Dentistry inventions 08/07

20070202457 - Dental impression trays: Provided are impression trays having one or more breakaway segments that allow for convenient removal of a portion of the tray, while maintaining the overall dimensions of the tray. Also provided are methods making impressions that include removing at least one breakaway segment of the provided trays. Also provided are... Agent: Castellano PLLC

20070202458 - Impression tray for use in dentistry: An impression tray has panels supporting the dental impression material. The panels can be removed to allow a post protruding from the jaw to extend through the opening in the tray when the impression is made. The trays provide both flexibility and necessary strength of support.... Agent: Castellano PLLC

20070202459 - Tip for oral irrigator: A oral irrigator tip for an oral irrigator. The oral irrigator tip may include a shaft portion with a base, an apex, and a transitional portion linking the base to the apex. The shaft portion may be straight or angled. The shaft portion may be hollow from the base to... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070202456 - Stand tube of a bicycle: A stand tube of a bicycle comprises a body; one end of the body formed with a U shape ear; each leg of the U shape ear having a pivotal hole; a head having one end formed with a round portion; the round portion having a transversal penetrating hole; a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070202460 - Graft holder: An instrument for performing periodontal surgery, the instrument comprising a handle, a connector section comprising a first end and a second end, the first end connecting to the handle and a bracing member connecting to the second end of the connector section where the handle and the first end of... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070202461 - Dental bur with a smooth front: This invention discloses a dental bur consisting of a shaft, a neck, and a head with a safety front to avoid cutting in its axis direction. In one embodiment, the neck has a rough surface with either cutting grooves or abrasives which constitutes a file, but the head has a... Agent: Dahyee Law Group

20070202462 - Abutment with a hydroxylated surface: Abutment of a dental implant system, having at the top a support region intended for receiving a prosthetic build-up construction and at the bottom an implant contact region intended for insertion into a receiving hole of an implant, and wherein the abutment has between the support region and the implant... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070202464 - One-part implant with a hydroxylated soft tissue contact surface: One-part implant for attachment of artificial teeth comprising an anchoring part and a mounting part, wherein the anchoring part and the mounting part are configured in one piece. The anchoring part of the one-part implant has a bone contact surface B and a soft tissue contact surface S. The soft... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070202463 - Ceramic/metallic dental abutment: A ceramic/metallic dental abutment for use with an implant, the abutment generally including a ceramic body portion having a base region, a transgingival region, and a supragingival region. The base region includes an anti-rotational implant interface, such as an external polygonal fitting, for engaging a cooperating internal polygonal fitting of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070202465 - Dental implant system and method for implantation and construction of the implant system: A dental implant system includes a dental implant and a supra-structure element. The implant advantageously includes a rotationally symmetrical coronal implant region with a cylindrical shape or with the shape of a steep truncated cone and with an osseo-integratively equipped circumferential surface. The supra-structure element includes an apically extending sleeve... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070202466 - Two-part implant with a hydroxylated soft tissue contact surface: Two-part implant for attachment of artificial teeth comprising a base body having a bone contact surface and a soft tissue contact surface. Said soft tissue contact surface is at least partially hydroxylated or silanated which results in an improved soft tissue integration.... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070202467 - Oral care implement: An oral care implement includes a material that invokes a sensory response when in contact with tissues or surfaces of a mouth of a user. In one embodiment, the material is provided in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape indicative of visually communicating the response to the user. The oral care... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20070196781 - Orthodontic closed coil spring assembly and method of use thereof: An orthodontic tensioning assembly, comprising a tensioner attachment body having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the tensioner attachment body has an opening adapted to removably receive a dental anchorage structure, and wherein the second end of the tensioner attachment body is adapted to... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20070196782 - Occlusal surface transfer instrument, articulator, occlusal surface setting instrument, and method for making post crown by using them: There are provided an occlusal surface transfer instrument, an articulator, and an occlusal surface setting instrument capable of making an artificial tooth with a dentition adapted to patient's occlusal surface, and a method of making an artificial tooth by use of them. An occlusal surface transfer instrument 10 according to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070196783 - Suction tip for dental treatment: The invention provides a suction tip for dental treatment which has no possibility of causing a patient discomfort such as pain when its end portion touches the gingiva or the like of the patient, and enables an easy suction operation and an easy attachment operation to a suction tube. The... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070196784 - Instrument with pressure sensing capabilities: A hand held instrument for carrying out some function on a work piece. The instrument is a handpiece that is held by the user and includes a working element at the distal end of the handpiece for working on the work piece. There is a source of power that activates... Agent: Arthur Jacob

20070196785 - Dental appliance for deflecting gingival tissue: This invention relates to a dental appliance (10) for displacing gingival tissue during a restoration procedure. The dental appliance (10) comprises a flexible polyurethane foam pad having a central opening (12) extending through the pad. The central opening (12) is configured to receive a tooth therethrough, and the foam pad... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070196786 - Dental implant with positioning means: The present invention relates to an intraosteal dental implant (1) including a bore (14) in the form a blind hole, the bore (14) being shaped and devised such as to rotationally secure an abutment (6) receivable in the dental implant (1), wherein the bore (14) is provided with a substantially... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070196787 - Method of applying a denture adhesive: A method of reducing the time to reach maximum adhesivity of a denture adhesive to providing rapid hold of a denture to the oral cavity of an individual.... Agent: Smithkline Beecham Corporation Corporate Intellectual Property-us, Uw2220

20070196788 - Translucent veneering for a dental prosthesis formed by a press to metal process: A dental prosthesis, typically formed in a press to metal process, includes application of a porcelain composition sufficient to form a veneer on a dental prosthesis supporting metal structure, the composition having an integrated tooth-like translucency providing an aesthetic appearance. The composition is formed of a dentin frit and an... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070196789 - Compass tool display object for navigating a tooth model: A compass tool having a center, together with a set of orientation arrows that correspond to pairs of anatomical reference points in a human mouth. These pairs include: mesial-distal, buccal-lingual, and occlusal-gingival (or occlusal-cervical). An image (or, more generally, a representation) of a given tooth under design is located at... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20070196790 - Orthodontic treatment methods, systems and apparatus for use therewith: Systems, methods, and apparatus for creating a mold of a patient's teeth to which are installed orthodontic appliances with a support assembly bonded to a tooth. The appliances may include a corresponding corrective assembly with a wire engaging portion removably coupled to the support assembly. The systems and methods may... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070196791 - Stem cell and dental pulp harvesting method and apparatus: Methods and apparatus for recovering dental pulp from dentition of a donor are disclosed, wherein the pulp from within extracted teeth utilizing such methods and apparatus is harvested, while preserving a sterile environment and avoiding trauma and infection, and stem cells, dendritic cells, and other cells isolating from the pulp,... Agent: Thomas W. Cook Thomas Cook Law Office

20070196792 - Prefabricated dental crowns: Advanced material is preferably used for the manufacturing of dental crowns which may be used to restore decayed or to protect other compromised tooth structure. The dental crowns are preferably preformed or prefabricated with an undercut; tooth colored; for primary or permanent; anterior or posterior teeth; and may include internal... Agent: Mark A Oathout

20070190481 - Method for making a virtual computer model of the jaws: Methods and systems for making a computer model of a patient's jaws on the basis of digital information from computed tomography and non-radiographic digital imaging of the patient's teeth or dental casts of their teeth.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070190475 - Arch bar: An improved arch bar for dental surgery is formed from a strip of malleable material. The strip is the shape of a right angle having a splint portion and a retainer portion. A series of apertures extend through the splint portion and the retainer portion with the longitudinal edges of... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070190476 - Orthodontic tooth retention system: A method and apparatus for delivering an orthodontic retainer system wherein pairs of magnets are applied to adjacent teeth in a patient's mouth. The retainer system may include a carrier portion having a recess which contains an adhesive material. The magnets may be embedded in the adhesive material. Once positioned... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070190477 - Orthodontic device and method for treating malocclusions: A dental apparatus for use with a connecting member coupled to a jaw in a patient's mouth. The apparatus includes an orthodontic device and a connecting device carried by the orthodontic device. The connecting device includes a receptacle adapted to partially receive the connecting member and a blocking member. The... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070190478 - Advanced thermoplastics for orthodontics: An orthodontic appliance including at least one orthodontic component comprising a thermoplastic polymer. In some embodiments the thermoplastic polymer is a rigid backbone polymer including at least one of a compatibilizing side group or a solubilizing side group. The thermoplastic polymer may be heat processed to form the orthodontic component.... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070190479 - Portable led curing light: A portable LED curing light for dental applications includes a one-piece handle assembly with an angled light-producing end for positioning within a patient's mouth for curing a dental material. A replaceable lens for focusing light emitted by an LED light source is removably attached at the light-producing end. The handle... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070190480 - Articulator system: An articulator system employing magnetic and supporting means enabling dental casts to be mounted in or removed from an articulator and replaced as desired.... Agent: Theodore Jay Suite 600

20070190482 - Fluid conditioning system: A fluid conditioning system is adapted to condition the fluid used in medical and dental cutting, irrigating, evacuating, cleaning, and drilling operations. The fluid may be conditioned by adding flavors, antiseptics and/or tooth whitening agents such as peroxide, medications, and pigments. In addition to the direct benefits obtained from introduction... Agent: Kenton R. Mullins Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP

20070190483 - Dental bleaching gels and methods for making and using them: The addition of the Iodide ion by way of Potassium Iodide to a peroxide such as Hydrogen Peroxide in a basic medium yields Free Radical Oxygen and water; generating large amounts of heat and depleting the Hydrogen Peroxide in a matter of minutes. The Free Radical Oxygen generated in this... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20070190484 - Closed loop speed control for a pneumatic dental handpiece: A detection system for remotely determining the speed of a rotating tool tip in a pneumatic dental handpiece. A means for detecting the speed of the rotating tool tip monitors a periodic mechanical function at the pneumatic hose connected to the handpiece. The monitored periodic mechanical function serves to provide... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070190485 - Dental instrument: An active dental tool including a vibratory mechanism and a power storage reservoir. The vibratory mechanism includes an electrical motor and an elliptical load. The elliptical load is adapted to be rotated by the motor and to thereby impart an oscillatory motion to a tooth-contacting portion of the dental tool.... Agent: Discus Dental Impressions, Inc.

20070190486 - Dental instrument with light: An ultrasonic dental insert having at least one light source. A first transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. A connecting body has a proximal end and a distal end having a tip attached thereto. The proximal end is attached to the first transducer so as to receive the ultrasonic vibrations therefrom and... Agent: Stephen E. Feldman

20070190487 - Unitized modular ultrasonic handpiece cable connector: A two-part, modular dental handpiece cable connector system that provides a convenient method for fast field replacement of worn or defective handpiece cables without disassembling the dental device. The two parts include a female connector element that mounts within the device housing and a male connector element to attach the... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070190488 - Dental prosthetic: A system of manufacturing a custom set of pre-manufactured upper and lower dentures is provided. In one form, a set of master upper and lower dentures is created. The master upper and lower dentures are used to create reusable upper and lower dental matrices, respectively. These re-usable upper and lower... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070190490 - Prosthesis mounting device and assembly: A prosthesis mounting device and assembly for securing a prosthesis on an implant supported in bone tissue. An appendage or “preppable abutment” is carried by a dental implant and is milled or “prepped” into a shape suitable to accept a dental prosthesis such as a crown or bridge. Alternatively the... Agent: Eric T. Jones Reising, Ethington, Barnes,

20070190489 - System for immediately placing a non-occlusive dental implant prosthesis: A system for immediately placing a non-occlusive and non-functional temporary dental implant prosthesis in the jawbone of a human patient with the prosthesis having a size and shape of a natural human tooth.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070190491 - Out-of-round implant and method of installing the same: A dental or other bone implant is provided that is adapted to provide substantial primary stability without hindering blood supply through the trabeculae of the bone, and therefore, allowing for rapid osseointegration and good secondary stability. The implant may include a head portion that may include an external or internal... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070190492 - Computer machined dental tooth system and method: A method and system for making a dental prosthetic includes, for example, arranging a first virtual tooth image relative to a second virtual tooth image on a virtual denture set and locating a first actual prosthetic tooth relative to a second actual prosthetic tooth in a manner corresponding to the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070190493 - Dental prosthesis, method of designing thereof, and method of producing thereof: To accurately fix a dental prosthesis at a cavity or an abutment tooth, the dental prosthesis has a constitution in which a cement space C is kept on a whole face opposite to the cavity or the abutment tooth except a plurality of projection parts P contacted with the cavity... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070184403 - No distortion impression tray and method of use: A device for obtaining an impression for a tooth or plurality of teeth or oral structures comprising a receptacle to hold impression material, to which has been affixed a body, said body which can be adjusted to engage teeth and oral structures thereby increasing stability, limiting the movement of the... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP (other)

20070184398 - Orthodontic appliance with embedded wire for moving teeth: The present invention provides an orthodontic appliance including a unitary appliance body positionable about a portion of a single dental arch, where the appliance body may define a lingual portion, a labial-buccal portion, and a contoured portion therebetween. The appliance body may further define an anterior portion and a posterior... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070184399 - Orthodontic bracket: An orthodontic device that comprises a single bracket that can work as a low, medium or high friction system, depending on the needs of the different stages of the orthodontic treatment.... Agent: Eugenio J. Torres

20070184400 - Orthodontic spring for treatment of an impacted molar: An orthodontic spring for treatment of an impacted molar has two opposing sharp ends for sub-gingival insertion against the impacted molar and an adjacent molar, and a midsection that doubles back on itself and wraps over the interproximal contact between the molars in a mesio-distal direction. The tip of the... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20070184401 - Dental hygiene device & teeth polishing method: A dental hygiene device comprises a cup member including an attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during treatment of the patient's teeth. The cup member holds a dental material used in... Agent: Connors Associates

20070184402 - Caries detection using real-time imaging and multiple excitation frequencies: A laser device is disclosed that directs light to a tooth and analyzes scattered light reflected from the tooth. The device measures a time delay between excitation and reflections of light. Reflected light is analyzed to determine a presence and extent of dental caries on the tooth.... Agent: Kenton R. Mullins Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP

20070184404 - Device for cleaning and/or the care of teeth and/or gums: The invention relates to a device for cleaning and/or care of teeth and/or gums, said device comprising a molded spoon-shaped mouthpiece for an upper jaw and/or a lower jaw, provided with at least one channel ending in at least one nozzle for applying liquid to teeth and/or gums. The aim... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070184405 - Dental filling material: A dental filling material comprising an inner core and outer layer of material disposed and surrounding the inner core, both the inner core and outer layer of material each containing a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer may be biodegradable. A bioactive substance may also be included in the filling material.... Agent: Pentron Corporation

20070184406 - Precision cast dental instrument: An endodontic file (200) is provided particularly adapted for the removal of tooth structure, decayed or damaged nerve tissues or dentine material on the interior walls of a root canal or dentine and/or enamel from the external tooth wall. The endodontic instrument includes a shaft (202) having a shank portion... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070184407 - Motor element, in particular dental medical handpiece having a disconnectable coupling for a tool-holder: The invention relates to a motor element, in particular to a dental medical handpiece or a motor spindle, which at least in its front region has an elongated shank, rotatably mounted in which there is a drive shaft, having a tool-holder for a tool, having a disconnectable coupling between the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070184408 - Dental preparation instrument: In a dental preparation instrument consisting of a shaft part and an adjacent operating part of a configuration with cutting areas for the preparation of a tooth, wherein the front end area of the operating part comprises a surface areas of non-cutting configuration in the form which, at least in... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070184409 - Dental restoration piece and a method for producing a dental restoration piece: A dental restoration piece is provided which includes a base structure and an over structure which at least partially covers the base structure and which includes hardened bite elements. An interconnecting material interconnects the hardened bite elements with the base structure. In accordance with the inventive method of producing a... Agent: John C. Thompson

20070184410 - Method of preparing dentition for the taking of a dental impression: A method of taking a dental impression of dentition includes preparing the dentition with a gingival retraction cord. The gingival retraction cord having been contacted with a wetting agent. The method also includes thereafter contacting the dentition with a dental impression material.... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070184411 - Method for producing a quantitative measure of dental health: m

20070184412 - Method for producing a dental crown: A method for producing a blank for a permanent dental crown starts with a blank that includes a tooth module and a support. A preparation is formed on the underside and serves for connection to an anchoring element such as a screw element or tooth stump. The tooth module and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070184413 - Pre-coated root canal filling point: A gutta percha point includes a shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The shaft defines a first region having a first taper, the first region extending from the first end of the shaft, and a second region having a second taper, the second... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070178423 - System to manufacture custom orthodontic appliances, program product, and related methods: A system to manufacture orthodontic appliances, program product, and associated methods are provided. An embodiment of a system can include a virtual orthodontic appliance design computer having orthodontic appliance design program product provided to design a virtual dimensional representation of an orthodontic appliance including bracket bodies and bracket pads, and... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070178419 - Apparatus for cleaning orthodontic and dental appliances: A hand-held cleaning device includes an elongated handle having an operative end. The operative end includes a flattened, relatively small hook, and a flexible neck. A cover can be provided to protect the operative end of the cleaning device. To use the cleaning device, for example, to clean between the... Agent: Gary M Cohen

20070178420 - Orthodontic activator: An odontological device and device series to guide an individual's occlusion and a method to be used in selecting an occlusion guidance appliance device to be used in orthodontic treatment. This kind of device contains a U-shaped arch with a lower surface on the side of the lower jaw and... Agent: Wolf Block Schorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070178421 - System and method for palatal expansion: Provided, among other things, is a system for progressive palatal expansion, the system comprising a series of incremental expanders, including: a) a first incremental expander having a geometry selected to incrementally expand the palate; b) one or more intermediate expanders having geometries selected to progressively expand the palate; and, c)... Agent: Dechert LLP

20070178422 - Orthodontic bracket: An orthodontic bracket comprising a body having an archwire slot and adapted to be secured to a tooth, and a clip coupled to the body and movable between an open position, permitting access to the archwire slot, and a closed position, inhibiting access to the archwire slot. The clip comprises... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070178424 - Manual dental instrument, dental care unit and method for displaying data using a manual dental instrument: The invention concerns a manual dental instrument equipped with an illuminating device (30, 34) for illuminating a site on a tooth to be examined or treated using a spotlight cone (18). Said manual instrument comprises devices (30, 36) for mixing a coloured light with the spotlight cone (18) to display... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070178425 - Adjustable dental bite fork: An adjustable bite fork that includes first and second wing portions, each having a front member defining an opening, and a leg portion extending from the front portion to a first end distal to the front portion, wherein the openings of the wing portions are aligned in registry with one... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070178426 - Endodontic instrument having notched cutting surfaces: A fluteless endodontic file is provided, formed from a tapered shaft of material having a prismatic shape generally defined by three or more side surfaces and three or more interposed corners. A plurality of notches are cut into one or more corners defining cutting surfaces, points and/or edges. The notched... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070178427 - Manual driver for implant drills and method of dental implantation: A manual driver for a dental implant drill or other dental implant tools and the method of use for preparing for dental implantation are provided. The manual driver includes a handle, an extension shank and a chuck having an axial channel configured to receive and interlock an implant drill, and... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman