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A drill forms a dental implant fixture socket having an ovular cross section with a series of tapering tiers that are widest near the gumline and narrowest near the root. The drill may have laterally oriented opposed drill points each having an ovoid or conical shape. Mechanical transmission elements operatively connect the gears to a dental hand piece. A plurality of differently sized drill point pairs can be provided along the length of a framework to allow a multi-tiered socket to be formed in a single drilling pass. An implant fixture may have a generally ovular or non-circular cross section having a plurality of tiers that successively narrow in a direction from the gumline region toward root region. The tiers are adapted to fit snugly with the resulting socket tiers formed by the drill. The fixture can be adapted to receive abutments.
1. A drill assembly for forming a dental implant socket in a jawbone comprising:
a first pair of opposed drill points that rotate laterally along a first axis substantially transverse to a vertical axis taken along a direction of drilling into the jawbone, each drill point having a drill tip, and the two drill tips of the first pair of opposed drill points defining therebetween a maximum width;
a framework that supports the first pair of drill points, the framework including a mounting that engages a hand piece; and
a second pair of opposed drill points that rotate laterally along a second axis substantially transverse to the vertical axis and substantially parallel to the first axis, the second pair of opposed drill points supported by the framework and located further from the mounting along the framework than the first pair of opposed drill points, each drill point having a drill tip, and the two drill tips of the second pair of opposed drill points defining therebetween a maximum width, wherein
the maximum width of the first pair of opposed drill points is greater than the maximum width of the second pair of opposed drill points.
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9. A drill assembly for forming a dental implant socket in a jawbone, the drill assembly comprising:
a fixture configured for connection to a hand piece;
a first pair of opposed drill points adapted to rotate about a first axis, the first axis about which the first pair of opposed drill points rotates is orthogonal to a direction of drilling into the jawbone;
a second pair of opposed drill points adapted to rotate about a second axis that is parallel to the first axis and spaced from the first axis along the direction of drilling into the jawbone and;
at least one transmission element connecting the fixture to the first pair of opposed drill points
the first pair of drill points has a maximum width,
the second pair of drill points has a maximum width, and
the maximum width of the second pair of drill points is less than the maximum width of the first pair of drill points.
10. The drill assembly of
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13. The drill assembly of
a framework that supports the first pair of drill points and the at least one transmission element; and
a tip attached to the framework, wherein the tip is adapted to be received in a pilot hole formed in the jawbone.
14. The drill assembly of
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16. A drill assembly for forming a dental implant socket in a jawbone, the drill assembly comprising:
a fixture configured for connection to a hand piece;
a first pair of opposed drill points adapted for rotation about one or more first axes that are each orthogonal to a direction of drilling into the jawbone, the first pair of opposed drill points defining a maximum width;
a second pair of opposed drill points adapted for rotation about one or more second axes, wherein the one or more second axes are each parallel to and spaced from the one or more first axes along the direction of drilling into the jawbone, the second pair of opposed drill points defining a maximum width and;
at least one transmission element connecting the fixture to the first pair of opposed drill points
the maximum width of the first pair of opposed drill points is greater than the maximum width of the second pair of opposed drill points such that the dental implant socket formed by the drill assembly has a series of tapering tiers.
17. The drill assembly of
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to dental implants and drills for forming sockets for receiving the anchor section of such dental implants.
2. Background Information
Dental implants have been employed for generations to replace lost and damaged teeth. In general, most modern dental implants consist of a fixture that is screwed or press-fit into a socket that has been drilled or carved into the patient's jawbone. The size of the fixture varies in accordance with the location and anatomy of the mouth. The fixture is held in place by friction or adhesive. Many modern implant fixtures include a surface having a generalized texture and/or ridged surface. This allows for eventual osseointegration—that is, the patient's bone grows into and around the fixture to more permanently secure it to the jawbone.
The fixture may include a cylindrical or conical abutment that projects upwardly from the socket to provide a mounting point for an artificial crown or bridge. Such an abutment may be integral with the fixture, or more commonly, is separately attached to the implant fixture using fasteners, such as screws. The implant fixture may have a polygonal socket with a threaded bottom that ensures proper rotational orientation for the inserted abutment and, hence, proper orientation for the crown or bridge that is seated on the abutment. The crown or bridge simulates the actual tooth or teeth being replaced. The crown or bridge can be attached to the abutment by a variety of techniques including adhesives.
A common disadvantage of current implants is that the socket formed in the fixture is either too small in diameter (in the case of a drilled and threaded fixture) or too large in diameter (in many press-fit fixtures). In general, natural tooth sockets in the jawbone tend to be ovular, and a round hole either underfills or overfills this area. Thus, where the diameter is too small, the fixture may not fully fill the original tooth socket and/or may not be firmly attached. Conversely, the circular hole that must be drilled in the jawbone (in the tooth socket) to accommodate a larger, round cross-section fixture may cause the walls of the jawbone to be overly thinned in places, leading to possible failure of the bone. U.S. Pat. No. 5,785,525, entitled DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM, by Weissman contemplates the formation of implants having a non-round cross section. A non-circular shape better conforms to the actual shape of a socket of the tooth. However, forming a non-circular hole having a depth and size that accurately reflects the volume and desired of the implant is quite difficult. In general, non-circular holes are formed using a broaching technique, in which a linear drill is driven using hammer blows into the jawbone. The possibility of overdrilling and/or fracture is always present in this technique. In addition, Weissman creates straight non-circular holes without a varying cross section along their lengths. A natural socket is tapered inwardly from the gumline to the root. By removing a large quantity of material near the root, the risk of infection and weakening of the jawbone is increased.
It is, thus, desirable to provide a system and method for forming a receiving socket for a dental implant that avoids the disadvantages of the prior art. A drill that more easily and accurately creates such a socket is desirable and the implant fixture received by the socket should more naturally conform to the contours of the original tooth socket. Also, it is desirable to provide a system that allows for immediate replacement of the tooth following tooth extraction.
This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a drill for forming a dental implant fixture socket that has an ovular cross section with a series of tapering tiers that are widest near the gumline and narrowest near the root. The drill comprises one or more pairs of laterally (transverse to the downward-drilling direction) oriented opposed drill points each having a half-ovoid or conical shape, although a variety of shapes can be employed. More particularly, each drill point in a pair tapers in an opposite direction with respect to the other drill point, with both rotating upon an axle operatively connected to a central drive gear within a narrow central framework. The axle is oriented perpendicular to the downward drilling direction. By changing the direction of the drilling axis from vertical rotation to horizontal rotation allows the creation of anatomical oval shape drill hole/socket aligned appropriately in buccal-lingual and mesial-distal directions. The framework includes a bottom stop that sets the downward limit and guides the travel of the drill into a predrilled pilot hole. A series of gears or other mechanical transmission elements operatively connects the drive gear to a dental hand piece. A plurality of differently sized drill point pairs can be provided along the length of the framework to allow a multi-tiered socket to be formed in a single drilling pass. The pairs are connected via gears or other transmission elements. The points can is be adapted to counter-rotate with respect to adjacent pairs to assist in discharging material.
An implant fixture for insertion into the socket formed by the drill can comprise a generally ovular or non-circular cross section having a plurality of tiers that successively narrow in a direction from the gumline region toward root region. The tiers are adapted to fit snugly with the resulting socket tiers formed by the drill. The implant is adapted to press fit into the formed socket. The implant fixture can include a textured surface for bone growth thereinto and a polished ring near the gumline. The fixture can be adapted to receive abutments using fasteners or other attachment systems. Each tier of the fixture can include a series of separate, parallel ringlets to aid in forming a secure fit.
The drill and implant fixture of this invention make possible the immediate placement of an implant following tooth extraction.
The invention description below refers to the accompanying drawings, of which:
The upper portion includes a main bevel gear 122 that rotates about the vertical axis 116. This gear is fixed to the shaft 110. Note that appropriate bearings can be provided to this and other rotating components described herein to facilitate low-friction, low-wobble operation. The main bevel gear engages a lateral bevel gear 124 mounted on a lateral axle 126 that passes through, and is supported by, the sides of the framework upper portion 118. The lateral axle 126 is oriented along a first transverse axis 128 that is perpendicular with respect to the vertical (downward drilling direction) axis 116. The lateral bevel gear is fixedly attached to a first straight cylindrical gear 130 that is located on the axle 126. Thus, when the lateral bevel gear 124 rotates, it rotates the straight gear 130. An idling bevel gear 132 is provided on the side opposite the lateral bevel gear. This idling gear rotates freely with respect to the lateral bevel gear 124 and straight gear 130. In this manner, the idling gear 132 provides force balance to the gear train as it rotates contra to the lateral bevel gear 124 and straight gear 130. In alternate embodiments, the idling bevel gear can be omitted.
The straight gear 130 transmits rotation to an intermediate or second straight gear 134 mounted on an axle 136 centered on a second lateral axis 138 below the first lateral axis 128. The diameter of the first straight gear 130 and diameter of the second straight gear 134 collectively determine the rotational speed of each drill point in the assembly, as described generally below. The second straight gear 134 passes in a space between the enlarged enclosure of the framework upper portion 118 into the narrowed drill section 139 of the framework. The second straight gear 134 interconnects with a third straight gear 140 that is fixedly attached to an upper set of laterally opposed drill points 150 and 152 via an axle 220 that passes between the third straight gear 140 and each of the drill points. These points 150, 152 and the gear 140 all rotate on a third lateral axis 142. Note that the drill points herein are constructed from an acceptable material with an appropriate cutting surface. In this embodiment, the points all have conventional spiral cutting teeth (oriented in the proper direction for rotation) and are formed from hardened steel alloy. However, use of various surface textures and materials (tungsten carbide, diamond, etc.) is expressly contemplated according to alternate embodiments. Each of the points has a conical or half-ovoid shape as shown. The resulting socket formed by this shape is described further below.
A center set of drill points 160 and 162 rotates on an axle 222 about a fourth lateral axis 164. The axle 222 passes through the framework and is fixedly attached to each point 160, 162 and to a fourth straight gear 166. Rotation is transmitted from the third straight gear to the fourth straight gear, and thus, to the center drill points 160, 162.
A fifth straight gear 168 is mounted in engagement with the fourth straight gear 166. This gear is fixedly attached to the axle 224 that passes through the framework and is fixedly attached to the lower set of drill points 170, 172. This set and gear rotate about the fifth lateral axis 174.
Each set of points 150 and 152, 160 and 162, 170 and 172, respectively, is successively smaller in width W1, W2, W3 and Maximum diameter D1, D2, D3. The respective straight gear 140, 166 and 168 has an average (meshing) diameter that is slightly larger that the maximum point diameter. Thus, the points are closely spaced along the vertical axis 116, but do not touch.
As will be discussed further below, the drill section 139 of the framework is sized so that it is no wider than the maximum diameter (D1, D2, and D3) of the adjacent drill points. Similarly, the maximum lateral width W (
The bottommost tip of the drill section 139 includes a pilot tip 180 aligned with the vertical axis 116. The tip has a diameter approximately the same as, or slightly smaller than the width W. The tip has a length that is set based upon the desired distance between the lower drill points 170, 172 and bottom of a pilot hole (described below). The tip 180 can have a variety of shapes including be cylindrical, or frustoconical (tapered) as shown. While the illustrative embodiment shows an exposed gear train, any part, or all, of the framework can be enclosed and appropriate seals can be provided to maintain isolation between gears and the outside environment.
Having described the general structure of the drill assembly 100 in accordance with an illustrative embodiment, reference is now made to
After completing the pilot hole 316, the pilot drill 310 is removed from the jawbone 318, and the drill assembly 100 is attached to the hand piece 312. A separate hand piece/adapter can be employed where appropriate. The hand piece includes an integral or retro-fitted (as shown in
Referring further to
As shown, the points 170, 172 create a stream of ejected material 440 that is driven out of the socket by rotation of the points combined with their spiral cutting head shape.
Referring to
Finally, in
The implant fixture 700 is shown in further detail in
The implant also includes an open top end 760 for receiving an abutment (described further below). The top end includes an enlarged frustoconical well and a central threaded hole for receiving a fastener that secures the abutment into the implant 700. Four evenly spaced (at the major axis 770 and minor axis 772) registration notches in the lip 782 of the well 762 engage corresponding wedge projections (see below) on the abutment to prevent rotation and/or movement of the abutment relative to the implant. The lip 782 includes a polished outer surface 784 formed (unitarily) from the same material as the rest of the implant 700, or applied to the implant. Polished and non-polished surface can be used for the lip. When the polished surface is used, the polished surface reduces the chance of irritation and infection at the gumline and provides better gum attachment and/or shaping. Conversely, as detailed in
As discussed, the drill assembly 100 forms a socket in the jawbone defined by a series of ovular, tiered holes that reduce in size from top to bottom. The implant 700 is sized to be pressed/tapped into the tiered socket with minimal clearance between the seated implant and surrounding material, thereby reducing the risk of failure and providing primary stability. The implant's exact dimension can be sized to accurately conform to the socket. In general, the implant's outer dimension is slightly larger than the surrounding hole to provided added holding strength and stability in a press fit. That is, where the drill points create non-uniform or compound-curved surfaces, the implant can be shaped to fill such surfaces. Hence the series of regular tiered ovals shown herein can, in fact be a more complex shape, particularly at the transition points between tiers. The approximate outer dimension of each tier is shown in
The number of tiers employed for the implant according to this invention is highly variable. In one embodiment, the number of tiers can be based upon the size and root depth of the replaced tooth. For example, where a tooth is somewhat smaller than maximum size, the implant can be sized to include only two tiers (having the approximate dimensions of the lowest 730 and central 720). A corresponding two-tiered socket is drilled by limiting the pilot hole to approximately 8 millimeters, rather than 10 millimeters (or full depth). For small teeth, an implant having only the lowest dimension tier (730) can be employed and the pilot hole depth is limited to approximately 6 millimeters. Note that the implant can include additional tiers as appropriate. Likewise, since the opposing lateral drill points in a set/pair may be sized or shaped differently from one another, any tier the socket, and the corresponding implant, can define a shape that is irregular, thereby allowing it to even more closely conform to the size and shape of the original replaced tooth's socket. In an embodiment, where a portion of the pilot hole remains in the socket bottom, the bottom 754 of the implant (regardless of number of tiers) can include a hole (790, shown in phantom in
In addition, while a multi-tiered drill assembly is shown and described herein, it is expressly contemplated that a drill assembly with only one tier, or two, or more than three can be provided in alternate embodiments. In one exemplary procedure, a plurality of drill assemblies are each successively inserted into the pilot hole, each drill having lateral drill points the proper size and shape for forming a given tier in the overall socket. The terms "drill assembly" and "lateral drill points" should be taken broadly to define a mechanism containing one or more sets of opposed laterally extended drill points that dig out a socket having a generally non-circular shape. Likewise, while a bevel gear structure is employed to translate vertically aligned rotation from a conventional hand piece into lateral rotation, a specialized hand piece that imparts lateral rotation directly to the is drill assembly is expressly contemplated in alternate embodiments. Thus such a drill assembly may omit the upper portion bevel gear structure.
Because the drill assembly forms a highly directional hole and entry of an elongated hand piece into the patient's mouth can only occur at a relatively limited range of angles, it is desirable to provide a mechanism that enables the relative angle of the drill assembly with respect to the hand piece (about the vertical axis) to be varied. This is accomplished using the above-described indexing head 114, shown further in
The indexing head is locked rotationally with respect to the hand piece using one or more locking pins. As shown in the embodiment of
Alternatively, as shown in
As shown in
Finally, as described generally above, the implant fixture 700 is adapted to receive an abutment onto which a crown or bridge is applied. A variety of abutment types can be employed with the implant fixture of this invention. By way of example,
The implant can also receive a so-called "porcelain" type abutment 1800, shown in
It should be noted again that the ovoid socket shape generated by the opposed half-ovoid drill tips of this invention is only one of a large range of possible socket shapes generated by the lateral-axis drill of this invention. In alternate embodiments, the tips can define a variety of cross section shapes that form other anatomical shapes that can be used advantageously to fit implants and other appliances into bone and other materials.
The foregoing has been a detailed description of illustrative embodiments of the invention. Various modifications and additions can be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. For example, the materials described herein are not exhaustive, and any acceptable material can be employed for any component of this described system and method. Further, while a separate pilot hole is provided prior to formation of the socket, it is contemplated that the drill assembly can be modified to simultaneously drill a pilot hole using an appropriate vertically-oriented drill bit. Alternatively, a pilot hole may be omitted in certain embodiments. Also, while a conventional hand piece is employed, it is contemplated that a variety of additional attachments, guides and automated mechanisms can be employed to improve the accuracy and ease of socket formation. In addition, while terms of orientation, such as "vertical," "downward," "upper," "lower," "bottom," "transverse," "lateral," and the like are employed to describe various directions and positions in the environment of a jaw and with respect to the drill assembly, these terms should be taken as conventions only of relative orientation and direction and not as absolute conventions with respect gravity or fixed reference point. Accordingly, this description is meant to be taken only by way of example, and not to otherwise limit the scope of the invention.
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Black light test; Ultraviolet light test
How the Test is Performed
You will sit in a dark room for this test. The test usually takes place in a dermatologist's office. The health care provider will turn on the Wood's lamp and hold it 4 - 5 inches from the skin to look for color changes.
How to Prepare for the Test
You do not need to take any special steps before this test. Ask your doctor if you avoid putting creams or medicines on the area of the skin being studies before the test.
How the Test Will Feel
You will feel nothing during this test.
Why the Test is Performed
Your health care provider may do this to look for skin problems including:
Normal Results
Normally your skin will not shine under the ultraviolet light.
What Abnormal Results Mean
A Wood's lamp exam may help your doctor confirm a fungal infection or bacterial infection. Your doctor may also be able to learn what is causing any light- or dark-colored spots on your skin.
There are no risks. Avoid looking directly into the ultraviolet light.
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I'm not a Wings fan, but I love this choice. Big and tough. 34? Well maybe a couple good years left in him.
I LIKE this, much better than the little lebda little raffie choices from before. The little boys and girlscouts who like the ballet tippy-tappy might disagree. But--I also know there is a contingency in Michigan who would also love to see a Probie back in there, just to spice things up. You know what I'm talking about. Kubina would bring a touch of toughness.
Nothing less than the death penalty, preferably long and tedious, would be appropriate.
Gee....and guess who gets to foot the humongous medical expenses at the over-burdened, stressed-out, local hospital?
Nothing less than the death penalty is appropriate.
Law Enforcement (in general) has used the internet and computer applications like youtube, email, facebook, etc to solve crimes. I don't have any problem with that.
WE need less regulation in this country. NOT MORE.
Can you say...."Death Penalty"?
Thank you thank you thank you for NOT censoring the comments here (like the girl scouts do in Bay City). Thank you for letting these guys vent and speak their mind, whether they're right..or wrong.
Hire someone? Who's supposed to pay for that? Carry your own. The laws need drastic changing to accommodate the innocent, and to make it severe on the animals.
If it was my daughter working in that store, or sons.....or me..... shoot, and don't stop shooting until theyr'e down and out.
The only people upset about this line of thinking, are the intellectual do-gooders; the sweethearts'; and of course, the many many employees from all venues of the so-called criminal justice system, who earn hefty salaries molly-coddling the thugs, while your Innocent daughter is laying bleeding on the ground because the sick system wouldn't allow her to defend herself. What a cruel joke that is.
I sure hope these guys are caught.
This news media's use, and implementation, of selective censorship scares the bejesus out of me. The young ones, and those who've never lived abroad, have no idea of what it's like to live in a country where 'thought police' govern your everyday life.
Can you say...."thought police"?
I would bet that that vast significant majority, would agree with you on this one.
Cops: Good work on this one.
Most people want to see justice occur.
My vote is: since the defendant passed his polygraph, let's flip this around. Let's have the so-called "victim" take a polygraph as well--and see if he passes the test.
I kind of liked the commercial.
I think if there are some folks all riled up about a commercial, maybe they should fast forward to the cool Budweiser/dog commercial, and drink til your elbow gets sore.
thank you djpuppy, i couldn't have said it any better.
Frankly Jen, I find AnnArbor.com to be the most pathetic, politically correct, nauseating source of news and I avoid it like the Plague.
Gee, I can't imagine why.
Ok, I made a huge amount of headway this evening, breaking through the new shell, and figuring out how to avoid so much clicking,double-clicking, to navigate through the new system.
To me, MLIVE still has the same look and feel that I liked before, once I crack through the 'shell'.
But it's not intuitively obvious what one has to do to accomplish this.
For example, if I want to jump between Michigan Cities, and across functions (News, Sports, Entertainment) etc., you have to set your edition which takes you to the locality. So if you want sports or news, you have to move your mouse-pointer to the top-dead center of the screen where the BIG word Sports is. When the pointer crosses over, the word SPorts turns DARK orange. When I 'click' on it, then I'm presented with all of the Sports stories for that locality. YIPPEE!!!! It looks like it used to. The same is true for "News". Wait til it turns dark Orange. Click. Voila!!!! Hurray--
Up until today, I'd click and click and click on either News or Sports to the LEFT. And ultimately get lost and frustrated.
So I just thought I'd chime in to tell you that I've made some progress.


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COLLEGE STATION, Sept.9, 2009 – Fall enrollment at Texas A&M University has reached a record 48,787.
When including Texas A&M's two branch campuses, the total exceeds 50,000. Texas A&M University at Galveston reports a record 1,780 students as of the fifth class day. Texas A&M University at Qatar also has record enrollment – 421.
Current main campus registration exceeds that of last fall by 748 students, but tabulations are still considered preliminary. The 12th class day figure is what is formally reported to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. University officials say those figures will likely change only slightly before the 20th class day, the official period for Coordinating Board certification.
"We are obviously pleased to have so many young men and women – highly qualified young men and women – elect to attend Texas A&M to help prepare for their educational pursuits," Loftin said. "Also, we take special note that this fall's enrollment includes record numbers of students from under-represented portions of the Texas population and that the number of students pursuing master's, doctoral or professional degrees is at an all-time high."
Comparative figures for other top universities are not yet available, but Texas A&M will likely remain at least the seventh-largest university in the nation and possibly move up slightly in such rankings, university officials note.
Texas A&M's freshman class totals 8,098 on the main campus including 580 enrolled through a cooperative program with Blinn College. That exceeds the official total for last fall by five students, which means that, when the totals are finalized, it could be the largest freshman class in the school's history – and certainly will be one of the largest in the nation, officials said.
Graduate student enrollment totals 9,317, a 211-student increase from last year. An additional 505 students are enrolled in the professional DVM degree program at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
A record 6,343 Hispanic students are enrolled this fall, for an increase of 476 over last year, and African-American enrollment stands at 1,621, for a 61-student increase.
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Defender Reiss Noel and goalkeeper Joe Woolley, who both played for AFC Hornchurch in the Isthmian League before moving to Australia, received initial bans from the Australian football association in September and those sanctions were extended worldwide by FIFA on October 30.
Both players have since been convicted of criminal offences after admitting they helped fix matches while playing for the Southern Stars in the semi-professional Victorian Premier League.
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Step 1: Removing The Cap
Step 2: Making the Cap PERMANENTLY Removeable.
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!! :)
Just tried this on the Shark hard wood floor cleaner bottle and it worked!!. Then I discovered the notches that were on the cap of the swiffer cleaner are on the bottle of the Shark cleaner. No problem my husband used a metal file to smooth down the notches and I can now refill the bottle with cleaner of my choice. This was perfect timing. I can't find the cleaner any where in my local stores and Shark customer service was willing to sell me a bottle @ $6.99 with $5.39 shipping fee. I am a hoppy lady :)
So has anyone come up with a good cleaning formula in leu of the Swiffer wood cleaning formula? I'm allergic to it, and it's expensive too.
you might try 2 drops of Murphy's Oil Soap in water.
hydrogen peroxide straight from the bottle, or dilute if you like. I sometimes add a drop of lavender essential oil, or use whatever you enjoy if you want a scent. I've been using it a multisurface cleaner for several years now as I have problems with other cleaners too.
vinegar & water work best for hardwood.
Fantastic!! This was the first item on my google search and I had my Swifter refilled in just a few minutes. What I use for a solution is water and 2 drops of Murphy's Oil Soap. It makes both vinyl and wood shine!
Thank you for this!!! I had a bissell flip-it that I loved but it died, so the swiffer was the only replacement I could find at the time. I've tried using a turkey injector to refill them, a tedious process! This is a much better hack!!!! thanks!
has anyone used the vinegar and water on pergo flooring?
Thanks a million!
it worked like a charm. a little time-consuming but it's worth it. i also rinse out the pads and reuse them a few times. thank you so, so, so much. i love you.
whoo hoo.. thanks .. wonderful...I am so happy that I can do this now.. made it reuseable!!!
AWESOME!!! just used hot water from faucet and a handy tool that opens any bottle of any size. :) BOOYAH!
Ijust did this only I boiled water dipped in cover and took off filled and moped away lol to funny.
Ijust did this only I boiled water dipped in cover and took off filled and moped away lol to funny.
This is a really helpful instructable. Because we had them, and because my husband looks for the easier, faster way to do things, he tried channellock pliers as the water was coming to a boil. He then opened and closed the bottle a few times without snipping off the ribs inside the lid. All told this method, while far less elegant then the one outlined in cpd-trigger's post, took about thirty seconds.
Thanks. This helped me out this morning. Now I can mop :D
You just saved me HUNDREDS of dollars a year buying needless refills for our otherwise-great and much loved Shark Steam & Spray Mop. I've been looking for a way to refill the Shark Energized Cleaner bottle, as we go through them WAY too quickly, and they are expensive! (Even more expensive than Swiffer WetJet bottles.) The 90 seconds in very hot water advice did the deed, after weeks of me trying to figure out how to get that darn cap off! However, unlike Swiffer bottles the cap does not have a few prongs on it. Rather the entire rim of the cap itself is lined with ridges that catch into a locking ring where the cap end meets the bottle right after the screw threads. So I'll have to do this technique each time I want to refill the bottle … but that's no big deal compared to spending anywhere from $6 to $8 for a bottle that lasts at best for 3-4 cleanings!!
Not to worry just did the hint and already had to refill the bottle and did not have to put in boiling water again. Loved this tip
just use a pair of channel locks
Just what I was looking to do! Very cool and easily done! I did the hot water in the microwave instead of boiling. I wasn't dipping it long enough the first few times, so the 4th time I reheated the water and held the top of the bottle in there until air bubbles started to come out and it came off slick as a whistle! Toenail clippers to get the plastic "hangnails" and I am now enjoying my geranium scented, way cheaper, cleaner! Oh, and there are no leaks either (just in case you're wondering)!
P.S. I did try one of those razor blade type carpet knives, but the tabs are so tiny I was more likely to slip and slice my fingers, so I went back to the clippers. I figure if it gets kind of stuck because I didn't get them all off enough, I can reheat again and reclip! Happy swiffering!
Thank you so much for posting this! Along side with the homemade solution i am looking forward to saving buckets of money!
OMG. Can't wait to get home to try this. I sometimes use my mop, like when I was a child, because I don't want to use all the solution up because I don't have the money to buy more at that time lol. Thanks!!!!!!!!
thank you .....worked like a charm :)
i just put some water in a cup and put it in the microwave like ur making tea and then dunked the bottle in it its much quicker than boiling water on the stove and it worked
Wow, thanks this will save me a ton of money!!! :)
Worked great on the Shark bottle too. .
Used vice grips.
KISS method is always the best.
This was so helpful! My daughter bought me one of these and while I really liked it - that dinky bottle of stuff was made to be replaced by only another bottle of cleaner that for the size and price was really stupid. I am super frugal/cheap and this was not going to work for me. Even buying batteries for a cleaning appliance was pushing it for me as was buying 'new' wipes after throwing dirty ones away.
While removing the lid was easy after the 'bath' in boiling water - hint - the lid turns clockwise, the little nubs that lock the bottle to the device were already kind of flattened out, but I clipped into to rim before the twist part and that keeps the lid from locking onto to base. It's not loose, it's just easier to remove.
I added my dollar store cleaner and some water, put a dollar store, washable 'microfiber' towel on the bottom where the velcro is and cleaned away.


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Robert Dallek
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Columbia University
|Notable awards
|Bancroft Prize (1980)
Robert Dallek (born May 16, 1934) is an American historian specializing in the President of the United States. He retired as a history professor at Boston University in 2004 and previously taught at Columbia University, UCLA, and Oxford. As of November 2013[update], he teaches at Stanford University's Stanford in Washington program in Washington, D.C.[1] He won the Bancroft Prize for his 1979 history of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his foreign policy, as well as other awards for scholarship and teaching.
Early life[edit]
Dallek attended the University of Illinois, graduating with a B.A. in history in June 1955. He did graduate work at Columbia University, earning an M.A. in February 1957, and a Ph.D. in June 1964. While working on his Ph.D., he was a history instructor at Columbia.
Academic career[edit]
From 1964 until 1994 Dallek advanced from assistant to full professor of history at UCLA. By 1966, he was a graduate adviser in the Department of History at UCLA and served in that position for two years. From 1972 to 1974, he served as Vice-Chair of the UCLA Department of History. From 1981–1985, he was a Research Associate at the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. In 1993, he was a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology, and from 1994 to 1995 he was the Harmsworth Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. In 1995 he was awarded an honorary M.A. by Oxford University for his work there.
Since 1996 he has been a Visiting Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas and a Professor of History at Boston University. In 2004 and 2005, he was Montgomery Fellow and a visiting professor in the history and government departments at Dartmouth College. Since 2007, he has taught courses at Stanford University in California.
Dallek is a member of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Published works[edit]
- Democrat and Diplomat: The Life of William E. Dodd (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968)
- 1898: McKinley's Decision – The United States Declares War on Spain (New York: Chelsea House, 1969)
- The Roosevelt Diplomacy and World War II (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970)
- Western Europe (New York: Chelsea House, 1973)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979)
- The American Style of Foreign Policy: Cultural Politics and Foreign Affairs (New York: Knopf, 1983)
- Ronald Reagan: The Politics of Symbolism (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984, ISBN 978-0-674-77941-9)
- Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and his Times, 1908–1960 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as World Leader: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered before the University of Oxford on 16 May 1995 (New York: Clarendon Press, 1995)
- Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents (New York: Hyperion, 1996)
- Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and his Times, 1961–1973 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998)
- An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963 (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 2003)
- Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004)
- Lessons from the Lives and Times of Presidents (Richmond, VA: University of Richmond, 2004)
- Let Every Nation Know: John F. Kennedy in His Own Words (with Terry Golway) (Naperville, IL: Soursebooks, Inc., 2006)
- Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power (New York: HarperCollins, 2007)
- Harry S. Truman (Times Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8050-6938-9)
- The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945–1953 (HarperCollins, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-162866-5)
- Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House (New York: HarperCollins, 2013)
Journal articles[edit]
- 'Franklin Roosevelt as world leader', The American Historical Review, 76 (1971): 1503–1513
- 'National mood and American foreign policy: a suggestive essay', American Quarterly, 34 (1982): 229–261
- 'Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam: the making of a tragedy', Diplomatic History, 20 (1996): 147
- 'Tales of the tapes', Reviews in American History, 26 (1998): 333–338
- 'John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Quandary.' American History 38.3 (2003): 36
Essays in edited volumes[edit]
- American perceptions of the Soviet Union, in Abbott Gleason (ed.), Cold War-Cold Peace: Soviet American Relations, 1933–1983 (Boston: Beacon Press, 1975)
- 'Triumphant America in a shaken world', in Sanford J. Ungar (ed.), Estrangement: America and the World(New York: Oxford University Press, 1985)
- When Presidents Become Weak, in Walter Isaacson (ed.), Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011)
TV appearances[edit]
He appeared on The Daily Show in July 2007. He has made numerous appearances on CNN and on public television and radio, including several on-camera comments included in the American Experience's biography, "F.D.R.."
- ^ "Robert Dallek". Harper Collins Speakers Bureau.
External links[edit]
- UCLA Profile
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Booknotes interview with Dallek on Lone Star Rising, September 22, 1991
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Dallek on Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, April 29, 2007
- 1934 births
- Living people
- American historians
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Boston University faculty
- 20th-century American writers
- 21st-century American writers
- 20th-century historians
- 21st-century historians
- Guggenheim Fellows
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professors of American History


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Mercury Patients' Panel tour 'superb' Leicester Diabetes Centre
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Eight members of the Leicester Mercury Patients' Panel have been given a tour of the Leicester Diabetes Centre.
They were shown round the centre, at Leicester General Hospital, by one of its directors Professor Kamlesh Khunti.
The group was given a detailed description of the work and internationally-renowned research led and inspired by Prof Khunti and his colleague Prof Melanie Davies.
Anthony Locke, chairman of the panel, said: "The facilities are superb, not least because of the attractive design and decoration that encourages patients to relax and staff to work with quiet concentration. It provides one of the largest facilities in Europe for first-class clinical research."
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He praised the close working relations between the University of Leicester, Leicester's hospitals, primary care and GP practices. Mr Locke said: "The centre facilitates the rapid progress from basic science and applied health research, and between applied research and implementation. It can ensure the reduction in time from experimental proof into improved care."
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Former New Mexico Lobo forward Cameron Bairstow has signed a contract with the Chicago Bulls. Bairstow was selected by Chicago with the 49th pick of the 2014 NBA Draft. The terms of the contract were not released per team policy.
"We like Cameron's combination as a player with his size, energy and physicality," said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman in a press release. "He is a hard worker who will only get better with time."
Bairstow finished the 2013-14 season with the Lobos by earning All-American accolades from various national media outlets. The power forward's senior season saw him average 20.3 points and 7.4 rebounds while shooting a conference-best 55.6% from the field. He helped propel the Lobos to 27 wins last season, and New Mexico won 106 games during Bairstow's career as a Lobo.
The Australian will join a former Lobo teammate in Chicago in Tony Snell. Snell was the Bulls' first round draft pick in 2013. With Bairstow and Snell, New Mexico had a player selected in back-to-back NBA Drafts for the first time since the mid 1980's.
Bairstow played in the NBA Summer League this month for the Chicago Bulls. He was also part of the 17-man roster invited to training camp for the Australian National Team to participate in the 2014 FIBA World Championships in Spain.


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I , Liam, am achieving my purpose.
I will communicate with those who choose to continue...
THE QUEST is what gives "purpose" to the energy of awareness . It is the Catalyst, when activated by choice, opens the doorway to expansion.
It is the precursor to the many layers and levels of Questions and Questioning.
The conundrum AND the opportunity (to be real) is that the answers and avenues are up to 'you and I'.
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I would love a SIMPLE app that does noting more than allows you to point to a pixel and have the HTML color code copied to the clipboard or a field that you can copy from.
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I found "Instant Eyedropper" (http://instant-eyedropper.com/), but I hate how it has an installer (although prob. not really needed) and more importantly, it stays running in your system tray...
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The Life is Good Company Hosts St. Louis Music Festival in... St. Charles
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So begins today's Press Release of The Day, from the cheery folks over at the Boston-based Life is good, who have some really special and exciting news to announce...
They are bringing their "unique brand of playful optimism" to the 'Lou this summer for "a slice of old-fashioned backyard fun."
To wit, Life is good will host a free music festival right where St. Louis life is at its effin' dandiest...
...in St. Charles' Frontier Park.
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1/4 cup
Hungarian smoked paprika
1/4 cup
olive oil
onion, chopped
1 pinch
ground black pepper
turkey drumsticks
1 (10.75 ounce) can
condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup
white wine
The meat did turn out very tender, but the onions burned to the pan. It was salvageable, but I don't know if this is a keeper.
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Turkey Drumsticks Paprika
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 700
Calories from Fat: 294
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Discussion in 'Literature' started by CeiranHarmony, Aug 22, 2013.
Haven't you read the recent spoilers? The above is being featured in Episode VII.
Well, if habitation spheres were mentioned during the Old Republic, they have been around for a long time, or at the very least the concept of large, spherical stations in orbit has. I wouldn't be surprised if Raith Sienar's original thought experiment was along the lines of "how would you send a habitation sphere through hyperspace" and that influenced the original designs. So, while we think of Habitation Spheres as Death Star shaped, it's really the other way around.
Makes sense. It certainly had "the largest hypermatter ever built" at the time- and I think there may have been text somewhere stating that as of ANH, it was the largest space station the Empire had ever built.
The only reason the Star Tours 2 events are kept vague is that there are multiple scenarios possible in that version of the ride, and keeping out those details allows for all versions to be "true". The original ride only has one version, so it was fully discussed.
The biggest problem is why the DS3 would have the exhaust port, considering they already fixed that problem in the DS 2 by having millions of tiny exhaust ports.
Is 'exhaust port' a euphemism for the Death Star's anus?
read my explanation few posts/pages back of the Lusankya deal done with Death Stars... it makes sense with the exhaust port
The station was still under construction though. I wish they didn't mention it being literally a repeat flaw and just use "it was under construction" instead. It makes more sense with all the scaffolding on the surface.
What do you mean "all the scaffolding on the surface"? The station looks like it was intended to be complete -- the surface run resembles the surface bit at Endor, except that the gunnery towers are complete. There are a few other structures on the surface as well, but they don't appear to be scaffolds, as they're not attached to anything. Moreover, the structures are painted a uniform grey as the surface of the station is: the construction scaffolds at Endor were largely reds and yellows.
The article is a fun little summary of the various ST references over the years (though where the heck is that "they crashed into Vader's TIE after Yavin" bit from?). It did, however, seem like a missed opportunity to finally lock down some details on things that have been hazy like the DS3, etc. But, if that was outside the purview of the article, so be it.
I did like fitting in the state of Rex being boxed for return in ST2 but being new and "tag not removed" in ST1. And wherever it came from the "Reubens Robotic Systems" nameis an amusing detail, hehe!
Still, I've long been pro-canonizing ST's events. The "converted Habitation Sphere" theory being my favorite. Whether it was just mocked up to look like a DS (to lure NR forces into a trap ala Isard's Revenge) or was actually being converted into a sub-DS-like weapon (a planet cracker like the Eclipse, for example) so that some Imperial warlord could use it to rally and consolidate support behind (like the one Grand Admiral that had the torpedo sphere), it doesn't matter. The origins as a non-battle station would explain the exhaust port and different surface details like the scaffolding in the trench, etc.
ST2 is trickier, but you have two perfectly-viable-and-Jello-defying options, as well as third decent one:
1) Choose one thread through events that are canon, the rest made AU ala video games.
or, 2) You tell a story with 3 Rebel spies that have stowed away on different ships to try to increase their chances of escape. Each takes different routes through the chain of events, never duplicating a location. Only 1 of them ends up on the flight with the droids, and 1 of them we never experience their departure in the ride (leaving room for an original story to be told to fill in the gaps).
3) Same as #2 with just the two spies and let the third chain be the AU box with Hoth and Coruscant and Yoda, leaving the easy ones to connect the other 2 with.
The downside to #2 is you do have patch the stranger events like Naboo (not so difficult), Coruscant (a little trickier, but plenty of room for some clever storytelling) and Hoth (admittedly almost impossible, though I would favor ignoring any ST2 supplemental Hoth references and instead just tie it into the Gamme Base attack from Rebel Assault).
#3 is probably the ideal solution, but I still think telling a story around that Coruscant battle would be amazing (some skilled Rebel slicers jack an orbital museum to the dismay of bored Coruscant Imperial ATC supervisors ("We're under attack? By who?! What do you mean, 'the museum'?")- maybe even have a young Isard around to watch it happen, giving her the seeds of inspiration for her Essential Guide to Vessels & Vehicles assault at Fondor in LOTF...), so one can always hold out hope, despite Jello's crumblebun attitude towards the suggestion .
The bit about the ship Tzarina crashing into Vader's fighter is from Star Wars Galaxies. Players encountered a survivor of the crash, who gave them the location of the wreck for salvage. The "spacers" I mentioned are the player characters. A handful of other sources citing Galaxies refers to the player using that term, too. Again, the old Wookieepedia will explain it all!
And yes, as I said before, no original material was really allowed in this article. Any things that seem new are mostly just me confirming some fairly obvious things. Even though the actual date of Star Tours 2 isn't specifically stated anywhere, I narrowed it down based on a number of aspects of the story. Also, the fact that R2-D2 was talking to G2-9T about their time with Star Tours in Specter of the Past was not specified, but based on the text, I'd say it implies R2 recognized the droid, and didn't just decide to strike up a conversation with a random droid. And chatting "about old times" seemed like a nice way to wrap things up, too.
And in case someone asks, no, I don't have any clue what the future brings for Star Wars in the Disney parks!
I think it'd be hilarious if the third Death Star was a project of Warlord Zsinj which bankrupted his Empire and helped fuel the collapse of the post-Endor Imps.
@JMM, thanks so much for writing this article. I am a huge Star Tours fan and I always felt it was canon, both versions.
A few questions:
1. Does the mention of Boba mean that the Death Star is the most canon ending?
2. Why is some random guy Red Leader and not Wedge?
3. In your opinion, what would be the most canon sequence of Star Tours 2 scenarios?
Again, great article, can't wait for more!
"The guns cannons. They've stopped"
It's gotta be a different Red Squadron than the one that fought in the Battle of Endor. Wedge is serving as Rogue Leader as early as one day after the battle (Chapter 1 of Truce), and the Rogues' schedule throughout the next year is pretty crowded with all of the stuff from the X-Wing comics. Leland has placed Star Tours in 4.3 ABY, and Wedge is definitely Rogue Leader at that point.
Well, what I meant was Rogue Squadron, since the Red Squadron in Jedi is Rogue Squadron.
I think after ROTJ, they just made a new Red Squadron after the Reds became Rogues again.
I mean, "Red 24" & "Red 30" implies they were further down the food chain...
I just want to see a new squadron called "Red Rogues" ... now that would confuse things!
That would be the Rouge Rogue Squadron...
Glad you liked it! Some folks have answered some already, but I'll do the same....
I purposely wrote the article to refer to as much of the storyline as I could without making any single scenario canon. Whether I conveyed it well enough or not, I figure that whether you run into Fett or not, he has still been hired and is out there looking for you in any scenario. Along the same lines, when I say that the stormtroopers in the first scene are under the command of Vader, I don't necessarily mean the scene he appears in is canon. He is those troopers' commanding officer whether he's present or not.
As others have said, Wedge was already in command of the Rogues at this point in time. Plus, that Red Leader does actually appear in the old ride on the smaller video screen inside the ride. You can see him here:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Leader_(Star_Tours)
By the way, if I could have done so, I would've named the Red Leader from the ride, maybe with an existing pilot's name.
I wouldn't really want to choose one version, though I suppose some scenes are more difficult to explain or fit into continuity. In the first group of scenes, I suppose only the Hoth battle is problematic. In the second trio of scenes, I'd say the Geonosis ending makes the most sense given that the Naboo and Coruscant scenes include large fleets of Clone Wars era ships.
BUT, none of those is canon, and I don't think I'd ever really want to establish one single "correct" version. It's more fun if whatever version you get to ride on is the right one. I understand the EU need to establish canon endings for video games, but I just don't really see the need with the ride. But then again, I suppose if LFL asked me to, I would.
I actually toyed with the idea of mentioning there was a very large group of fighters, considering we hear such high numbers mentioned. But since those are the only numbers we actually hear in the ride film and we don't really see that many ships flying around, it didn't seem definitive enough. Maybe they're part of some squadron where callsigns don't indicate how many ships there are?
Lucas said that there could have been an earlier conflict on Hoth before the events of ESB, so that's not a problem:
Amusingly, this actually matches up with the battle there in Rebel Assault, though I doubt Lucas even knew about that.
As for the ships above Naboo, they target a group of Rebel fighters (even identified as such in dialogue) and we know the Empire appropriated Lucrehulks after the CW, so there's no problem seeing Imperial Lucrehulks at some point. After all, they used pre-war ships further out in the galaxy and the Lucrehulks work well as military transports as well as civilian.
Yeah, only things that would need explaining are Yoda and the Coruscant ending. In my opinion, Yoda wants to just help the rebels in any way he can and he sends a transmission from his escape pod/hut.
For Coruscant, either its Separatist remnant or Rebels using the droids as a distraction to get the spy down on the surface.
There's a number of problems with the various choices. I'd say either pick the path of the least continuity problem... or go whole-heartedly in the opposite direction. Throw in the Death Star plans, Han Solo meeting a bounty hunter on Ord Mantell, etc.
Except that only the game box calls it Hoth; the game itself only refers to the rebel base (Gamma Base) and implies it's in the same sector as Tatooine.
Yay! Gamma Base! Gamma Base! Gamma gamma gamma base!