Dentistry inventions 07/06

20060166157 - Compliance monitor and method for a medical device: An orthodontic compliance monitor includes a sensor that senses when an orthodontic appliance is properly positioned and a processor that processes an output of the sensor and generates compliance data. A memory device stores compliance data and the processor generates the compliance data based on a compliance protocol. System and...

20060166158 - Laser shaping of green metal body to yield an orthodontic bracke: A green metal body comprised of metal particles and a binder in the shape of an orthodontic bracket and/or base plate. The green metal body is fabricated by being laser-cut with a laser to shape the green metal body into the shape of an orthodontic bracket, or to carve recesses...

20060166159 - Laser shaping of green metal body used in manufacturing an orthodontic bracket: A green metal body is comprised of metal particles and a binder in the shape of an orthodontic bracket and/or base plate. The green metal body is fabricated by being laser-cut with a laser to shape the green metal body into the shape of an orthodontic bracket and/or or to...

20060166160 - Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances: An indirect bonding apparatus is made by initially placing spacer material over a replica of the patient's tooth structure. A tray is then formed over the spacer material and hardened. Next, the spacer material is removed from the tooth replica and orthodontic appliances are placed on the replica at desired...

20060166161 - Illumination system for dentistry applications: A dental illumination system includes an adjustable self-supporting frame and a lamp head coupled to the frame. The lamp head includes a housing and a spacer having formations that is adapted to removably mechanically couple the lamp head to a reference device, again having formations, for facilitating illumination of a...

20060166162 - Multifunctional dental mirror: The present invention provides a multifunctional dental mirror, which is particularly applicable for use when examining or treating the oral cavity or teeth, and has a configuration encompassing a camera device and an LED light-source device. The light-source device projects light directly onto an intraoral viewing mirror, the light then...

20060166163 - Dental tray: The present invention relates to an improved dental tray used in patterning a diseased tooth, and more particularly to a dental ray for implant treatment. The dental tray is characterized in that a tray main body (1) provided with a knob (101) is made of aluminum, a molding part (102)...

20060166164 - Articulating paper coating dispenser and method: A strip of dental articulating paper is held pincer-like between two biased lateral edges of an outer housing. A grip head overlying a liner protects one lateral edge of the dental articulating paper, with a linear tracing of petroleum jelly formed on the liner adjacent exposed surfaces on both sides...

20060166165 - Dental treatment element: The invention relates to a treatment element which is used to receive dental hand instruments. Said treatment element comprises a base part (1) which is provided with connections (2; 39) and which is used to accommodate the instruments, and a instrument storage place (5; 15). Said treatment element comprises an...

20060166166 - Sponge prophy: A prophy chip comprising a hollow cup-shaped core of canopy (semispherical), cylindrical, cupped, conical, inverted conical, or disk prfile, covered with a hydrophilic grindstone sponge containing a polishing agent, the hydrophilic grindstone sponge side edge either being press fixed by being folded into the interior of the core by a...

20060166167 - Root extraction method and device: The invention relates to a method for extracting a root, which is characterized in that a pin (2) is inserted into and fastened in the root of a tooth. A tension element (3) that is functionally linked with a manually actuated tensioning device (4) is introduced into the pin (2)....

20060166168 - Aesthetic endosteal implant: An endosteal implant comprising a screw (1), suitable for being inserted in the bone, provided in the frontal portion with a baseplate (3) and with a cavity (2), the latter being suitable for allowing the fixing of a prosthetic pillar (6, 6′) and for defining an external edge (10) and...

20060166169 - Fixture for orthodontic anchorage and osseo distraction of the alveolar process, and for the stabilization of temporary prostheses: The invention relates to a fixture for orthodontic and osseo distraction of the alveolar process, and for the stabilization of temporary prostheses. The fixture has an external threading, compromising a treaded part for insertion into a prepared site in the jawbone, and a treaded part, to which pressure may be...

20060166170 - Method and apparatus for disinfecting dental tools during an examination procedure: A method for cleansing a dental instrument during the performance of a probing procedure on a patient as part of a dental examination comprising: (a) obtaining an antimicrobial cleansing device comprising an absorbing medium having an antimicrobial agent supported therein; (b) supporting the antimicrobial cleansing device on the body of...

20060160043 - Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances: An indirect bonding apparatus is made by initially placing spacer material over a replica of the patient's tooth structure. A tray is then formed over the spacer material and hardened. Next, the spacer material is removed from the tooth replica and orthodontic appliances are placed on the replica at desired...

20060160044 - Methods and apparatus for determining horizontal and vertical plane orientation for construction of dental prostheses: Methods and systems for establishing dental bite planes in relation to the relative vertical and horizontal planes of a patient's face and head. A U-shaped bite fork, which can be held by the patient's teeth or gums, may be attached to a connection system that attaches to adjustable orientation rods...

20060160045 - Local and residual application system for in intra-oral medications: A system of application for an intra-oral medication characterized by An applicating cannula having a suitable angle in order to reach any place with lesion in the mouth, and a container having a gel with adequate bioadhesive drainage to be inserted in periodontal pockets and mucosa folds that is screwed...

20060160046 - Air polishing prophylaxis system: A dental apparatus provides a substantially uniform concentration of abrasive material entrained in a pressurized gas to a desired location substantially irrespective the amount of abrasive material in a pressurized container of the apparatus, and resists clogging by the abrasive material. The apparatus includes a control unit having a container...

20060160047 - Apparatus and method for anchoring a dental appliance: An anchor apparatus having a threaded post for threaded engagement with bone, and an upper circular receptacle. An angled support having a lower circular base and an upper female prosthesis receptacle is secured within to the implant anchor, the securing being through lower circular base being engaged with and adhered...

20060160048 - Denture attachment, denture and process for producing the same: A dental attachment is embedded in a denture base so as to attach to a keeper made of a soft magnetic material built in a tooth root by magnetic attractive force. The dental attachment includes an attachment main body which has a magnetic body delivering magnetic attractive force and a...

20060154195 - Shape memory polymer orthodontic appliances, and methods of making and using the same: Described are fixed and removable orthodontic appliances and components thereof fabricated from shape memory polymer compositions. The preparation and use of such appliances are also disclosed....

20060154196 - Self-ligating orthodontic bracket: An orthodontic bracket having a bracket body configured to be mounted to a tooth includes an archwire slot having a base surface defining a base plane and a slide engagement track defining a translation plane. The translation plane is angled with respect to the base plane. A ligating slide is...

20060154198 - 3d dental scanner: Systems and methods for optically imaging a dental structure within an oral cavity by moving one or more image apertures on an arm coupled to a fixed coordinate reference frame external to the oral cavity; determining the position of the one or more image apertures using the fixed external coordinate...

20060154197 - Anatomical mini-illuminator for lingual cavity: Apparatus for the illumination of the vestibular/lingual cavity, having a symmetric couple of retractors for the oral cavity. A set of point-like light sources are distributed on each retractor, the light sources corresponding to respective terminations of an optical fibre which is inclined by a specific angle with respect to...

20060154199 - Wireless root canal apex locator: A wireless dental apex locator (10) for use in determining the location of the apex of a patient's root, includes an electronic module (13) having a battery power source (13a), an impedance analyzer circuit (13b) and a radio frequency transmitter (13c); a grounding module (12) having a clip (15) for...

20060154200 - Apparatus and method for controlling unpleasant human breath odor: A method of controlling unpleasant human breath odor. The method includes the steps of: providing a breath treatment unit that is configured to be hand-holdable by a user; through the hand-holdable breath treatment unit, directing into the user's mouth a quantity of a breath treating substance; and discharging the breath...

20060154201 - Elongate medical handpiece: An elongate medical handpiece having a base part and a grip element at least partially surrounding this base part. In order to improve the construction of the handpiece, the grip element is of at least two grip parts, of which one is releasably connected with the other and/or with the...

20060154202 - Arrangement of two or more implants provided with growth-stimulating substance(s): Two or more implants (8, 9, 10) are arranged in succession in the jaw bone (1) and bear or comprise growth-stimulating substances (25), here called GSS, which, as a function of secretion of body fluid at the implants, are intended to be released and form new bone (11-15) around the...

20060154203 - Dental implants having anatomical emergence: Dental implants having anatomical emergence are disclosed. Such an implant may include a post part adapted to receive a dental prosthesis and a root part adapted to be implanted into an socket formed from the extraction of a tooth. The root part may have a tapered portion having a generally...

20060154204 - Dental implants with improved loading properties: A dental prosthetic comprising an elongate threaded implant adapted to be secured within the trabecular region of a maxilla or mandible. An abutment is secured to the elongate threaded implant and adapted to receive a crown. The abutment and elongate threaded implant extend generally along a common longitudinal axis. A...

20060154205 - Dental implants with improved loading properties: A dental prosthetic includes an elongate threaded implant adapted to be secured within the trabecular region of a maxilla or mandible. An abutment having a first region adapted to receive a crown and a second region adapted for coupling to the elongate threaded implant is secured to the elongate threaded...

20060154206 - Implant and a method for treating an implant surface: The invention relates to a method for treating an implant surface intended for implantation into bone tissue comprising providing fluorine/and/or fluoride on at least a part of the implant surface, and providing, on the implant surface, a microroughness having a root-mean-square roughness (Rq and/or Sq) of ≦250 nm and/or comprising...

20060154207 - Template for veneer application: In one aspect, a method for producing digital models of dental positioning appliances includes providing a digital model of a patient's dentition including teeth; providing a digital model of a veneer covering the patient's teeth; positioning the digital model of the veneer on the digital model of the patient's dentition...

20060154210 - Describing a periodontal disease state: A method of describing a periodontal disease state includes assigning severity diagnoses to portions of a dentition, where the severity diagnoses correspond to periodontal disease states, and assigning numeric values to the portions, where the numeric values correspond to the severity diagnoses. The method also includes obtaining a raw score...

20060154208 - 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 (21) prior to the taking of an impression of a tooth (20) for making a crown or bridge which is attained by controlling any bleeding in the gingival sulcus area (21), and utilizing a dental...

20060154209 - Voice alert in dentistry: A control system having a built-in voice alert system for alerting a dental professional of the time, depth or stage in a dental procedure. The dental procedure may include a dental restoration, dental whitening and root canal procedure. The control system may also include a headphone or other private listening...

20060154211 - Prefabricated pediatric crowns and method of producing prefabricated pediatric crowns: The present invention is directed toward an aesthetic prefabricated pediatric crown used to efficiently treat extensive carious lesions in primary and permanent teeth in children. The prefabricated crown is solidly formed from tooth colored materials, having the ability to provide aesthetics, superior strength, and durability. The present invention also relates...

20060154213 - Integral gutta percha core/cone obturation technique: An integral, one-piece gutta percha core/cone technique employs a thin layer of a luting agent, such as glass ionomer cement with a machined gutta percha core/cone, precisely matches the preparation, thereby reducing leakage and achieving a hermetic seal. Optional cryogenic treatment of the gutta percha material changes its molecular weight,...

20060154212 - Integral gutta percha technique: An integral, one-piece silanated particle impregnated gutta percha core/cone technique employs a thin layer of a luting agent, such as glass ionomer cement with a machined gutta percha core/cone, precisely matches the preparation, thereby reducing leakage and achieving a hermetic seal. The hermetic seal is further enhanced by a mono-block...

20060147868 - Self-ligating orthodontic appliance with clip: An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip with a region for receiving an archwire. The clip also includes a recess for receiving a post of the appliance and for coupling the clip to remaining components of the appliance. The clip includes at least one protrusion...

20060147869 - Method and system for verifying the use of orthodontic elastic bands: An orthodontic elastic band which is dyed with a semi-persistent food-based dye such that the distinction between unused and used elastic bands is evident upon inspection is used in conjunction with a compartmented container, such as a weekly pill box. The compartmented container is used to store used orthodontic elastic...

20060147870 - Vertical buccal tubes with malleable arresting flaps: Universal Vertical Hinge (UVH) made of malleable steel soldered directly on the lingual surface of an orthodontic band, the UVH is composed by an horizontal ground body (3, 5) and two vertical malleable arresting flaps (1, 2). The ground body has got a swelling (4) in its centre for the...

20060147871 - Torqued titanium-based archwire: A torqued archwire for use in an edgewise orthodontic bracket system. The archwire is substantially rectangular in cross-section, is made of titanium-based alloy and has a plurality of segments, including an anterior segment which is sized to cooperate with brackets attached to a person's central and lateral teeth. Positive torque...

20060147873 - Archwire system: The present invention is directed to selection of individual patient archwires by examining the patients inner arch rather than the patients teeth. In particular, a method of archwire selection comprises (a) obtaining a representation of a patient's inner arch curve (a “PIAC”); (b) selecting an archwire shape based at least...

20060147872 - Custom orthodontic appliance system and method: Various features are provided for a custom orthodontic appliance manufacturing or designing system. These include features for inputting of data of patient anatomy and practitioner decisions, features for interactively or automatically manipulating data to arrive at appliance characteristics, and features for affecting design or manufacture of the appliance....

20060147874 - Method and apparatus for selecting non-opacious dental materials: A method and system for selecting dental constructions using translucent materials that match an individual's preexisting tooth appearance uses a set of reference templates. The reference templates are constructed from layers of various translucent dental materials positioned on bases constructed from actual or simulated tooth structures. The layers of translucent...

20060147876 - Apparatus for shaping a dental model: An apparatus for shaping waxed bite blocks for full or partial dentures having a case, a hot plate surface and a heating element. The case includes at least two forwardly inclined side walls and a back wall. The hot plate surface is hingedly connected to the case such that the...

20060147875 - Electric wax chisel: Disclosed is an electric wax chisel. A main body having a shape of hollow cylinder includes a tank provided inside the hollow cylinder. The tank contains wax. A chisel tip having a hole is installed at one end of the main body. A heating member is disposed in the outer...

20060147877 - Dental face bow: Provided is a dental face-bow suitable for use in the dental treatment on edentulous jaw and oligodontia and the like. This face-bow related to the present invention includes a base frame having a pair of left and right side frames along the both sides of the head of a patient...

20060147878 - Water guiding mechanism of teeth cleaning machine: A water guiding mechanism of teeth cleaning machine comprising a center shaft, a plastic base and an ‘O’ shape ring, the major character as following: a stainless-steel head is installed on the front of the center shaft, a bend is on the center of the stainless-steel head, a sleeve in...

20060147879 - Rotary medical or dental instrument: Rotational medical or dental instrument (1), in particular a drill, a cutting tool, a file or the like. The instrument (1) has a shaft (5) for mounting the instrument (1) in a drive part and has an instrument part (2) which is connected to the shaft (5). Marks (6) are...

20060147880 - Tooth implant: The invention relates to a tooth implant including a threaded enossal region 1, a middle region 2 and a coronal region 3, characterized in that the enossal region 1 includes different threaded sections....

20060147881 - Multi-functional dental post: A multi-functional dental post (11) has a transfer coping (13) head, for impression moulding, a core for crown or cap (21) support—with an optional extension filament (12), to fill a tooth root apex; the core can be milled from an integral transfer coping by CAD/CAM techniques....