Dental cutter

Abstract

A dental cutter includes a cutter head adapted for attachment to a shaft, the head being provided with a plurality of cutting edges, the cutter head including two cross-cuts which are respectively formed helically at the cutter head, wherein the two cross-cuts extend with an opposite twist.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the following, the present invention is described on the basis of an example in combination with the drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is an illustration of a cutter head according to the invention.

Claims

1. A dental cutter comprising: a cutter head adapted for attachment to a shaft, said cutter head being provided with a plurality of cutting edges;said cutter head comprising two cross-cuts which are respectively formed helically at said cutter head, wherein said two cross-cuts extend with an opposite twist.

2. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said two cross-cuts extend helically.

3. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said two cross-cuts are formed with an equal pitch.

4. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said two cross-cuts are formed with a differing pitch.

5. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 including a helical cross-cut in said cutter head.

6. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 including a plurality of cross-cuts being parallel to each other.

7. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutting edges are interlocked straight.

8. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutting edges are interlocked with a right-hand twist.

9. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutting edges are interlocked with a left-hand twist.

10. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutter head is cone-shaped.

11. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutter head is spherical.

12. A dental cutter as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutter head is cylindrical.

13. A dental cutter comprising: a shaft;a cutter head attached to said shaft, said cutter head being provided with a plurality of cutting edges (2);said cutter head comprising a plurality of cross-cuts which are respectively formed helically at said cutter head, wherein said cross-cuts extend with an opposite twist.