Dental tool with deformable grip

摘要

A dental tool includes a deformable grip for resiliently conforming to individualized anatomical contours and preferences, thereby providing enhanced user comfort with reduced fatigue. The deformable grip includes a resilient outer sleeve carried on a tool body in a position for fingertip grasping during normal use. The outer sleeve encloses an annular cavity filled at least partially with a deformable or flowable material adapted to undergo substantial localized deformation in response to fingertip pressure for custom fit conformance with the shape of the user's fingertips. In one preferred form, the dental tool is a double-ended instrument carrying a pair of tool components at the opposite ends of the tool body, with a pair of the deformable grips on the tool body proximate said opposite ends for respective fingertip grasping and appropriate custom fit deformation upon respective use of the tool components in the course of performing a dental procedure.