Dentistry inventions 06/07

20070148609 - Methods of identifying orthodontic adhesives: The present invention provides a method of identifying an orthodontic adhesive on a tooth structure, the method including selectively staining a surface including the orthodontic adhesive or the tooth structure. Methods of bonding and debonding an orthodontic appliance to and from a tooth structure are also provided.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148613 - Dental strip: An elongated flexible dental strip includes front and rear surfaces defining a thickness therebetween. The strip also includes first and second edges defining a lateral width therebetween. A first portion of the strip further is spaced from a second portion along the length of the strip, wherein the thickness of... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070148615 - Ultrasonic endodontic dental irrigator: The present invention comprises an endodontic irrigating system that is capable of using ultrasonic energy for the treatment of a root canal and other dental areas. The system comprises at least one and preferably multiple solution reservoirs. The reservoirs are connected to one or more handpieces, which have at least... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070148608 - Formable sheets for medical applications and methods of manufacture thereof: Disclosed herein is an appliance for use in an oral cavity, wherein the appliance comprises a polymeric shell that comprises a polymeric mixture, and further wherein the polymeric shell has cavities designed to receive teeth. Disclosed herein too is a method for maintaining or repositioning teeth in the oral cavity... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070148610 - Orthodontic appliance with archwire-engaging clip: An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip for retaining an archwire in an archwire slot of the appliance. The clip includes a first section, a second section opposed to the first section and a third section that interconnects the first section and the second section.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148611 - Dental evacuation mirror: The present invention is a dental evacuation tool for being placed in fluid communication with a dental vacuum. The tool comprises a suction head and an elongated tubular handle. The suction head includes a mirror surface, first and second upward-facing intake orifices adjacent the mirror surface, and an exit fluid... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070148612 - Dental impression tray and method: A dental impression tray used in cooperation with at least one impression material for obtaining an impression of a jaw, teeth and gingiva area in an oral cavity of a dentate or dental prosthesis patient and a method of use thereof. The dental impression tray comprises a body, a plurality... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20070148614 - Dental model pouring jig: The dental model pouring jig of the present invention includes a base member that supports a model base support member and a mold support member. The model base support member is secured to the base member and is capable of mounting a dental model base. The mold support member is... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070148616 - Endodontic post and obturator: An endodontic post and obturator comprising a filling material, wherein the filling material comprises a biodegrable thermoplastic polymer. A bioactive substance may also be included in the filling material. The thermoplastic polymer acts as a matrix for the bioactive substance. The composition may include other polymeric resins, fillers, plasticizers and... Agent: Pentron Corporation

20070148617 - Dental scaler: Disclosed herein is a dental scaler for removing accumulated deposits from the teeth, having a low manufacturing cost so as to be widely used at home. The dental scaler includes a first casing adapted to serve a grip; a power supply-receiving section and a motor installed at the inside of... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070148618 - Lighted ultrasonic handpiece and color code grip system: The present invention relates to a dental scaling translucent insert which provides a coaxially aligned light adjacent the distal end of such insert for illuminating the tip of the dental scaler which light may be provided by light emitting from a fiber optic light guide from a light source located... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, LLP

20070148619 - Apparatus for maintaining a dry field during dental procedures: An apparatus for maintaining a dry field during dental procedures includes a U-shaped tongue shield for holding the patient's tongue in a retracted position. Cheek distention arms extend laterally outward and forward from the tongue shield to distend the cheek away from the teeth. Lip retractors extend from the cheek... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20070148620 - Dental implant device and correction device therefor: The present invention relates to a dental implant device. A fixture is provided with an abutment coupler at the upper portion of a commercialized fixture type. The abutment coupler has a female screw formed inside, and is formed at the lower portion with an implant screw. An abutment is formed... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070148622 - Asymmetrical dental implant and method of insertion: An implant fixture is disclosed. The implant fixture includes an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis. The elongated body includes a base portion having a non-circular cross section and a receiver adapted to receive a prosthetic. A root portion extends from the base portion away from the receiver. An... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070148621 - Modular dental implants with extensions: There is disclosed a plurality of extensions for dental implants allowing a dental surgeon to maintain a minimum number of parts in his trays to carry on an effective, successful practice, thus eliminating the need to carry the wide variety of parts offered and carried by surgeons to meet the... Agent: Cornelius J. Husar

20070148623 - Compositions for use as dental crowns and methods for preparing dental crowns: The invention provides a method of forming dental restorations, particularly dental crowns. The method involves applying a flexible cement composition to a prepared tooth surface. The composition is polymerized so that it substantially hardens. A composite crown-forming material is dispensed into a substantially transparent plastic matrix. The matrix is placed... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070141524 - Dental compositions including radiation-to-heat converters, and the use thereof: Hardenable and hardened dental compositions that include radiation-to-heat converters, and articles including such hardenable and hardened compositions, are provided. Upon irradiating, the hardened compositions increase in temperature, which can be useful for reducing the bond strengths of orthodontic appliances adhered to tooth structures with the hardened compositions.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141525 - Registering banded appliances for digital orthodontics treatment planning: In general, the invention relates to techniques for registering a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate system of a physical model of a patient's tooth structure to a 3D coordinate system of a virtual model of the same tooth structure. Techniques are described to register the complex geometries of the physical and virtual... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141527 - Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles: Method and system for providing dynamically generated orthodontic profile and associated treatment information including receiving an orthodontic condition and one or more related treatment goal options, retrieving a predetermined set of parameters associated with the orthodontic condition and the one or more related treatment goal options, determining a weighted parameter... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070141526 - User interface having cross section control tool for digital orthodontics: Techniques are described for providing an environment to model and depict a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dental arch, i.e., a virtual dental arch, and a separate cross section tool, such as a graphical user interface (GUI), as a visual aid to an orthodontic practitioner for selecting a position... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141528 - Contact cap for dental tooth measuring apparatus and measuring method using dental tooth measuring apparatus: A contact cap is attached to a top cover of a camera of a dental tooth measuring apparatus, and when shooting, positioning of the tooth to be measured is performed with a bite section being slightly bitten by both of adjacent teeth sandwiching the tooth to be measured, and with... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070141529 - Powered surgical instruments: A powered surgical instrument is provided. In some embodiments, the powered surgical instrument may include a housing; a receiver, at least a portion of the receiver is movably received within the housing, a distal end portion of the receiver being configured to receive an expander adapted to expand a tooth... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070141530 - Portable vacuum veneer placement instrument: The present invention is directed to a device for vacuum holding a dental veneer during the trial placement of a veneer on a tooth, application of adhesive to the veneer and final placement of the veneer on the tooth. The device includes a flexible suction cup with a connecting air... Agent: Neil John Graham

20070141532 - Force distributing dental implant assembly: A dental implant assembly that can be attached to a bone of a person. The dental implant assembly includes an anchor adapted for attachment to the bone and an insert attached to the anchor. The insert is adapted for attachment to a tooth-replacing device having an occlusal bearing surface. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070141531 - Method and marker element to determine the position of a dental implant: Method and marker element to determine the position of a prosthetic element (2) which is fixed to the jaw (13) of a person, such as a dental implant, whereby an image is formed of the jaw of a reproduction model of this jaw which is provided with the prosthetic element... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070141533 - Polymeric dental implant assembly: A dental implant assembly that can be attached to a bone of a person. The implant assembly includes an anchor adapted for attachment to the bone. The anchor is also adapted for attachment to a tooth-replacing device. The anchor is at least partially made out of a polymeric material.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070141534 - Image-based orthodontic treatment viewing system: Systems and methods are disclosed for visualizing changes in a three dimensional (3D) model by receiving an initial 3D model for the patient; determining a target 3D model; and generating one or more intermediate 3D models by morphing one or more of the 3D models.... Agent: Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070141535 - Supporting and strengthening element for dental prostheses or crown restorations: A supporting or strengthening element (1) for dental prostheses or crown restorations made of a composite material consisting of a matrix (2) in which is embedded at least one solid phase (3) appropriately distributed in it, has a total length divided into at least three different sections (4, 5, 8),... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070141536 - Method and apparatus for designing a three dimensional model of a dental prosthesis: A method and system is provided for designing a three dimensional model of a dental prosthesis. Separate components having distinct functions are identified in the prosthesis and designed separately. The components are then juxtaposed spatially to form the dental prosthesis model. Different designing tools are used to design each component... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070141537 - Method for bonding dental veneers and restorations: The invention relates to dental composites and porcelain repair material and to methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention is directed to dual-cure composite dental cements comprising opaquing agents.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070134609 - Orthodontic articles with silicon nitride coatings: The present invention is an orthodontic article comprising a substrate and a coating disposed on at least a portion of the substrate, the coating comprising silicon nitride.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070134610 - Orthodontic articles with zirconium oxide coatings: The present invention is an orthodontic article comprising a substrate and a coating disposed on at least a portion of the substrate, the coating comprising crystalline zirconium oxide.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070134611 - Shape memory self-ligating orthodontic brackets: Self-ligating orthodontic brackets, each of which is formed of materials exhibiting shape memory and includes a base from which extend at least one tie wing. The tie wing includes a pair or tie wing posts which are normally spaced to retain an archwire within the guide slot. At least one... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070134612 - Dento-facial orthopedic treatment and orthodontic arch wire for implementing the same: The invention concerns an orthodontic treatment using brackets bonded via their base onto each tooth of a dental arch, each bracket having a slot into which a first orthodontic arch wire is introduced so as to cause to move, the first orthodontic arch wire being held in slots of the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070134613 - Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles: Method and system for projecting a first orthodontic related image at a predetermined location within a display unit, selecting a second orthodontic related image on the display unit, and projecting the second orthodontic related image at the predetermined area within the display unit such that a difference between the first... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070134616 - Curing light instrument: The present invention provides a handheld portable, efficient instrument for curing light-curable compounds. The instrument comprises a housing, a light emitted structure supported in the housing, and a reflector configured to interface with the light emitting structure such that light emitted is captured and directed by the reflector onto a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070134617 - Dental imaging instrument having air stream auxiliary: A dental instrument and method for imaging the three-dimensional topography of one or more teeth in the oral cavity of an individual is provided. The instrument includes a probe insertable into the oral cavity to receive the image of these surfaces which can then be processed. Combined with the probe... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20070134614 - Device for illuminating tooth surfaces and human skin: An attachment for or on an illuminating device of preferably uneven surfaces, in particular tooth surfaces, and/or for a or on a detection unit, in particular an intraoral camera. The illuminating device and/or the detection unit have at least one light source. The attachment includes a solid, transparent, preferably homogeneous,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070134615 - Infrared dental imaging: Dental imaging systems include an optical scanner that scans one or more interrogation beams across a portion of at least one tooth to produce a dentally modulated light flux associated with light scattering, absorption, or other interaction of the interrogation beam and a tooth interior. The dentally modulated light flux... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070134618 - Polyorganosiloxane dental impression materials with improved wetting and stability: A dental impression material comprising a polyvinylsiloxane and a surfactant, wherein said surfactant imparts wettability to the composition, such that the material has a surface contact angle with water of less than about 10 degrees after about 15 seconds.... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070134619 - Dental articulator: A dental articulator includes an articulator frame. The articulator frame has an upper member adapted to hold an upper mounting plate. The upper mounting plate holds an upper dental cast. An elongate lower member of the frame holds a lower mounting plate. The lower mounting plate holds a lower dental... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070134620 - Pushing device for tooth restoration material mixed and kneaded in capsule: To improve operativity, a pushing device for a tooth restoration material mixed and kneaded in a capsule comprises a compression coil spring 4 provided between a leak preventive cover 2 contacted with a capsule and having a cylindrical piston rod 1 inserted, and a ratchet body 3 having a rack... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070134621 - Method and apparatus for cutting off dentine of a root canal: This invention provides a method for cutting off dentine of a root canal including the steps of, inserting a guide wire for guiding the cutting element into the root canal, and cutting off the dentine of the root canal with the cutting element.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070134622 - Denture adhesive article packaging: A denture adhesive delivery system comprising a primary packaging material which encloses and retains the denture adhesive article and further comprises a means for decreasing the denture adhesive article from sticking to the primary packaging material which can be selected from including a liner, coating one or more of the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070134623 - Device for regenerating, repairing, and modeling human and animal bone, especially in the jaw area for dental applications: A device for reshaping human or animal bone with bone replacement material includes at least two spaced apart implants and a bar connected to the at least two spaced apart implants and bridging at least one reshaping location. The bar has notches at the longitudinal sides and transverse grooves at... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070134624 - Apparatus and method for storing and transporting teeth: A device for storing and transporting a tooth includes a basket having two halves, each half including at least one net. When the halves of the basket are in abutment, the nets together form one or more compartments capable of holding a tooth. The basket is inserted into a container... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20070134625 - Computer aided dental bar design: The invention relates to a computer-aided process of dental bar design for the purpose of fabricating removable implant-based dental restorations. The aim of the invention is to improve and automate the present dental restoration design process, which is very labor intensive and requires a lot of artistic work on the... Agent: University Of Missouri System Office Of Intellectual Property Admin.

20070128571 - Orthodontic bracket: An orthodontic bracket placed on a side surface of a tooth for correcting irregularities of teeth is disclosed, which enables orthodontic treatments to be performed without reset of a bracket body and an arch wire with respect to the tooth even in an advanced stage of the treatments. The orthodontic... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070128572 - Process for making an orthodontic band: A method for making an orthodontic band configured for mounting on a human molar includes the steps of feeding a strip of metal to a die press, cutting a flat blank from the metal strip, die pressing the flat metal blank into cup having a sidewall, an open bottom and... Agent: Philip G. Meyers Philip G. Meyers Law Office

20070128573 - Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles: Method and system including receiving one or more parameters associated with an orthodontic condition, receiving a treatment goal information associated with the orthodontic condition, and providing a predefined template associated with the received treatment goal information, wherein the predefined template includes at least one orthodontic condition related information, are provided.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070128574 - Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles: Method and system for receiving one or more dentition conditions of a patient, associating a first set of one or more treatment goals based on the one or more dentition conditions, generating a case difficulty assessment based on the one or more treatment goals, detecting a modification to the case... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070128575 - Implantable devices for chemonucleolysis of intervertebral discs: Devices for the treatment of intervertebral discs are described. The devices, when implanted into the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc, provide for the controlled release of active agents into the disc. The active agent can be a chemonucleolytic agent such as chymopapain. The device can also comprise one or... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP

20070128577 - Dental curing lights including a capacitor power source: A dental curing light including a body defining a housing, at least one light generating device disposed on or within the housing, and a power source comprising at least one capacitor disposed within the housing for providing power to the at least one light generating device. The power source may... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070128576 - Output attachments coded for use with electromagnetic-energy procedural device: Output attachments to an electromagnetic-energy outputting device are coded using colors, topography, or combinations of color and topography. The output attachments, which are removable and interchangeable, may be interchanged for purposes of performing particular surgical or other cutting procedures. Instructions provided to a user refer to colors or other coded... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20070128578 - Dental instrument: An instrument for determining the occlusal space between a person's upper and lower teeth thereby facilitating the formation of apparatus such as dentures and splints for removable positioning in the person's mouth.... Agent: Mcculloch PLC

20070128579 - Working model suited for extraoral fabrication: The working model suited for extraoral fabrication has a dental cast connected via a dowel pin to a substrate in a predetermined position, the substrate including a gypsum forming frame and a gypsum portion. The frame has a peripheral wall being open in upper and lower faces, and is fabricated... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070128580 - Blank and method for producing a dental prosthesis: The invention relates a blank for producing a dental prosthesis (tooth crown) comprising a mechanically processable material block (10) and a holder (11) connected thereto for clamping in an automatic processing tool. Said block (10) is provided with a sub-gingival anatomic implant connecting part (14) which is protrusively arranged thereon... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070128581 - Dental device and method for its use: The invention provides a dental device comprising a sheath for fitting over a tooth, the sheath carrying a haemostatic agent in at least one region thereof, wherein the sheath comprises a generally cylindrical body having at least a first end and a second end, at least one of said first... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC