MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621084511 A) filed by Rishiraj College Of Dental Sciences And Research Centre on July 09, 2026, for Intraoral Dental Device For Measuring Tooth Mobility.
Inventors include Dr. Shubhra Singh; Dr. Brajendra Singh Tomar; Dr. Harshada Somwanshi; and Dr. Tanisha Shrivastava.
The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.
Abstract: An intraoral dental device for measuring tooth mobility, comprises a handheld body 101 formed from a sterilizable medical grade material, a reference contact member 102 to be positioned against an adjacent stable tooth or intraoral structure, a testing contact member 103 is configured to contact a tooth under examination, a force application arrangement 104 is operatively associated with the testing contact member 103 and is configured to apply a predefined lateral force to the tooth under examination, a displacement sensing arrangement 105 is configured to detect movement of the tooth under examination relative to the reference contact member 102, a processing unit receives displacement data from the displacement sensing arrangement 105 and computes a tooth mobility value, a display unit 201 presents the tooth mobility value and a mobility grade corresponding to the computed tooth mobility value for clinical assessment.
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