Dentistry inventions 08/08

20080206700 - Tracking teeth movement correction: Embodiments are provided for tracking teeth movement correction. One method embodiment includes using a set of positioning appliances shaped to move teeth through a number of successive stages of arrangements of an expected teeth arrangement model where each stage corresponds to a particular positioning appliance, mapping a current teeth position... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , Pllc

20080206702 - Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of a dental appliance: Fabricating polymeric shell appliances for moving a patient's teeth. A first tooth arrangement model is formed by placing models of individual teeth representing the patient's teeth onto a plurality of platforms of a frame approximating a shape and size of a jaw of the patient, wherein each model tooth comprises... Agent: Align Technology C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080206701 - Reconfigurable dental model system for fabrication of dental appliances: The present invention provides a manipulable or reconfigurable dental model system and methods for its use to model a series of tooth configurations corresponding to sequential tooth movements during an orthodontic treatment. When a patient undergoes orthodontic treatment, teeth and bite configurations are realigned in a series of stages. Each... Agent: Align Technology C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080206703 - Dental veneer instrument: A device adapted to facilitate retention and release of a dental laminate includes an elongated main body having a channel extending through it, a resilient element connected to a first end of the main body for contact with the dental laminate, a connector disposed at a second end of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080206704 - Dental modeling system with drillable tray base: A dental articulating system and method configured to duplicate at least a portion of a patient's mouth for use in producing a dental prosthesis securing an impression tray to a flexible and resilient material on a stabilizing plate of an alignment fixture. The position of the impression tray is adjusted... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080206705 - System and method for digital tooth imaging: Method and system for managing multiple impressions of a patient's jaw for an orthodontic treatment is provided. The method includes scanning at least a first impression and a second impression of same jaw for the orthodontic treatment; determining if the first jaw impression and the second jaw impression have distortion... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080206706 - Hand apparatus, in particular for dental purposes, for dispensing a pasty filler mass: A hand apparatus, in particular for dental purposes, for dispensing a pasty filler mass the viscosity of which can be reduced by supplying vibration energy, comprising an apparatus housing, a container for the pasty filler mass, an exit nozzle connected with the container, a vibration generator, and pressure production means... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080206707 - Oral appliance for improving airway function during sleep or physical activity: Oral appliances which reside within the mouth and which bring the lower jaw and/or the tongue forward to increase airway flow during sleep or physical activity are provided. Furthermore, the oral appliances are constructed such that they may be optionally customized to an individual user's mouth shape. Methods of using... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080206708 - Dental prosthesis and its manufacturing method: Disclosed herein are a dental prosthesis and its manufacturing method for restoring a lost tooth. The dental prosthesis has a male member formed on a holding part attached on an adjacent tooth for attaching an artificial tooth on the adjacent tooth and a female member formed in the artificial tooth... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, Plc

20080206709 - Gingival support sleeve: A sleeve for use as a gingival abutment in the dental industry and methods for using and making the sleeve are disclosed. The sleeve has a sleeve body with a distal end and a proximal end with a sidewall extending therebetween defining a sleeve interior. The sidewall of the sleeve... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080206711 - Integrated dental abutment block: An integrated abutment block has an abutment with an internal portion imbedded in the block and a depending post.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080206710 - Procedure for design and production of implant-based frameworks for complex dental prostheses: The present invention provides methods allowing the use of selective laser powder processing techniques for the production of medically acceptable prosthetic dental frameworks. The frameworks produced according to the present invention have high grade mechanical properties as well as a high accuracy.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080206712 - Resin reinforced zinc polycarboxylate temporary cement compositions and related kits and methods: Two-part resin-reinforced cement compositions, kits, and related methods are used for bonding a dental prosthetic appliance to a tooth. A first part includes an amine activator component and a zinc oxide reactive filler, while a second part includes a polymerization initiator (e.g., benzoyl peroxide) and a polymerizable component having a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080206713 - Thermochromic material for dental impression and method: The present invention relates to a thermochromic material for dental impression, capable of reversibly changing colour depending on the temperature at which said material is found, a method for its preparation and the use thereof. Said material includes a bicomponent silicone composition in combination with at least a thermochromic pigment.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080206714 - Design and manufacture of dental implant restorations: The present invention provides a method of making and aligning digital images from oral tissues, dental implants, healing components, and dental restorations to design and manufacture dental implant retained restorations. Image data about the space available for the planned restoration, orientation of dental implants or abutments and aesthetic contour and... Agent: Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated

20080206715 - Color changing dental adhesive compositions and related methods and kits: Methods, compositions, and kits for use in facilitating detection and removal of dental adhesives while minimizing and/or eliminating removal of adjacent tooth tissue. A pH sensitive color changing component (i.e., an acid/base indicator) is included within a dental adhesive composition or an activating wash composition. The adhesive composition is used... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080206716 - Endodontic filling material: The present invention is a bioactive endodontic material and its use for filling the tooth and bone cavities. The present invention, by using calcium salt, calcium oxide, calcium silicate, and calcium phosphate compounds as essential constituents, and mixing them with a water base solution, prepares a bioactive calcium and phosphate... Agent: Barry Choobin

20080206717 - Treatment apparatus: Disclosed is a treatment apparatus comprising a device which generates an electric or electromagnetic field having a field voltage of 1,800 to 35,000 V by means of a voltage of 12 to 600 V, a current strength of 0.1 ?A to 100 ?A, and a frequency of 10,000 to 35,000... Agent: Alexander R Schlee Schlee Ip International P.c.

20080199824 - Magnetic dental appliance: A removable magnetic dental appliance is provided. The magnetic dental appliance can be used in the treatment of various conditions, including but not limited to, snoring, sleep apnea, some forms of temporomandibular joint pain or inflammation, myofascial pain or bruxism. The appliance comprises an upper arch attachment member and a... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080199825 - Orthodontic bracket: In a cube-shaped Bracket the underside of which is attached to a tooth and with a slot in the upper surface forming together with the neighbouring teeth a continual groove an elastic element is incorporated in the slot which is a pair of leaf-shaped springs an archwire can be securely... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080199826 - Dental composite: The shade system contains a set of dentin/body shades, and a set of enamel and opaque shades that correspond to the dentin/body shades. The system may also include tints and specialty incisals to provide special effects, if necessary.... Agent: Pentron Corporation

20080199827 - Method for producing a guiding member for guiding a surgical tool, and guiding member produced according to this method: In order to produce a device for guiding a surgical tool, a support repositionable on a human body is produced. Three-dimensional radiological information delivered by said support and the treatable area of the human body are used for developing a virtual model of the support and the human body treatable... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080199828 - Method of examining irregular defects of dental implant: An irregular defect of a dental implant is examined. The dental implant is excited first to obtain vibration responses. The vibration responses is received by accelerometer or sensor to be processed into a resonance frequency diagram. Through the diagram and the position of the accelerometer or sensor, stability of the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080199830 - Iontophoresis and active dental appliances: Dental trays, toothbrushes, and other devices are provided for the active delivery of medicaments into hard and soft tissues, particularly those of the oral cavity. The devices apply an AC voltage with a DC offset to drive medicaments into the tissues.... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20080199829 - Real time display of acquired 3d dental data: The systems and methods disclosed herein provide real time display of three-dimensional dental data acquired intraorally from a dental patient.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080199831 - Process and device for cleaning teeth with sonic energy: A process and device are disclosed for cleaning teeth with sonic energy, in particular audible sound or ultrasound. Sound is conducted to the teeth (5) through a liquid (6) in an oral cavity (3). Sound is applied from the outer side (2) of the oral cavity (3).... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080199832 - Gutta percha tip and method for producing the same: The present invention is concerned with a gutta-percha point for filling a tooth root canal system, which is characterized in that it has a plurality of deformable protrusions formed on a longitudinal surface where the protrusions are constructed in the form of helical winding and have a thickness appropriate to... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080193892 - Orthodontic screw-type implant: The invention relates to an orthodontic screw implant comprising an elongated body, which has a thread for anchoring in a jaw bone and carries a polygon head having on an end face two slots which cross in a recess which has a diameter that is at least twice the width... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080193893 - Dynamic water spray intensity for dental handpieces: A water spray intensity system for providing water to a dental workpiece based on dynamic conditions experienced by the handpiece. The dental workpiece is a dental structure, typically in the mouth of a patient. A periodic function of the handpiece may include a motion such as a periodic motion of... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, Llc

20080193894 - Mouth camera device: A mouth camera device has a camera and a mouth mirror. The camera has a handle, a lens, a photo sensor assembly, a PCB assembly and a computer output port. The computer output port is connected to a computer. The mouth mirror is mounted detachably in the handle. The camera... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, Llc

20080193895 - Wireless recharger for back filler on endodontic treatment: A cordless endodontic filling instrument for back filling is disclosed which uses a switching circuit enabling the filling instrument to be operable using a small dry battery for supply DC power, and enabling the filling instrument to sense variation in capacitance and to control operation of heating wire based on... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080193896 - System for facilitating dental diagnosis and treatment planning on a cast model and method used thereof: The present invention relates to a system integrating three-dimensional anatomical information with a cast model. The system combines the advantages of a digitalized three-dimensional image and the virtues of a cast model. Users may utilize a fully integrated environment provided by the present invention to make treatment planning more promptly... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080193897 - Mouthpiece for flattening wrinkles: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cheek enhancement piece which can be used casually and low-priced with a cosmetic consciousness similarly to false claws, false eyelashes, and the like, and moreover, adjustable by a person to be fit to own oral vestibule. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080193898 - Screw-type implant, particularly for orthodontics: The description relates to a self-drilling threaded screw implant, particularly for orthodontics. According to the invention there is in at last one thread groove (15) of the thread (10), delimited by two flanks (13), a cutting edge (16) extending transversely to the two flanks (13) without traversing the two flanks... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080193899 - Method and system for coloring or tinting a prosthesis, and such a prosthesis: A method, system and dental prosthesis are provided to facilitate simulation of the natural appearance of teeth. The prosthesis can be formed to include a component to which an aesthetic coating, such as a coloring or tint, can be applied. Further, the prosthesis can include a porcelain coating disposed on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080193900 - Ceramic dental prosthesis, method and device for making same: A ceramo-ceramic dental prosthesis is made from a patient's negative mandibular impression, including at least one working cavity having an inner surface matching the lower surface of the prosthesis to be produced and left at least by one tooth primed by the dental surgeon to be prosthetized. The method of... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080193901 - Dental prosthesis and its manufacturing method: Disclosed herein are a dental prosthesis and its manufacturing method, which can recover a damaged tooth without grinding of the buccal and lingual sides, and cover the buccal and lingual sides of a moving tooth and adjacent teeth, the nonfunctional cusp, and the occlusal surface of the tooth which is... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080187878 - Multi-layer adhesives and methods for bonding orthodontic appliances to tooth structure: The present invention provides multi-layer adhesives and methods that are useful for bonding orthodontic appliances to a tooth structure. The multi-layer adhesives can be precoated on an orthodontic appliance, or alternatively, they can be provided on an adhesive delivery system for transfer to an orthodontic appliance. The multi-layer adhesives and... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080187879 - System and method for positioning teeth: Methods and apparatus fit a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system by generating a computer representation of the masticatory system and computing an occlusion based on interactions in the computer representation of the masticatory system.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080187880 - Bluetooth system and method for determining and storing a dental root canal depth measurement: A system for determining and storing a dental root canal depth measurement comprising: an electronic apex locator configured to locate the apex of a dental root canal; a dental instrument configured to be inserted into the dental root canal, up to the apex thereof; and a remotely located computer configured... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080187881 - Matrix device: The invention relates to a matrix device (1) for tooth treatments comprising a matrix (2) and at least one wedge (3), wherein said matrix (2) is made of a flexible material and is or can be connectable to said solid and reversibly deformable wedge (3) in such a way that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080187882 - Locating and measuring device of facial anatomical parameters: e

20080187883 - Wireless recharger of complete melting type for encoding treatment: A complete melting type cordless filling instrument for endodontic treatment is disclosed which uses a switching circuit, to be operable using a miniature dry battery for supplying DC power. The filling instrument includes a body with a battery for supplying DC power, a heater at a front end of the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080187884 - Device for locking a dental instrument on a handpiece consisting of a rotating spindle, locking spring and push-button assembly: The invention concerns a device for locking a dental instrument having a rotating spindle, formed by a hollow spindle and adapted to receive the head of an instrument, and a locking spring formed by a lower ring extending on a common side by two branches or a plurality of elastic... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080187885 - One handle oral extraction device with variable clearances between hook and pad support portions: The present invention relates generally to an extraction or pliers type device, such as typically utilized by a dentist or oral surgeon. One or more individual devices are provided which establish a variable clearance established between a hook engaging portion and an offset and opposing arrayed pad support portion. A... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080187886 - Dental implant with constant thread crest width: An implant for placement into bone and method for forming the same. The method provides an implant that has an elongated body that has a distal end and a proximal end. The method also provides a thread-cutting tool. The process engages the elongated body with the thread-cutting tool. The thread-cutting... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Nixon Peabody LLP.

20080187887 - System and method for automated generating of a cutting curve on a surface: In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a system and method for automated generating of a cutting curve on a surface is provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method for automated generating of a cutting curve on a gingival surface to facilitate cutting of an... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)