Abstract: A self-cleaning dental mirror tool. The dental mirror tool includes a handle portion, a neck portion, a power pack, and a head portion. The handle portion holds the power pack. The power pack is self-contained within a housing. This power pack comprises a motor, a control switch, and one or more batteries. The power pack is removable from the handle portion. An adaptor is affixed to the end of the drive shaft of the motor. The adaptor engages a pinion having a circular bevel gear. The circular bevel gear engages an annular gearing ring on a rotor assembly having a rotor shaft and a disc to which a mirror is affixed. The mirror may be in the form of a detachable sticker with a reflective surface. In use, the mirror rotates at high speed. This high-speed rotation expels water and debris from the surface of the mirror.

Abstract: Reflective sticker to be applied to a dental instrument. One side of the sticker is reflective, and an opposite side comprises an adhesive that secures the sticker to a receiving surface of the dental instrument. The receiving surface may have any size or shape, and a corresponding reflective sticker may be applied. Similarly, the receiving surface may have any profile, such as generally planar, concave, or convex. The reflective sticker may be flexible and flex to conform to the receiving surface. The adhesive has physical properties, such as thermal resistance properties, such that the reflective sticker is secured to the dental instrument after application and remains attached in normal use, but degrades after an autoclaving process. The adhesive is preferably selected such that the reflective sticker cannot be reused or reattached after autoclaving. In some embodiments, the reflective sticker fully separates from the instrument during the autoclaving process itself.

Abstract: A self-cleaning dental mirror tool. The dental mirror tool includes a handle portion, a neck portion, a power pack, and a head portion. The handle portion holds the power pack. The power pack is self-contained within a housing. This power pack comprises a motor, a control switch, and one or more batteries. The power pack is removable from the handle portion. An adaptor is affixed to the end of the drive shaft of the motor. The adaptor engages a pinion having a circular bevel gear. The circular bevel gear engages an annular gearing ring on a rotor assembly having a rotor shaft and a disc to which a mirror is affixed. The mirror may be in the form of a detachable sticker with a reflective surface. In use, the mirror rotates at high speed. This high-speed rotation expels water and debris from the surface of the mirror.