that needed rebuilds after they autoclave(oven) it. But what would you use it for?

I always ask my dentist if they are going to throw away any of the tooling they just used on me. I've had many give me picks and small bits that they were going to throw away.

I want one of those string belt driven drills that they used to use before switching over to electric and pneumatic.
I dont really have a use for it, but they just look so cool

 

[captain14]

Yup, they ratchet. Used for dental implants to torque down the post I believe.

Correct I believe the post or stud is where the implant is attached to.

 

[bonneyman]

Dang, my teeth are starting to hurt just reading this thread!

Here's one site that sells dental tools, including TW's. But you gotta log in to get prices - that probably means they're $$$$.

https://www.henryschein.com/us-en/Search.aspx?searchkeyWord=torque+wrench

 

[chruler]

I remember getting an implant and the dentist starts torquing down the implant socket with that distinctive little clicking sound. I have to admit, I though it was pretty cool.

 

[ScottsGT]

I don't want a damned thing from my Dentist. Just brings back bad memories of being on the receiving end of that drill!! Nothing makes my jump out of my skin like a dentists drill or the hydrosonic cleaner they use. I finally had to tell them to quit using it on me since I can only curl my toes up so much.

 

[G_P]

I don't want a damned thing from my Dentist. Just brings back bad memories of being on the receiving end of that drill!! Nothing makes my jump out of my skin like a dentists drill or the hydrosonic cleaner they use. I finally had to tell them to quit using it on me since I can only curl my toes up so much.

I hate the Novocaine needles more than the drills or any other tools. As a kid I've had a few times where the dentist rammed that needle in like they were driving a nail, and I always remember that pain whenever they break out the needle.

 

[merr6267]

I have an implant that replaced one of my lateral incisors.

The process of replacement involved lots of cool tools that I wish I could have nabbed, although I doubt the total cost of the procedure would have paid for more than the hammer or drill bit.
They had to extract the broken root, which involved some grinding, a locking pliers and some leverage against the neighboring teeth.
Then they had to clean out the socket with some more grinding etc.
Then out came the bovine bone paste and the very specific hammer. That was interesting :/.

After 6 months to heal they pulled the gums back and fitted my face with a drill guide and proceeded to bore a 5/16 (roughly) hole in my jaw that reaches just behind my left nostril. Seriously, it was just a regular drill bit that was about 1.3 inches in length affixed to a great little 90° drill that had a very tiny head.

After the drilling there was some irrigation and then out from its packaging came the “implant” (it’s basically a thick wood screw with a hollow threaded section) and one of the little torque wrenches that were shown above (the middle one). The implant was then “gently” torqued into place and a protective cap screwed into it and also torqued into place with another small torque wrench with a tiny little Trox bit. Then a single stitch pulled my gums back together and I was sent home for another few weeks to heal.

The final visit they uncovered the internal threads and torqued the replacement tooth into place. That involved another torque wrench with a tiny little ratcheting head.

The wrench is a flex beam, much like the cheaper ones that we’ve all seen. The difference is that you flex the flimsy shaft, and the rigid shaft contains the pointer, as we’re dealing in single digit inch-pounds rather than double digit ft-lbs.

Tons of fun, and 12 years after the fact, it’s still pretty vivid in my memory.
Yes, I was awake and lucid the whole time. Nothin’ but local baby.

Take care,
Phill

 

[NTxAg]

When we shut down my dad's dental office I took every pair of picks I could find, his sonic cleaner, pliers, etc. His pneumatic tools were new so we sold them, I still have his Xray machine because we couldn't find what to do with it.
Those picks are the best gun tools I own.

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[Jazz1]

I had not seen those but I do know they use a laser imaging system to guide the drill for implant so they get them in straight ahead of torquing them down.

 

[TK-421]

I'm not surprised, a lot of medical tools either have counterparts that can be picked up at a hardware store, or can actually be bought at a hardware store.

When I got my cast cut off when I was a kid I thought it was pretty cool they that they used a compressed air powered cut-off wheel with a vacuum attachment so the plaster dust didn't go airborne.