Dentistry inventions 12/08

20080318178 - Systems and methods for dental appliance compliance indication: An apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes an appliance adapted to be worn over one or more teeth; and a compliance indicator mounted on the appliance to indicate compliance.... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20080318179 - Correcting the position of teeth in dental arch model: A method of correcting a dental arch model so that it accurately reflects the current arrangement of a subject's teeth includes positioning a plurality of tooth models in a corrected arrangement using a representation of at least a portion of a subject's current dental arch (wherein the tooth models comprise... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080318180 - Dental scope: A dental scope including a stretchable rod, a fog-repellent reflection mirror group and a light module is disclosed. The fog repellent mirror group has a first fog-repellent reflection mirror connected to a distal end of the stretchable rod, and a second fog-repellent reflection mirror connected to a primal end of... Agent: Healthy Biotech Corp. Ltd.

20080318181 - Buccodental hygiene apparatus and disposable unit: d

20080318182 - Water bottle system for use in a dental operatory: A water bottle adapter (6) fits securely onto a water bottle (1) which is used to isolate the water within the bottle from a common water supply. The adapter (6) is fastened to a mating device by means of a threaded neck (7). The neck (7) includes two longitudinal tensioning... Agent: David George Johnson

20080318183 - Bite block with snap-in positionable fluid ejector: A dental appliance apparatus is made up of a bite block and a snap-in, positionable fluid ejector. An aspirator tube is positioned and slideably engaged within a tube holder which, in turn, is rotatably engaged with the bite block. This allows for selective angular positioning of the aspirator tube so... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20080318184 - Vibratory dental tool: A powered dental tool generally includes a tool tip at its distal end, a body at its proximal end and a motion generating mechanism. In one aspect, the dental tool includes a tool tip having a proximal end and a distal end along a generally longitudinal axis and a reciprocating... Agent: Discus Dental, LLC

20080318185 - Dental handpiece: A dental handpiece is disclosed which comprises a grip section having a head section in which a treatment tool is detachably attached, and a drive section detachably connected thereto. The grip section comprises a casing having front and rear casing portions, with the front casing portion being continuous to the... Agent: Hahn & Voight PLLC

20080318186 - Dental device, such as a bridge or insert: A dental bridge and a dental device. The dental device may include a structural portion extending along an axis and connectable to at least one tooth. A truss portion may depend from the structural portion and be operable to support a pontic, the truss portion may define a plurality of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080318187 - Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use: At an initial office visit, the dentist makes an impression of the portion of the mouth in which the tooth is located, with upper and lower occlusal surfaces at or below the gum line. After preparation of a crown, the dentist presses the surface contour tool against the biting surface... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080318188 - Dimer acid-derived dimethacrylates and use in dental restorative compositions: The present invention provides polymerizable dental compositions comprising a dimer acid-derived monomer such as a dimer acid-derived di(meth)acrylate monomer. In one embodiment, the dimer acid-derived monomer is of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from H and optionally substituted C1-C25 straight-chained or... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080318189 - Solid free-form fabrication methods for the production of dental restorations: Solid free form fabrication techniques can be utilized indirectly to manufacture substrates, dies, models, near-net shapes, shells, and wax-ups that are then used in the manufacture of dental articles. Digital light processing is the most preferred indirect method for the production of substrates. After the substrates are produced, various coating... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080318190 - Polymerizable dental pulp healing, capping, and lining material and method for use: Dental pulp healing lining or capping compositions and methods of using the composition to treat an exposed, nearly exposed, or breached pulp chamber are disclosed herein. Embodiments include dental pulp healing lining or capping compositions comprising a resin portion having at least one hydrophilic monomer component and at least one... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080311533 - Direct bond bracket application instrument: An orthodontic instrument that provides for improved placement of direct bond brackets, particularly in the difficult posterior locations. An ergonomic, lightweight, ambidextrous parallel moving jaw assembly which utilizes a familiar hypodermic syringe style interface, enables a practitioner to efficiently and accurately place and bond brackets. Two different jaw blade widths... Agent: David D. Gillanders

20080311534 - Aesthetic self-ligating orthodontic bracket: A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for captivating an archwire with a tooth. The bracket includes a bracket body mountable to a tooth and a self-ligating mechanism having an archwire slot and a ligating slide. The ligating slide is movable between an open position in which an archwire is insertable into the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080311535 - Torque overcorrection model: A custom orthodontic appliance comprised of brackets to be positioned on a patient's teeth, and an archwire, is customized to provide a desired torque to a tooth by selecting an angle for the slot of at least one bracket so as to provide a torque interaction between that bracket slot... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080311536 - Dental impression trays: Disclosed is a dental impression tray realized such that the width of the dental impression tray can be adjusted to match different sizes of patient's dental arches and the adjusted width of the dental impression tray can be stably maintained during the procedure of obtaining an impression of teeth of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080311537 - Occlusal state correction-supporting apparatus, program, and recording medium: An occlusal state correction -supporting apparatus, a program therefor, and a recording medium thereof are provided, which can generate necessary, effective information in order to complete the shape of teeth excellently bitten. A shape-extracting means 10 extracts and stores shaped data of an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080311538 - Dental drill stop: A dental drill stop that is couplable with a dental drill to provide guidance for a dental surgeon regarding proper drill depth for drilling into a portion of a patient such as the patient's jawbone or gum tissue and jawbone.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080311539 - Orthodontic facebow: The invention provides an orthodontic facebow of the type, having an inner bow consisting of two inner arms, each including an end portion, and an interconnected outer bow consisting of outer arms, characterized in that the free end portion of each inner arm is self-locking element to realize by means... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080311540 - Method and device for removing biofilms by microsteaming: A method of removing bio films from a surface is disclosed. The method includes a source of bubbles in a liquid medium being provided. The bubbles having a predetermined size. A source of ultrasound waves at a predetermined frequency also being provided. The bubbles in the liquid medium being output... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080311541 - Prophy angle: The present invention provides a dental prophylaxis angle that includes a singular housing, a drive shaft, a rotor, and a collar. The housing may define a first bore, a second bore in communication with the first bore at a substantial angle thereto, and a third bore coaxial with the second... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul LLP Attn: Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

20080311542 - Intra-oral distraction device: A distraction device that allows for an improved use of the existing process of distraction osteogenesis. The distraction device facilitates the displacement of a healthy portion of bone to a deficient area to enable bone and soft tissue growth in a fracture gap and allows for both vertical and angular... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080311543 - Disposable finger mounted instrument cleaner: A finger mounted instrument cleaner (2) of the type having an elongated semi-circumferential protective body (4) to desirably wrap around a finger. The protective body (4) has a volume of absorbent foam or cleaning member (22) thereon and a securing means to engage a finger. The securing means comprises a... Agent: Brian D. Viscomi

20080311544 - Free angled implant driver and free angled hole implant abutment: In case of straight driver (100), The entrance of screw inserting hole of Implant prosthesis is on the same line with implant fixture's axis. Due to this position of the hole, final prosthesis has many difficulties. Thus. I invented the free angled driver (301). For maxillay anterior teeth, we can... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080311545 - Systems and methods for utilizing ultrasonic energy to activate tooth whitening substances: While various structures, compounds and methods Tooth whitening may be accelerated and intensified by use of ultrasonic energy. Although ultrasonic energy does nothing to directly enhance whitening (i.e., it has no direct effect on stains, tooth enamel, or peroxides), ultrasonic energy may be utilized to accelerate and intensify chemical reactions... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20080305449 - Method of preparing a surface for attaching of an orthodontic device: A method of preparing a surface of a tooth for attachment of an orthodontic device on a lingual surface of a tooth includes the step that a material mass is applied on the tooth to fill out one or more irregularities on the inside of the tooth. Thereafter the material... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080305450 - Placement jig for an orthodontic device: Described are orthodontic devices intended to be attached to a tooth and in particular to the positioning and handling of equipment intended to be fastened to the tooth. The orthodontic device includes a component adapted to be attached to a tooth and a placement jig. The placement jig is attached... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080305451 - System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth: Method and system for detecting and correcting deviation during an orthodontic treatment plan is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an un-segmented current teeth image representing a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun and before the plan ends for the patient; matching a previously segmented... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080305452 - Systems and method for management and delivery of orthodontic treatment: The present invention provides systems and methods of managing delivery of an orthodontic treatment plan using treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated. A method includes, e.g., generating a treatment plan for a patient, generating a customized set of treatment guidelines, providing the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080305454 - Treatment planning and progress tracking systems and methods: The present invention provides systems and methods of managing planning and delivery of an orthodontic treatment using planning tools, treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated, as well as tools and methods for tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080305453 - Treatment progress tracking and recalibration: The present invention relates to systems and methods of developing and tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan. One method includes identifying deviations from an orthodontic treatment plan, including receiving a digital representation of an actual arrangement of a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (018563)

20080305455 - Power transmission device for driving a dental handpiece: An elongated flexible power transmission cable couples an electric motor within a control unit with a dental handpiece. The handpiece has a rotatable tool used for performing dental work within a patient's mouth. The power transmission device comprises a generally flexible and elongated cover having a proximal attachment end, a... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080305456 - Dental implant stabilizing device: A stabilizing device for holding a dental implant in place essentially during the period between a dental implantation surgery and the osseointegration of the implant after the surgery. The device includes an implant, a plate member and a fastener for securing the plate member to the implant after the plate... Agent: Lauson & Tarver LLP

20080305457 - Methods of applying dental agents to dental surfaces and polymer compositions: A method of applying a dental agent to a dental surface, the method including: applying a retentive polymeric coating to a dental surface; and subsequently contacting the retentive polymeric coating with a loading composition that includes a dental agent, wherein the contacting occurs under conditions effective to incorporate the dental... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080305458 - Method and apparatus for combining a non radiograhpic image with an xray or mri image in three dimensions to obtain accuracy of an intra oral scan and root position: A method includes the steps of: generating a three dimensional intra-oral image of the crown of a tooth or crowns of a plurality of selected teeth; generating a three dimensional image of the root of the corresponding tooth or roots of the corresponding selected teeth; and compositing the three dimensional... Agent: Law Offices Of Daniel L. Dawes

20080305459 - Method for real time cure status monitoring of dental resin: A method is disclosed for monitoring the curing status of a dental resin through the inherent fluorescence of the dental resin under a curing light. The method requires no sample preparation and is fast enough for real time cure monitoring.... Agent: Bwt Property, Inc.

20080299507 - Method and system for providing alternating use orthodontic aligners: Method and system for providing a first appliance configured for positioning substantially around one or more teeth during a first portion of a recurring time period to apply one of a first predetermined force or a predetermined tooth movement on the one or more teeth, the first appliance formed of... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080299508 - Orthodontic appliance: An orthodontic appliance includes a flexible vesica containing a fluid, and a support structure supporting the vesica relative to the patient's dental anatomy. The support structure holds the vesica in compression against selected teeth, so that the fluid within the vesica exerts a therapeutic pressure on the teeth. For example,... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20080299509 - Duncan transfer band: The Duncan Transfer Band will assist in the process that will allow a surgeon to place a final dental implant restoration immediately after surgery into a patient's mouth that will function in conjunction with the dental implant(s) placed in the mandible and/or maxilla bone(s). The Duncan Transfer Band is used... Agent: Mr. Gary Allan Duncan

20080299510 - Method and apparatus for temporary dental veneers: A method for applying a temporary dental veneer on a patient's teeth that includes the steps of positioning a mold on the patient's teeth, the mold containing a material that may be hardened, and hardening the material on the patient's teeth, the hardened material being temporarily affixed on the teeth.... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080299511 - Method for determining the set relative position of a patient in dental panorama x-ray apparatus or the set path on which this apparatus is moved with regard to a patient , and a device suited therefor: The invention relates to a method for determining the set relative position of a patient in a dental panorama X-ray apparatus during which the curvature of a front area of a dental arch of a patient is determined. Set position coordinates for the patient are calculated based on this curvature... Agent: Factor & Lake Micheal D Lake

20080299512 - Duncan implant positioning tool: The Duncan Positioning Tool will assist in the process that will allow a surgeon to place a final dental implant restoration immediately after surgery into a patient's mouth that will function in conjunction with the dental implant(s) placed in the mandible and/or maxilla bone(s). The Duncan Positioning Tool is used... Agent: Mr. Gary Allan Duncan

20080299513 - Dental material and methods of use: A dental filling material comprising a polybutylene polymer having a molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 100,000 and being viscoelastic at about 20° C. The composition may include other polymeric resins, fillers, plasticizers and other additives typically used in dental materials. The filling material is used for the filing... Agent: Pentron Corporation

20080299514 - Hand-held instrument for dental or surgical use: The invention relates to a hand-held instrument, for dental or surgical use, intended to rotate a rectilinear detachable tool (13). It comprises: a tubular sheath (1); a hollow shaft (3) rotatably mounted inside the sheath and consisting of an upstream portion (5) and a downstream portion (6) which in turn... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080299516 - Dental implant, pieces to be connected to a dental implant, and the internal connection between the dental implant and each piece: Dental implant (1) and piece (11) to be connected to a dental implant (1), characterised in that both (1, 11) are capable of being connected to each other by an internal connection to the dental implant (1). The internal connection principally comprises an anti-rotational part (6, 16) and a cylindrical... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080299515 - Duncan transfer screw: The Duncan Transfer Screw will assist in the process that will allow a surgeon to place a final dental implant restoration immediately after surgery into a patient's mouth that will function in conjunction with the dental implant(s) placed in the mandible and/or maxilla bone(s). The Duncan Transfer Screw is used... Agent: Mr. Gary Allan Duncan

20080299517 - Denture with suction attachment: The denture with suction attachment is an upper or lower denture plate having a floor with at least one suction cavity formed therein, at least one check valve for sealing the chamber formed by the suction cavity and the user's mouth when the denture is installed therein, and at least... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080299518 - Artificial socket bone: An artificial socket bone used as an outer cover wholly or partially encapsulating an artificial dental root, wherein the artificial socket bone is formed in a substantially cylindrical tubular shape, with protrusions being formed through a plurality of cuts in the surface of the artificial socket bone, part or all... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080299519 - Dental methods, compositions, and kits including acid-sensitive dyes: Methods and compositions including an aqueous liquid that includes an acid-sensitive dye are disclosed for use in dental and orthodontic procedures. The aqueous liquid can be useful for providing a visible color change to indicate contact with acidic materials including, for example, etching compositions, self-etching adhesives, and self-adhesive compositions.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080299520 - Foamable dental compositions and methods: A foamable dental composition that includes a film-forming component, wherein the film-forming component forms a retentive polymeric coating on a dental surface.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company