Dentistry inventions

20090263759 - Method and apparatus for detecting abnormality in tooth structure: An illuminating radiation beam is directed toward a potentially or actually carious structure (particularly a tooth). A detector detects acoustic oscillations set up in the structure resultant from the illuminating radiation and produces an output signal dependent upon the magnitude of the oscillations detected. Signals from the detector are processed... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090263760 - Abutment for implant: In an abutment for a dental implant which includes a crown connection part, a smooth tissue contact part and a fixture engaging part, there is provided an improved abutment for a dental implant characterized in that only the smooth tissue contact part is coated. The abutment is made of titanium.... Agent: Christopher Paul Mitchell

20090263762 - Denture abutment & retention system: A denture retention system includes a denture and an abutment. The denture has an inner channel with an elastic liner having shaped cavities. The cavities have a shaft, a head at the closed end of the shaft and a concave ring between two convex sections on the shaft. The abutment... Agent: Ancel W. Lewis, Jr.

20090263763 - Denture abutment & retention system: A denture retention system includes a denture and an abutment. The denture has an inner channel with an elastic liner having inserts. Each insert has an O-ring and a channel for capturing the O-ring. The abutment has a shaft, a head at one end of the shaft and a base... Agent: Ancel W. Lewis, Jr.

20090263761 - Denture abutment and retention system: A denture retention system includes a denture and an abutment. The denture has an inner channel with an elastic liner having shaped cavities. The cavities have a shaft, a radially outwardly extending ledge surface at the inner end of the shaft and an opening at the outer end of the... Agent: Ancel W. Lewis, Jr.

20090263764 - Method for pre-operative visualization of instrumentation used with a surgical guide for dental implant placement: The invention relates to manufacturing a surgical guide to be placed in a patient's mouth. The patient's mouth is scanned to obtain surgical-region scan data at a region where an implant is to be located. The patient's mouth is also scanned in the opened position to acquire dental conditions opposite... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090258323 - Outie tool for removal of a plastic tooth positioning appliance or aligner (invisible braces) from teeth of a patient: The Outie Tool is an apparatus and method for the efficient, safe, and hygienic removing of removable tooth positioning appliances such as aligners or other dental appliances from the teeth of a patient. The apparatus comprises a straight rigid barrel with a lever appendage on the proximal end for fully... Agent: Nadine M. Saubers

20090258324 - Nozzle for insertion into tooth root canal, and device for treating tooth root canal, having the nozzle for insertion into tooth root canal: A nozzle for insertion into a tooth root canal, which can be inserted into the depths of the root canal, which enables a sufficient amount of fluid to be allowed to flow through it per unit time, and which can be easily produced, and a device for treating a tooth... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090258325 - Separator apparatus: A separator apparatus for separating a pair of adjacent teeth of a patient to facilitate the later placement of a molar band between the teeth. The apparatus includes a separator unit and a cooperating separating mechanism for manipulating the separator unit. The separator unit includes a length of separator material... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20090258326 - Siwak tooth cleaning instrument: The siwak tooth cleaning instrument provides a carrying, protecting and application instrument for a siwak stick, to be applied to the user's teeth for cleaning thereof. In some embodiments, the siwak tooth cleaning instrument includes a tubular housing with a siwak that may be selectively and adjustably raised and lowered... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090258328 - 5 in 1 dental implant method and apparatus: A dental implant method and apparatus is disclosed. A dental implant may be placed during one surgery by extracting a tooth from a socket, drilling a hole through crestal bone at the top of the socket, dissecting sinus membrane from the crestal bone by pulsing water through the hole and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090258327 - Surface area of a ceramic body and ceramic body: Disclosed is a dental implant with a post element that can be inserted into a jawbone and with a mounting element attached to the post element, to which mounting element and dental element can be affixed with the post element designed as a ceramic body of yttrium and/or aluminum oxide... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090258329 - Dental implant: The invention provides dental implants for fixed and removable prosthetic devices, and for other devices such as orthodontic devices, and has application to single tooth replacement, e.g., caps and crowns, and multiple tooth replacement using one or more implants, e.g., bridges, and multiple implants for full and partial prosthetic devices.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090258330 - Method of treating dental periapical lesions: A method of treating a dental periapical lesion at an apex of a tooth root canal, by accessing the dental periapical lesion via the root canal; and removing the dental periapical lesion via the root canal. In the described preferred embodiments, the dental periapical lesion is accessed via an opening... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090253093 - Orthodontic torque pliers: The invention pertains to a tool or pliers for effecting a torque bends or twists to orthodontic rectangular arch wire. The pliers have two handles pivotally associated by a core, the core having a slot therein. One of the handles has a bifurcated head with the other handle having a... Agent: Thomas E Sisson Jackson Walker

20090253094 - Apparatus for detecting infected tissue: An apparatus and method for detecting infected tissue are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a light source for producing a light beam and an optical element having an input end optically coupled to the light source and an output end arranged to direct the light beam as a confocal beam into... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090253095 - Guided dental implantation system and associated device and method: A dental implantation system is provided, comprising an implantation device adapted to prepare a site within a mouth of a patient for receiving a dental implant. A guidance device is operably engaged with the implantation device and is adapted to operably engage the mouth of the patient. The engagement between... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090253096 - Dental filing tool: A dental filing tool includes a handle and a filing strip, wherein the handle includes first and second handle parts, each having a bridge and corresponding first and second arms extending therefrom, the handle parts connectable by a plurality of snap fittings and forming finger pads at either end when... Agent: Mark E. Beatty

20090253097 - Device and arrangement for fixture installation: A device and arrangement for installation of a fixture in a jaw bone comprises a fixture holder designed to cooperate with a guide member forming part of a template, via which guide member the fixture can be applied in its position in the jaw bone with the aid of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090253098 - Implant-driver assembly: Disclosed are an implant-driver assembly and an associated method. Generally, the implant-driver assembly includes a driver, an implant and a coupler that affixes the implant to the driver during transport and during insertion of the implant into the jaw of a patient. As shipped, the assembly may take the form... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090253099 - Method for obtaining a biocompatible composite implant: The invention concerns a method for obtaining a metal implant for open porosity tissue support and/or replacement, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (i) selecting a mould, (ii) arranging in the mould a solid metal core (7), (iii) filling the volume of the mould (1) still available with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090253100 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing orthodontic appliances: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a series of tooth positioners for incrementally repositioning one or more teeth of a patient from an initial configuration to a final configuration via one or more intermediate configurations. The method uses a composite model of the patient's teeth in the initial configuration,... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090253101 - Oral hygiene composition and apparatus and method: A method and accompanying apparatus that allows high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide for tooth whitening by use of an aerosol spray. The aerosol spray may be delivered through a mouthpiece that will direct the spray onto the teeth while inhibiting any escape of the spray to the lips and outside... Agent: Lawrence S. Cohen