Dentistry inventions 04/07

20070092849 - Reusable multi-piece orthodontic appliances: Multi-piece, reusable orthodontic appliances that include a support assembly to be bonded to a tooth and a corrective assembly adapted to receive an archwire and direct corrective forces exerted by the archwire to the tooth. The support assembly is releasably engaged with the corrective assembly, such as with coupling portions... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070092850 - System and method for positioning teeth: A method to create a digital model of a patient's teeth includes creating an impression of the patient's teeth; and scanning the impression using an X-ray source to generate the digital model.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20070092851 - Implant: The present invention is directed to a threaded implant intended to be screwed into bone, preferably into jawbone, and for tightly fitting a prosthesis, including a spacer portion in the screwed-in position. The implant body has an internal connection arrangement for rotationally locking said spacer, said arrangement also cooperating during... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070092852 - Non-aggressive anchor washer: An anchor washer for anchoring a first element and a second element in relative engagement, includes an annular portion from which there extends at least one tooth that is inclined relative to a central axis of the annular portion, the annular portion being designed for mounting on the first element,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070092854 - Methods for manufacturing dental implant components: A method of manufacturing a rapid prototype overmold for locating a dental implant analog in a modified stone model for use in creating a tooth prosthesis is provided. An impression of a mouth having a first installation site that has a dental implant and a gingival healing abutment with at... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070092853 - Multi-layer casting methods and devices: Described herein are methods for making highly accurate layered dental models from a cast of a subject's oral cavity (e.g., the upper or lower dental arch) that avoid shrinkage or deformation. The methods may include the steps of sequentially preparing the model-forming material, applying a layer of model-forming material to... Agent: Frank Z. Liu

20070092855 - Molding made from a dental alloy for producing dental parts: A molding can be worked by removing material to produce dental parts of improved mechanical properties is provided, the molding consisting of a dental alloy powder dense-sintered by hot-isostatic pressing.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070092856 - Dental and endodontic filling materials and methods: Disclosed are endodontic filling materials and methods. A method for filling a dental root canal may include providing a hydrosetting filling material and inserting the hydrosetting filling material into the dental root canal, the material setting in the root canal to form a biocompatible filling. The hydrosetting filling material comprises... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070087300 - Invisible spring aligner: An orthodontic appliance for positioning one or more anterior teeth in a jaw of a patient comprising a clear labial component which extends over the labial surfaces of the patient's teeth and which has an anterior portion and a pair of posterior portions on opposite sides of the dental arch.... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070087301 - Archwire assembly with stops: An archwire assembly comprises an archwire with a crimpable sleeve adapted to slidably move along the archwire so as to be positioned between two adjacent brackets of orthodontic braces. The archwire assembly further includes a stop applied to the archwire and adapted to limit the movement of the sleeve along... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070087302 - Orthodontic bracket and method of attaching orthodontic brackets to teeth: An orthodontic bracket having an opening for receiving a wire, but without a base to create a lever arm when the bracket is oriented in free space at a customized angle relative to a tooth surface. The bracket can be embedded into or encapsulated by an adhesive that is bonded... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.

20070087303 - Dental handpiece: A dental handpiece (10) of the type having a body (11), a head (13) and a neck (12), is improved by having at least one portion of the handpiece (10) formed by metal injection molding or MIM. The use of MIM allows for improved fabrication and function. According to one... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070087304 - Preloaded dental dam and method for gingival tissue retraction: A method and a device for effecting the cordless retraction of the gingival sulcus tissue that includes a dam shaped to be fitted onto a tooth. The dam having a peripheral wall defining a well. The peripheral wall may be either pervious or impervious to light rays and opened at... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene And Fattibene

20070087305 - Medical or dental handpiece head: Described herein is a medical or dental handpiece head having a head sleeve detachably connected by a screw or threaded connection to a closing cap, and a locking device for locking the closing cap with the head sleeve. The locking device between the closing cap and the head sleeve is... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070087306 - Clamping device and dental handpiece including same: A clamping device for clamping a member to a housing, includes a sleeve unit and a chuck unit having interengaging threads such that both units are rotatably and axially displaceable relative to each other. A spring normally urges one unit in one rotary direction relative to the other unit such... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070087308 - Medical, in particular dental-medical handpiece: The invention relates to a medical handpiece, in the forward end region of which a tool can be put in place, having a mounting sleeve for receiving the tool, having a carrier sleeve, in which the mounting sleeve is arranged, having a drive element standing in driving connection with the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070087307 - Turbine wheel for a gas operated medical handpiece and medical handpiece having a turbine wheel, and method for milling a blade of a turbine wheel: The invention relates to a turbine wheel for a gas operated medical, in particular dental-medical, handpiece, having a plurality of blades which extend in radial direction from a hub and extend in axial direction from a side ring web of the turbine wheel, and the front side of which is... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070087309 - Identification ring having an associated retaining clip, cover and stand: A clip assembly (57) retains a ring structure (35) which contains a plurality of individual color coded rings (7). A hand held tool (3), such as a dental instrument having a shaft (6) may be marked with a colored ring (7) by inserting the shaft (6) through the aperture (64)... Agent: David George Johnson

20070087310 - Dental matrices and clamps therefor: An improved dental matrices and clamp system having a wedge, a band and a clamp that. The wedge has a head portion that is used to receive a force for insertion. The wedge has two sidewalls that taper to a point. The band is attached to the top surface of... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20070082315 - Self-ligating bracket comprising lateral runners: The invention relates to a self-ligating-type orthodontic bracket comprising a closure system that combines a U-shaped clip system with guided rigid systems. The inventive bracket comprises two assembled pieces, namely: a first piece, known as the body, which contains the basic elements of any bracket, such as means for fixing... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070082317 - Atomization apparatus of a washing machine for washing a human cavity tissue: A spray element of an irrigator includes a support shank and a sleeve. The support shank has a hollow channel and an end wall having an inside formed with at least two water outlet holes and an outside formed with a gathering portion and at least two trenches each connected... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070082316 - Device for oral care in showers and baths: A device for oral care in showers and baths has a water issuing member, a structure forming a throughoing passage connectable to a water source and supplying water to the water issuing member, a structure for regulating a parameter of the water supplied through the throughgoing passage to the water... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20070082318 - Instrument for drilling radicular channels: The drilling instrument (10), for cleaning and forming of radicular teeth canals, comprises an end section (11), mounted in a chuck and driven by an electric motor, a distal region (12), a central region (13), provided with cutting flutes (16) and a proximal region (14) with a rounded end (15),... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070082319 - Jaw retention device and method providing the same: Provided is a jaw retention device and a corresponding method for retaining an individual's jaw in an open position during dental procedures. In its various embodiments, the device incorporates a mouthpiece and a handhold object which are interconnected by an elongate member. Both the handhold object and the mouthpiece may... Agent: Martin & Henson, P.C.

20070082320 - Angled implant prosthesis and method of use thereof: The prosthesis includes, initially, an implant and an angled abutment's stump that is affixed to the implant by threading devices, to which a dental prosthetic piece is then attached. The invention is characterized in that the threading means include a threaded lower piece (4) matched to the angled abutment's stump... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20070082321 - Method for manufacturing implant abutments for dental implants, and an implant abutment for a dental implant: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing implant abutments 9 for dental implants 1, wherein the implant abutment 9 comprises a prefabricated base member 8 for joining the implant abutment to the dental implant 1, and a customized main body 15. The aim of the invention is to simplify... Agent: Michael B. Lasky Altera Law Group

20070077532 - Spherical drill bushing for installing a dental implant: A dental tool for guiding a drill bit during a dental implant procedure includes a drill bushing that is pivotally attached to a stent, wherein the drill bushing has a generally spherical surface that directly engages the stent.... Agent: Robert J. Harter

20070077533 - Strips for treating teeth: A device is provided for the treatment of a subject's teeth. In one embodiment, the device includes a treatment agent delivery means and a support means to which the delivery means is attached for delivering and retaining the treatment agent. In one embodiment, the device includes a substratum which is... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070077534 - Blank and intermediate article for the production of a dental prosthetic item and process for the production thereof: The invention relates to a blank for the production of a dental prosthesis. The blank has a frame structure with open-pored cavities. Other objects of the invention are a dental prosthesis produced from a blank and a method for the production of a blank and/or dental prosthesis.... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070077535 - Method for the production of a set of dentures for an untoothed or partially toothed jaw: The method is used to produce a set of dentures for an untoothed or partially toothed jaw for dental care of patients, especially a set of dentures which are to be placed on implants that are to be newly fixed. Initially positioning screws provided with a capping element are inserted... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070077536 - Dental material for attaching a cast metal structure to a metal coping in the preparation or repair of a dental restoration: A dental material composition for attaching a metal structure to a dental coping in the preparation or repair of a dental restoration which includes a component of high-fusing temperature metal particles in a range of between 1-10 weight percent, a component of low fusing temperature metal particles having a melting... Agent: Eugene Lieberstein

20070077537 - 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... Agent: Gary M. Nath Nath & Associates PLLC

20070077538 - Epoxy based oil free root canal sealer: Epoxy-based root canal dental compositions and root canal sealing dental filling systems including an epoxy-based root canal dental composition are described. The dental compositions include an epoxy polymer comprising a plurality of amide monomers, a plurality of diepoxide monomers and at least one fumed silica. In a preferred embodiment, the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik