Dentistry inventions 04/06

20060088797 - Heat sink for dental curing light comprising a plurality of different materials: A dental curing light comprises an elongate hollow wand housing having a proximal first end, a distal second end, a light source disposed at the distal second end of the wand housing, and a heat sink disposed at least partially within the wand housing. The heat sink is in contact...

20060088798 - Light tip for dental use: A light tip has a bundle of optical fibers extending from a proximal light-transmitting aperture to a distal light-transmitting aperture and an opaque sleeve about the bundle. The proximal light transmitting aperture has a first cross-sectional shape and the distal light transmitting aperture has a second cross-sectional shape. At least...

20060088799 - Dental impression trays: Impression trays for taking dental impression of a subject are discussed herein with particular discussion extended to impression trays know as triple trays. Triple trays are so coined for their ability to simultaneously capture the upper and lower impressions and the bite registration of a subject during a same dental...

20060088800 - Saliva ejector: A device for removing fluids and solid substances by suction from the mouth and oral cavity area during dental-medical treatments is provided. The device includes a first tube segment, a first end of which can be charged with low air pressure, and to the second end of which a sleeve-like...

20060084024 - Oral appliance: An orthodontic trainer 1 for assisting the correction of the misalignment of teeth is disclosed. The trainer 1 comprises a base member 2 made of nylon having a generally U-shaped form corresponding to the outline of the jaw of a user and a teeth engaging member 5 that encases the...

20060084025 - Self-ligating orthodontic brackets including a metal ligation cover hingedly connected to a bracket base: Self ligating orthodontic brackets include a bracket base and a ligation cover which interacts with the base in order to provide ligation of at least one arch wire associated with the base. The ligation cover is hingedly attached to the bracket base by a hinge (e.g., a film hinge, an...

20060084026 - Orthodontic methods and apparatus for applying a composition to a patient's teeth: Transfer apparatus is constructed for applying an orthodontic composition such as a bonding composition to selected areas of multiple teeth simultaneously. The selected areas of the teeth that receive the composition substantially correspond to areas of the teeth that subsequently receive orthodontic appliances. As a result, contact of the composition...

20060084027 - Method and apparatus for communicating tooth characteristics and tooth restoration produced thereby: A method and apparatus for communicating specific idiosyncrasies in tooth appearance to be replicated in the fabrication of tooth restorations, as well as a method for creating reference images of a tooth are disclosed. The apparatus contains images of a tooth, wherein categories of specific features are displayed in the...

20060084028 - Dental curing light: A dental curing light 10 has a removable attachment 11 containing a source of illumination 30. The attachment 11 is axially rotatable and means is provided for supplying electrical power to the source of illumination 30 in the attachment 11....

20060084029 - Barrier free matrix band with flash guard: A dental matrix band (1) having a brace extrusion window (4), a flash guard (14) and guard brace (22) which fold to articulate into a conventional Tofflemire-like matrix band shape. The flash guard (14) is secured by the guard brace (22) against the brace extrusion window 4. This serves as...

20060084030 - Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template: A dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth includes digitizing the patient's tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined locations on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets...

20060084031 - Intraoral device: An intraoral device includes a one-piece, flexible, injection molded body made of a single homogeneous material. The body includes upper front and rear flaps, and lower front and rear flaps. Upper edges of the front flaps and lower edges of the lower flaps are sealed by respective upper and lower...

20060084032 - Rotatable dental handle: A dental instrument has a concave central section to facilitate end-to-end rotation during use. First and second ends of the instrument extend axially from the central section. At least one of the ends interfaces with a dental device such as a mirror or tip. The ends are configured for a...

20060084035 - Dental implant: A dental implant including a one-piece base body having a threaded section and a pin on which a dental crown can be mounted. The one-piece base body is made from zirconium oxide or a mixture of zirconium oxide and aluminum oxide....

20060084034 - Method and apparatus for performing maxillary sinus elevation: A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing implants in the upper jaws of a person. A sleeve is inserted through the alveolar ridge to the maxillary sinus. The sleeve is used to raise the subantral membrane and form a cavity. A filler, such as a bone growth stimulant is...

20060084033 - Rotating winged low profile impression transfer cap: An open topped, adjustable wing impression post cap apparatus with a low profile for taking triple tray impressions of upper and lower dentition with the jaw closed. The adjustable winged low profile impression cap has rotating wings to avoid interference with other mouth structures. By aligning a single projection against...

20060084036 - Interproximal cavitation detection device and method: The present invention is direct to a device and method for diagnosis of enamel cavitation of an interproximal dental surface. And in particular, the invention is directed to a device and method for diagnosing enamel cavitation of an interproximal tooth surface that is not visible or probe-able by instrumentation in...

20060084037 - Method and device for simplifying the bonding of porcelain veneers: An apparatus and method for holding dental laminates is provided. A sheet is provided with an attachment means running along the center of the sheet that attaches the dental laminates to the sheet. The sheet may be stacked on top of several other similar sheets to form a pad. The...

20060078840 - Dental orthotic for management of impaired oral functions: An apparatus and method for addressing specific physiological symptoms through distinct combinations of jaw alignment, tongue and teeth interaction is described. A dental orthotic comprising a mandibular orthotic conforming to an user's mandibular dentition used for advancing a jaw of an user forward includes a plurality of contours for adjusting...

20060078841 - Orthodontic appliances and materials for making same: The polymeric shell of a removable dental positioning appliance is formed from transparent polymeric materials having a tensile strength at yield of greater than 6,000 pounds per square inch (psi), an elongation at yield of greater than 4%, an elongation at break of greater than 80%, a tensile modulus greater...

20060078842 - Virtual bracket library and uses thereof in orthodontic treatment planning: An orthodontic workstation stores a library of virtual three-dimensional brackets in a memory. Each of the virtual brackets has a unique three-dimensional configuration and prescription. Typically, the library of bracket comprises a library of commercially available, off-the-shelf brackets. The workstation further includes an interactive treatment planning program that permits a...

20060078843 - System: The invention relates to a method of determination of process parameters of a chemical process carried out in a chemical reactor. It comprises passing a sample of a process medium of said chemical process into a side-loop and isolating said side-loop from the process medium. The sample is circulated in...

20060078844 - Oral care systems, oral care devices and methods of use: Oral care devices are provided that are capable of ejecting an air-liquid combination. In some implementations, the oral care devices include an applicator including a passageway within the applicator for directing the air-liquid combination therethrough; a plurality of brushing elements extending from a base at a head of the applicator...

20060078845 - Device for pushing away a dental element, and method for filling dental elements: Device for pushing away an enclosure arranged around a dental element. When filling dental elements, it is important that adjacent dental elements should come into contact with one another at a defined location. To this end, the invention proposes a tool for pushing the enclosure arranged around the dental element...

20060078846 - Toothferri finder: A device that will accommodate one to find their lost dentures using a radio frequency transponder. The invention consists of one radio frequency transponder that will emit a loud beeping sound that will become faster the closer you are to the lost dentures and a small light that will flash...

20060078847 - Dental implant system and additional methods of attachment: Disclosed in this specification is a dental implant assembly with an abutment head integrally joined to an implant body. The top section of the abutment head a shape formed by a linear wall adjacent to an arcuate wall; a ledge is located beneath the top section of the abutment; and...

20060078849 - Dental splint: A dental splint comprising a plurality of splint posts and a strip interconnecting the plurality of splint posts, wherein at least one of the splint posts has a resin thereon. One or more of the plurality of splint posts may include a removable peel strip for covering the resin. One...

20060078848 - Dental treatment tray comprising a plasticized resin for improved moldability and conformability: A dental treatment tray used to provide a desired treatment is injection molded from a composition that includes at least one thermoplastic resin and at least plasticizer. The plasticized thermoplastic resin permits the dental treatment tray to be injection molded even while having a wall thickness less than about 0.015...

20060078850 - Systems, methods and compositions for promoting oral hygiene: Systems, methods and compositions for promoting oral hygiene are described. According to the present invention, oral hygiene is promoted by the use of a charged solution on the mouth tissue. Inventive methods for producing the cleaning solution includes charging a solution, which contains at least a solute selected to promote...

20060073433 - Thermoforming plastic sheets for dental products: Thermoforming of plastic sheets over a model includes varying the thickness in the area that is stretched over the model so that when it thins it becomes more uniform in thickness. The plastic sheet is fabricated in a substantially uniform thickness but with a preformed a complex profile or 3D...

20060073434 - Silicone elastomerics for orthodontia: An elastomeric adapted to apply constant pressure between orthodontic appliances is formed from silicone. The elastomeric comprises various shapes and configurations. The elastomeric is preferably formed from TUFEL® II 94706, LIM® 6040, or equivalent materials....

20060073437 - Dental appliance sequence ordering system and method: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing dental appliances, particularly orthodontic appliances, to a patient wherein the patient is easily able to determine the order or sequence in which the appliances should be worn. Typically the appliances are to be worn in a particular sequence to provide desired...

20060073436 - Movement of orthodontic objects along a virtual archwire within a three-dimensional (3d) environment: Techniques are described for moving an orthodontic object (e.g., an orthodontic appliance and/or its associated tooth) in response to input indicative of a desired movement of the object along a virtual archwire. The movement of objects along the archwire may be used to generate a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a...

20060073435 - Placing orthodontic objects along an archwire within a three-dimensional (3d) environment: A system automatically determines positions of orthodontic objects, such as teeth and/or orthodontic appliances, along an archwire within a three-dimensional (3D) environment based on a proposed orthodontic prescription. The resulting placement of the orthodontic objects in the dentition predicts a final occlusion that may result from the proposed orthodontic prescription....