Dentistry inventions 11/05

20050260532 - Orthodontic appliance attachment: An attachment for orthodontic appliances, such as orthodontic braces, retainers, or other oral health devices, and a method of removably attaching the attachment to the orthodontic appliances, is disclosed....

20050260533 - Auxiliary elements for the segmented distalisation of the posterior jawbone sector from canine to molar in orthodontic treatment: The element consists of two elements, a mesial segment composed of an anterior enlargement which with its inner base is fixed to the canine by means of adhesive and with its external portion facilitates retention of an elastic element, an arched extension in the shoulder, finished off by a ball-and-socket...

20050260534 - System and method to bioengineer facial form in adults: A method and apparatus are provided for changing the form of the jaw and facial bones of an adult patient that did not develop fully during childhood. The method utilizes a device having a plate body with an expansion screw that fits within the mouth of the patient; flap springs...

20050260535 - Dental instrument with shade guide: The present invention is directed to dental apparatus comprising a toothbrush and a shade guide. The toothbrush comprises a handle portion and a brush portion, wherein the shade guide is operably coupled to the handle portion. The shade guide comprises one or more distinct color shade specimens, wherein the one...

20050260536 - Optically amplified dental shade guide: The present invention is directed to dental apparatus comprising an optical amplification device and a shade guide. The optical amplification device is integrated with the shade guide, wherein the optical amplification device is operable to generally magnify an image of a user's tooth for comparison with one or more distinct...

20050260537 - Dental cast model apparatus: A dental cast model apparatus for the production and manipulation of dental model casts. The apparatus includes a model base having a mould adapted to produce a dental model. The model base is capable of supporting the dental model when formed and the model base is provided with one or...

20050260538 - Equipment for extracting root post prosthetic elements or implants: The invention concerns equipment for extracting root post prosthetic elements or implants, such as an instrument including two lever assembled together by a pivoting and non-intersecting articulation, each of the levers having a handle and an extracting branch extending on either side of the articulation such that when the two...

20050260539 - Disposable adhesive delivery pad for dental articles: A double-stick delivery pad for dental materials is attached to the gloved hand of a clinician. The delivery pad may serve as a holder for materials such as a prophylactic cleaning paste or as a releaseable retention service for small dental instruments in other accessories utilized in procedures other than...

20050260541 - Expandable polymer dental implant and method of use: Systems and methods for a dental implant system suitable for an endosteal implant into a jawbone are provided. The systems and methods make use of an expandable polymer sheath insertable into a jawbone, an implant insertable into the sheath and causing expansion of the sheath upon insertion, and an abutment...

20050260540 - Implant, and method and system for producing such an implant: In a method and system for producing an implant, the latter is designed with one or more surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction of the implant. Two or three production stages can be used. In one stage, either a topography with a long wave pattern is produced by means of...

20050260542 - Arrangement for implants bearing growth-stimulating substance or substances, and one such implant: An implant bears growth-stimulating substance(s), here called GSS, which can be released when the implant is arranged in a jaw bone hole. The release takes place in interaction with secreted, cell-containing body fluid so as to form new bone alongside the implant. The implant is arranged with an outer surface...

20050260543 - Method and device for the retraction and hemostasis of tissue during crown and bridge procedures: A method and a device for effecting the cordless retraction of the gingival sulcus tissue prior to the taking of an impression of a tooth for making a crown or bridge which is attained by controlling any bleeding in the gingival sulcus area, and utilizing a dental dam preferably formed...

20050260544 - Novel device: A device for delivering an oral healthcare substance to the teeth, gingival and/or mucosal tissues comprising a strip of an orally acceptable flexible material with an oral healthcare substance deposited onto it or impregnated into its bulk, capable of adhesion to a tooth surface but with the adhesion function being...

20050255421 - Orthodontic hand tool system: A system of tools for use in an orthodontic setting made up of a series of individual tools. Each tool comprises a pair of flat, generally elongated arms placed in an adjacent lengthwise relationship and connected at each first ends in a manner so as to force the remaining portions...

20050255422 - Orthodontic bracket and clip: An orthodontic bracket assembly has a bracket having base with a mounting portion for attachment to a patient's tooth, and a plurality of arms forming a bracket slot to receive a rectangular archwire. A clip can be removably inserted into the bracket slot along the axis of the bracket slot...

20050255424 - Dental device for the investigation of the optical properties of tooth tissue: In a dental device for the investigation of the optical properties of tooth tissue, in particular for the recognition of caries, plaque, bacterial infection, concretions and tartar, having a generator for generating an excitation radiation, which is to be directed onto a tooth tissue region to be investigated, a radiation...

20050255423 - Dental system for the investigation of the optical properties of tooth tissue with optical investigation device and calibration means: A calibrator is provided for carrying out a calibration of an investigation device, which has means for the generation of an excitation radiation, which is to be directed at a tooth tissue region to be investigated, a radiation detector and radiation evaluation for the detection and evaluation of a response...

20050255425 - Mixing tip for dental materials: A tip (10) for the dispensing of materials includes a housing (11) having first and second chambers (12, 13) contained therein. The chambers (12, 13) communicate with a mixing reservoir (19) and a hollow barrel (21). The hollow barrel (21) has an output orifice (51) and is in fluid communication...

20050255426 - Switching device for irrigation fluids in a dental handpiece: A switching device for an irrigation line includes two flexible supply tubes (4a, 4b), each of the tubes connecting a flask containing an irrigation fluid to a handpiece via a peristaltic pump. The device includes at least one compression element (34a, 34b) and control members (32) which can apply the...

20050255427 - Dual motor oral hygiene device: An oral hygiene device is disclosed having at least two motors to simultaneously vibrate and impart motion upon the head portion of the oral hygiene device, most beneficially at the tip. A first motor is positioned in the handle portion of the device to impart a first frequency of movement...

20050255428 - Dental insert and method of tooth restoration: A device for creating interproximal contacts of restorations placed between posterior and anterior teeth comprising a single or plurality of dental inserts which is sized and dimensioned and can be inserted into unset restorative material and compacted so as to exert lateral forces in the interproximal areas of tooth preparations...

20050250068 - Low insertion effort fastener with offset for wing: A resilient clip for engaging a structure and having a body portion with a pair of top flanges and a pair of abutting coupling flanges. Each of the abutting flanges has an engagement surface and an engagement member, which engages the mounting structure. The elastic abutting flanges also have a...

20050250069 - Refractory die with pin and sleeve for teeth restoration: A refractory die removably mountable to a base with a model die for use in producing a crown or veneer to be attached to a tooth to be restored. The model die, produced from die stone, is removably mounted to the base with a portion of the model die corresponding...

20050250070 - Powder applicator for teeth: The present invention provides an orientation independent apparatus for applying a uniform coating of a dental powder as well as a method of operating the orientation independent apparatus. The present invention can be used in the preparation of a replica tooth during restorative dental work. Included in the present invention...

20050250071 - Soft saliva ejector: A soft disposable ejector tip 2 that can match the various contour of the mouth cavity is attached to a chamfer shape copper wire reinforced tube end 3. This tube is attached to a metal holder with finger control level to regulate the negative vacuum pressure needed to extract saliva...

20050250072 - Implant part for a dental implant: In a dental implant comprising a mounting post, a crown supported on the mounting post and a spring element supported between the mounting post and the crown so that the crown is movable within limits in axial direction relative to the mounting post against the force of the spring element,...

20050250073 - Reversible screw blockage, with application to the attachment of prosthetic abutments to dental implants: We describe systems and methods that allow absolute security of the stability of screwing by screws when access to said screw is possible neither from the side nor from beneath. Said stability is achieved in a reversible way in the sense that unscrewing can easily be performed without breaking when...

20050250074 - Dental implant comprising an anchoring head and a screw element: The invention relates to a dental implant (1) comprising an anchoring head (2) for a structural part (15), and a screw element (3) having a thread root (8) and a self-cutting external thread (9). The thread root (8) and the external thread (9) form three succeeding sections from the crest...

20050250075 - Method for preparing a physical plaster model: The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted...

20050250076 - Attachment for resurfacing tool: An attachment for a dermal resurfacing tool. A cap has a wall defining a volume and a porous mass attached thereto. The cap may engage a head of the tool....

20050244768 - Device and method for applying an abutment force between dental appliance and teeth: A method and device for facilitating the secure bonding of such appliances to the teeth by the application of a suitable abutment force external to and independent of an indirect bonding tray or the like used in connection with such bonding....

20050244769 - Protraction headgear: In a facebow which overcomes the adverse effects and limitations of current designs by rotating the maxilla in a downward and forward direction, which assists in correcting anterior open bites, this being accomplished by a design that produces forces above the center of resistance of the maxilla and parallel to...

20050244770 - Flexible dimension crown shells: A temporary or long-term provisional crown includes a shell having a top wall defining an occlusal surface, a buccal sidewall, a lingual sidewall, and opposite mesio-distal sidewalls, connected to the top wall and buccal and lingual sidewalls and spaced apart to define a central cavity to fit over a prepared...

20050244772 - Orthodontic brackets made from polymeric materials that impart desired strength properties: Orthodontic brackets are manufactured from at least one type of crystalline polymer that enhances the physical properties of the brackets. In one aspect, orthodontic brackets according to the invention may comprise at least one type of polyaryletherketone or crystalline polyamide. Fibers, fillers, flow additives and other components may be added...

20050244771 - Self-ligating orthodontic brackets comprising a fiber-reinforced polymeric material: A self-ligating orthodontic bracket includes a bracket base, an arch wire slot in the bracket base, and a ligation cover. The bracket base and the ligation cover comprise a polymer resin reinforced with c-glass fibers. The cover is hingedly connected to the bracket base and rotatable relative to the bracket...

20050244773 - Self-ligating orthodontic brackets comprising a filled and fiber-reinforced polymeric material: A self-ligating orthodontic bracket includes a bracket base, an arch wire slot in the bracket base, and a ligation cover. The bracket base and the ligation cover comprise a polymer resin reinforced glass or ceramic fibers, and further comprising a particulate filler. The cover is hingedly connected to the bracket...

20050244775 - Molar orthodontic brackets having a hinged bracket cover: Self-ligating molar orthodontic brackets are used to terminate an arch wire during an orthodontic procedure. The molar orthodontic brackets include a bracket base, an arch wire slot in the bracket base oriented toward the occlusal edge of a tooth during use, and ligation cover selectively movable between an open, non-ligating...

20050244774 - Orthodontic bracket system comprising multiple brackets having multiple aligned slots: An orthodontic bracket system includes a plurality of orthodontic brackets, each bracket sized and configured to be placed on a particular tooth of a patient during an orthodontic treatment procedure. Each bracket includes at least two arch wire slots that lie in different planes. The arch wire slots are positioned...

20050244776 - Orthodontic brackets with temporarily visible marking features: Self-ligating orthodontic brackets include a marking system for identifying which tooth or subset of teeth a specific bracket within a set of non-identical brackets pertains and/or for assisting in aligning a bracket on a tooth. The bracket includes a temporarily visible mark that is visible during placement of the bracket...

20050244777 - Buccal tube having flared mesial and distal ends: The invention is a buccal tube for securing an orthodontic wire to a tooth. The device includes a base or flange for attaching to a tooth and one or more tubes fixed to the base, each tube having a bore for receiving an arch wire. The tube bore includes mesial...

20050244778 - Adjustable bite ramps for deep bite correction and kits incorporating bite ramps: An adjustable bite ramp includes a tooth-attachment element and ramp element. The tooth-attachment element is sized and configured for bonding to the lingual surface of a person's tooth, while the ramp element is hingedly or bendably adjustable relative to the tooth-attachment element. The ramp element provides a ramp at a...

20050244779 - Method of correcting a deep bite condition using adjustable bite ramps: A method of treating a deep bite condition comprises attaching one or more adjustable bite ramps to a patient's teeth in order to engage the corresponding teeth of the opposite dental arch when the patient's mouth is closed. The engagement between the bite ramp and the corresponding tooth of the...

20050244780 - Torque spring for double wire orthodontic treatment: A torque spring includes two curved arch wire portions that are configured to engage secondary arch wire slots of brackets attached to at least a person's canines and bicuspids on either side of a person's incisors. The torque spring also includes two or more bent regions between the curved arch...

20050244782 - Method and system for incrementally moving teeth: A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally reposition the teeth from an initial tooth arrangement, through a plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements, and to a final tooth arrangement. The system of...

20050244781 - Orthodontic treatment method for concurrent correction of multiple conditions: A treatment method that can be used to concurrently correct multiple malocclusion conditions. The method involves attaching a set of orthodontic brackets onto a person's teeth, each bracket having at least two arch wire slots. Two or more auxiliary orthodontic devices that concurrently move teeth in multiple ways are then...

20050244783 - Dental impression tray with impression material retainer: A dental impression tray comprises a trough for receiving dental impression material and at least one retainer on at least a portion of an inner surface of the trough. The retainer comprises a plurality of anchoring elements, each of which comprises a first end, a second end, and an arc...

20050244784 - Dental material container with porous flow through applicator: A dental nozzle, cartridge, capsule or container having a porous or foam flow through applicator connected at the discharge end thereof; and having a body portion containing or receiving a low viscosity dental material. In one form, a displaceable plunger or piston is disposed within the body portion to extrude...

20050244785 - Rotary dental file having a safe breakage point: An endodontic file (6) including a discontinuity (18) formed within the file shank (7). The discontinuity (18) creates a safe breakage point at which the file (6) will fail prior to a failure occurring at any other point along the length (11) of the file. The safe breakage point prevents...

20050244786 - Dental finishing device: A dental finishing device for the finishing, polishing or reduction of a tooth or tooth filling material having an elongated flexible strip with a curved shape along the length of the flexible strip. An abrasive coating is disposed on the surface of the flexible strip forming an abrasive portion on...

20050244787 - Dental matrix positioned by slidably engaged matrix retainer: A device is disclosed for applying and holding a dental matrix strip against the side of a tooth which is to be filled. An embodiment of the device comprises a split ring that slidably receives a matrix. The split ring in this embodiment can have cushions on its ends sized...

20050244788 - Plastic tip system: A pre-packaged, sterilized, single-use dental scaler tip, to be supplied to dental professionals, is used with an insert for an ultrasonic dental scaler. The single-use tip is employed for maintenance and preventive care for patients with titanium and other dental implants. The tip is packaged individually and sterilized by gas...

20050244789 - Aesthetic dental implant fixture and abutment system: A dental implant fixture and abutment system for use in restorative dental surgery comprises a thin coating, preferably of gold, applied to certain regions of the implant fixture and to certain regions of the abutment post, so as to mask or camouflage the unattractive dark root and crown appearance of...

20050244791 - Interproximal reduction treatment planning: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying a digital model of a patient's teeth by determining interproximal information associated with each tooth; and annotating a graphical representation of the model of the tooth to provide a visual display of the interproximal information....

20050244790 - Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances to teeth: A method of indirect bonding and a physical model that allows for optimal positional alignment of orthodontic appliances on a patient's teeth is disclosed. The physical model of the patient's teeth has pods and ridges on the facial surface of the teeth. Adhesive is applied to an orthodontic appliance and...

20050244793 - Dental appliance and method for making: A method for making a dental appliance is disclosed, including affixing a first blank piece of material to a second blank piece of material forming a combined blank. The first blank piece of material is substantially softer than the second blank piece of material. The combined blank is then placed...

20050244792 - Ultrasonic tooth whitening system: A tray for containing a tooth whitening gel such as hydrogen peroxide in various forms, similar active agents and agents of a proprietary nature is equipped with a single, external ultrasonic transducer. A parabolic reflector directs the ultrasound to the teeth. The ultrasound drives the whitening gel into the tooth...

20050244794 - Computer-implemented system and method for automated and highly accurate plaque analysis, reporting, and visualization: A computer-implemented system and method of intra-oral analysis for measuring plaque removal is disclosed. The system includes hardware for real-time image acquisition and software to store the acquired images on a patient-by-patient basis. The system implements algorithms to segment teeth of interest from surrounding gum, and uses a real-time image-based...