Dentistry inventions 07/08

20080182218 - Release agent receptacle: The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. One apparatus includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and a release agent receptacle including an outer portion provided on appliance surface, an inner portion provided within the outer portion, and one or more apertures formed in... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20080182219 - Apparatus for moving a misplaced or impacted tooth: A self-adjusting apparatus for moving an impacted tooth, wherein said apparatus is comprised a locking mechanism, an archwire disposed within said locking mechanism, and a ligature movably connected to said locking mechanism.... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20080182220 - Computer automated development of an orthodontic treatment plan and appliance: A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final positions. The computer then uses the data sets... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080182221 - Defining tooth-moving appliances computationally: Methods and corresponding apparatus for segmenting an orthodontic treatment path into clinically appropriate substeps for repositioning the teeth of a patient include providing a digital finite element model of the shape and material of each of a sequence of appliances to be applied to a patient; providing a digital finite... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080182222 - Illuminating device for dental handpieces: An illuminating device for dental handpieces is disclosed. The illumination device comprises a positioning shell, an illuminating component, a cable, a connector and a power supply. The positioning shell may be manufactured by using the plastic injection molding process, and has a shape suitable to accommodate different types of handpieces.... Agent: Chin-fu Li

20080182223 - Dental diagnostic device root canal treating apparatus using the same display unit for root canal treating apparatus and dental diagnostic/treating table: The invention intends to provide a dental diagnostic device capable of detecting whether or not an electric leakage path which departs from a root canal, bypassing an apex is contained in a conductive path. The dental diagnostic device includes a measuring electrode, an oral electrode, a measurement signal applying means,... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. LLP Koda/androlia

20080182224 - Delivery system: The present invention is a delivery system that conceals instruments and supplies to reduce patient anxiety while also providing an additional storage area that is accessible in an ergonomically acceptable manner by the user. The delivery system contains a delivery platform and a storage unit. The delivery platform has a... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080182225 - Tooling and methodology for maxillary sinus elevation: Tooling and methodologies for separation and dissection of the subantral membrane from the floor of the maxillary sinus. The tooling and associated methodology employ a handle and one or more support structures extending therefrom. A thin member extends from the distal end of the support structure(s). The thin member has... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080182226 - Removably fixing a dental instrument with a retractable catch relative to a drive shaft axis: The invention relates to a device for attaching instruments. The device includes a rotary shaft intended to accept the instrument and rotationally drive it. The device also has at least one peg that can be retracted elastically until it can fit into the latching groove, thus axially retaining the instrument.... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080182227 - Dental implant: The invention relates to a dental implant comprising an implant body providing with a central receiving opening, a structural element provided with a journal engaging in the receiving opening, and a tension bolt which penetrates a borehole of the structural element and is screwed into an inner thread located in... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080176179 - Dental apparatus: A dental apparatus is provided. Such dental apparatus includes two dental band members operably connected together at a predetermined location thereon for placement between two adjacent teeth of a patient. Such two dental band members are manufactured from a first predetermined material and have a first predetermined size and a... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080176180 - 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 pair of dental modules, in the form of mutually attracted members, that are temporary retained on a delivery member and positioned... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080176181 - Medical or dental hand-piece element: There is disclosed a medical or dental hand-piece element comprising a coupling mechanism for a detachable connection of the hand-piece element to a drive unit, a tool receptacle that is or can be connected to the hand-piece element, and a drive element for transmitting a driving movement from the drive... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080176182 - System and method for electronically modeling jaw articulation: A system and method for determining condyle displacement during jaw articulation includes a physical model with corresponding reference points. The physical model is positioned and scanned to obtain positional data representing a first and second bite position. This positional data is used to generate a transformation matrix. The position of... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080176183 - Oral care implement having fluid delivery system: An oral care implement has a head portion with tooth cleaning elements on one surface thereof and a reservoir containing at least one active agent. A capillary channel extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver active agent(s) to one or more outlets. In one... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20080176184 - Device for removably fixing and driving a tool in the head of a handpiece: An apparatus for removably fixing a tool to the head of a handpiece including a neck having the head at one end of the neck and a handle at an opposing end of the neck, and interior portions receiving a drive shaft for rotating the tool. The apparatus includes a... Agent: Gary M. Cohen, Esq.

20080176185 - Jaw advancer connected to bone: A jaw advancer connects to the skull, maxilla jaw, and the jawbone, mandibular jaw, without contacting the teeth of a patient. Each advancer, of a pair, has a hollow upper member with a head to admit a screw into the maxilla and an opposite threaded end, a socket having a... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20080176186 - Impression cap: A two-part impression cap for manufacturing a model for a dental implant, comprising: a cylindrical body and a cap-shaped part pluggable onto the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body and the cap-shaped part having a common central axis, the cap-shaped part being provided with elastic elements extending in the direction of... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080176187 - Surgical guide for dental implant and methods therefor: A surgical guide assembly is provided for positioning a drill bit during a dental implant procedure. The guide assembly includes a mounting member configured to mount to one or more teeth adjacent to an edentulous area, a base connected to the mounting member and dimensioned to extend over the edentulous... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20080176189 - Dental demonstration template and matching temporary overlay: A dental prosthesis or template (10) simulates the front surfaces of a patient's teeth and is positioned to overlay over a patient's natural teeth (40) to provide an indication of what a dental porcelain overlay may look like once applied to the patient's teeth. A matching temporary veneer overlay (110)... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080176188 - Method of detecting implants: The invention refers to a method of detecting implants in a jaw or an implant impression in a jaw impression, comprising the following steps: Inserting a gauging member into the implant or into the implant impression, scanning the jaw or the impression thereof together with the gauging member, detecting the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080176190 - Use of bioactive glass: The present invention relates to the use of a bioactive glass as an air abrasive agent for use in the treatment of dental disorders.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080176191 - Endodontic rotary instruments for preparing root canal spaces: An endodontic cutting instrument for preparing root canal spaces of non-lengths standard length has a cutting portion that is equal to or greater than about 17 mm in length. The instrument is shaped to produce a conical root canal space with a uniform taper along the entire length of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080171299 - Apparatus for driving an anchor of straightening teeth: The present invention relates to an apparatus for driving an anchor to support the orthodontic wire for correcting the twisted teeth by connecting a number of teeth in a body. The apparatus for driving an anchor comprises a fixed holding part which surrounds partly some space between a pair of... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080171300 - Orthodontic expansion screw: The invention relates to an orthodontic expansion screw having two bodies whose distance from each other can be changed by means of a spindle that engages both bodies, whereby the spindle comprises an actuation part by means of which a torque can be effected for readjusting the spindle, and having... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080171301 - Depth gauge for use in dental implants: A dental drill system and method for drilling a socket to a predetermined depth and diameter which is sized to receive an implant includes a probe portion and a collar threadably disposed on the probe. The probe includes a number of spaced thread sections, wherein each thread section has a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080171302 - Medical or dental-medical handpiece with rotary part and bearing arrangement therefor: In a medical or dental-medical handpiece having a tool, a drive mechanism for the tool has at least one rotary part mounted rotatably by means of a bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement includes at least one ball bearing with a plurality of balls arranged between an inner track and an... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080171303 - Oral rehydration device: The invention relates to an oral rehydration device for the treatment of xerostomia. The device delivers fluid, from an external reservoir, passively, directly to a patient. No human activity is required to provide hydration. The device is capable of operating in a number of clinical and hospital settings, but also... Agent: Naval Medical Research Center Attn: (code 00l)

20080171304 - Dental implant kit and method of using same: Dental implant kits and methods of installing the dental implant kit into a bone are provided. The kits and methods make us of a housing understructure having opposing electrodes for providing a therapeutic electrical signal across the electrodes in order to promote the health and accelerate the healing of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080171305 - Methods and apparatus for dental implantation: A method for implanting a tooth implant in an at least partially edentulous patient including the steps of anchoring at least one attachment element in a patient's jaw bone, remove ably and replaceably mounting a carrier assembly bearing at least one fiducial marker onto the at least one attachment element... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080171306 - Translucent, isotropic endodontic post: An endodontic device includes a thermoplastic polymer having a polymer backbone having arylene or heteroarylene moieties joined together by covalent bonds between ring carbon atoms.... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080171307 - Unique system for constructing dental implant crowns and bridgework utilizing pre-fabricated parts: This is a system of prefabricated components of various materials that are physically, chemically and structurally compatible with one another and with various esthetic veneering materials used in the fabrication of fixed dental restorative and prosthetic devices. Due to the considerable expense and time generated by using external laboratories, there... Agent: Nancy L. Moskow

20080166676 - System for determining final position of teeth: An apparatus and method define a fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system of the patient; and determining an occlusion from the computer representation of the masticatory system using one or more keys.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080166677 - Light directing and amplifying device: The present invention is directed to a light directing and amplifying device for attachment to a dental curing device used in light cure bonding orthodontic brackets to teeth wherein an internal mirror directs the light 90 degrees from the light source, directly under the back side of the bracket, thus... Agent: Neil John Graham

20080166678 - Removable intraoral lighting device: A removable intraoral lighting device which can be assembled to many various kinds of dental tools, including a main assembly, containing a miniature and powerful light source, fed from an electric power supply. The main assembly has an external geometrical structure which enables connection to a dental tool, such as... Agent: Dr. D. Graeser Ltd. C/o The Discovery Dispatch

20080166679 - Dental modeling methods: 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

20080166680 - Casting abutment with improved geometry: Casting abutment for a dental implant comprising: an apical socket portion, a transition portion bordering coronally on the socket portion, an occlusal portion bordering coronally on the transition portion, having an apical circumferential collar area, the collar area being provided with an axially closer lying first circumferential platform and with... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080166681 - Apparatuses for dental implantation and methods for using same: A template for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising: a main body adapted to seat on a plurality of oral structures, and at least one mounting point on the main body for mounting at least one drill guide, wherein the main body is provided with exposed implantation spaces where the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080166682 - Unit for holding instruments and components for dental treatment: A unit is provided for holding instruments and components that are used in dental treatment. The unit can comprise sides, a bottom, and a top that can be modular or integrally formed. The unit can have a drawer-shaped construction and can be made of heat-resistant material. The sides and bottom... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080166683 - Toothbrush: A toothbrush includes: a hollow head portion defining a first fluid passage therein and having a bristle-mounting wall formed with a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the first fluid passage; bristles provided on the bristle-mounting wall of the head portion; a hollow grip portion connected to the head... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080166684 - Dental suction appliance: Apparatus and methods for providing a dental appliance that functions as an aspirator and tongue deflector. The aspirator has a proximal end and a distal end configured to be positioned at near a treatment location in the mouth of the patient. A tongue deflector is disposed on the distal end... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080166685 - Wireless control for dental equipment: The present invention relates to a wireless remote control for dental equipment, such as dental scaler tools, dental drills, prophy angles and other rotary instruments. The wireless control switch can control the on and off state of the dental tool, or it can also be programmed to control the speed... Agent: Discus Dental, LLC

20080160473 - Dental aligner seating and removal tool and method of use: P

20080160474 - Orthodontic bracket with lined archwire slot and slot cover: A triple wing orthodontic bracket, bracket cover, and method of use is disclosed. The bracket has a slot liner for reducing friction between an archwire and the bracket, wherein the liner is flared at its ends. The bracket cover has: a rod-shaped hinge for rotating in recesses between a bracket... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080160475 - Method of orthodontic treatment: A method of orthodontic treatment includes fastening a first bracket to an inside surface of a first tooth in a patient's mouth, fastening a second bracket to an outside surface of a second tooth, the second tooth being adjacent the first tooth, fastening a third bracket to an outside surface... Agent: Enrique G. Estevez

20080160476 - Orthodontic indirect bonding tray with moisture control: An indirect bonding apparatus for orthodontic bonding procedures includes a tray having inner wall sections defining a channel for receiving the patient's dental arch. A number of orthodontic appliances are detachably connected to the tray along the channel, and each appliance includes a base for bonding the appliance to the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080160478 - Dental retractor: In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a dental instrument is provided. A pair of arm members are provided, which is in one embodiment a pair of exam mirrors. Each arm member includes a tissue retaining surface which can be the mirror. The arm members are pivotally connected... Agent: Paul E. Schaafsma, Novusip, Llc

20080160477 - Handpiece for detection of dental demineralization: A dental implement including a housing, a light source, and an air supply.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080160481 - Apparatus for evacuation of root canal: In an endodontic procedure, after the working of a root canal by instruments to remove material and shape the walls of the canal, irrigant is supplied via a microcannula. A vacuum is applied via a tube which is inserted partway down the root canal. The tube and microcannula pass through... Agent: Discus Dental, Llc

20080160480 - Cannula for a combined dental irrigator and vacuum device: A cannula assembly is removably mountable to a syringe body having a pair of side-by-side chambers; there being an opening into each chamber at a bottom of the syringe. The cannula assembly comprises a connector and a dual lumen assembly extending from the connector. The dual lumen assembly comprises a... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080160479 - Syringe for a combined dental irrigator and vacuum device: A combined irrigator-vacuum device includes a pump assembly mountable over a syringe or device body. The device body has a dividing wall which divides the body into a clean chamber and a waste chamber. Openings are formed at the bottom of the body to provide an inlet into said waste... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080160482 - Pre-filled prophylaxis cup with an internal secondary reservoir: The present invention is a prophylaxis cup having a secondary reservoir pre-filled with prophylaxis paste for a dental procedure. The secondary reservoir is separated from the cleaning portion of the cup by a dividing ring with a central orifice, the size of which will determine the flow of paste. In... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20080160483 - Dental implant: A one-part dental implant has an enossal portion made of a metallic material and a coronal portion made of a ceramic material. The enossal portion is integrally connected to the coronal portion, wherein a connection portion between the coronal portion and the enossal portion is formed gap-free. The coronal portion... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.c.

20080160484 - Packaging and process for homogenizing dental material: The invention relates to a packaging unit for homogenising ceramic slurry in mixing devices with at least one packaging vessel, which exhibits a releasable closure, containing ceramic slurries or their components in pre-metered quantities.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080160485 - Method and apparatus for selecting translucent dental materials: The present invention relates to a shade or color determination apparatus and method for dental restorations where translucent materials are used that account for the influence of underlying tooth structure and each successive layer on the final shade of the dental restorations when an opaque layer of dental material is... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP