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7255559 Disposable dental prophy angle with secure retention mechanism  
A disposable, securely retained dental angle is provided. The angle includes a one-piece hollow housing having a short leg at its front end, which is angled with respect to the long leg. Both the...
7198487 Whitening tip for dental flossing device  
A power flosser tip incorporating a tooth-whitening coating. The coating is typically abrasive, and whitens teeth by scraping or wearing down hardened plaque or other tooth discolorations. The...
7122921 Top loading internal assembly for a power toothbrush  
A first aspect of the disclosure concerns a driving assembly for a power toothbrush which includes a drive member, specifically an E-core electromagnet, a driven member which is responsive to the...
6997446 Spring member for rotational action  
The rotational spring includes a base member which is in the form of a ring and includes elements for fixedly attaching it to a body of an appliance, such as a power toothbrush, which includes a...
6955539 Characterization of motion of dual motor oral hygiene device  
An oral hygiene device is disclosed having at least two motors to simultaneously vibrate and impart motion upon the head portion of the oral hygiene device, most beneficially at the tip. A first...
6948935 Ultrasonic dental device  
A device for performing endodontic procedures such as root canals by utilizing ultrasonic energy to debride the root canal space. The device includes a modified shaft assembly and a stainless steel...
6942485 Dental handpiece comprising torque-limiting means  
A dental handpiece is provided including a neck wherein balls are guided in transverse channels of an input shaft and are radially spaced apart by a support piece including a tapered part thrust by...
6929476 Dental apparatus  
A dental equipment for cutting teeth, forming root canals and so on. The dental apparatus includes: an actuator for actuating a cutting tool; a load sensor for sensing a load worked in the cutting...
6910887 Device for performing an endodontic treatment  
A device for use in an endodontic treatment, for example for filling a root canal of a tooth that is empty as a consequence of the removal of the nerve, with a thermoplastic product such as gutta...
6910883 Orthodontic bracket cleaner  
The present invention is a powered instrument for removing excess bonding material from the surfaces of orthodontic brackets while they are attached to a patient's teeth. The instrument is...
6821119 Dual motor oral hygiene device  
An oral hygiene device ( 2 ) is disclosed having at least two motors ( 30, 36 ) to simultaneously vibrate and impart motion upon the head portion of the oral hygiene device ( 2 ), most beneficially...
6766548 Accessories mount for an electric toothbrush  
An accessory mount for an electric toothbrush having a motor which is arranged in a handpiece for driving vibration-generating mechanism. The mount including an elongate protective cover attachable...
6626670 Powered periotome  
A periodontal surgical instrument is disclosed which includes a motor. A rotary member is mounted for movement at a center of rotation of the rotary member. A shaft couples the output of the motor...
6517348 Dental oscillating cleaning implement and method of using same  
A dental cleaning implement comprising: a handpiece graspable at one end by a user, an oscillating drive within the handpiece, a head located at the opposite end of the handpiece which includes a...
6491520 Dental instrument  
A dental instrument is provided for removing caries attacked dentine in connection with chemical-mechanical treatment of caries by means of a caries-dissolving solution applied to the caries for...
6488500 Dental handpiece  
In a dental handpiece with an elastically arranged reception part ( 8 ) for a tool, compressed air from angled exit nozzles ( 9 ) can be applied to a sleeve ( 7 ) allocated to the reception part (...
6447293 Drive mechanism for interproximal flossing device  
An interproximal flossing device including a link member that isolates lateral from vertical rotational movement to transfer only translatory arcuate movement. This is done by the combination of a...
6446294 Electric toothbrush  
An electric toothbrush is provided which includes an elongate body having an interior cavity, a power source mounted within the cavity, an elongate drive shaft driven rotatably by the power source,...
6443731 Medical and dental handpiece  
The invention relates to a handpiece ( 3 ) for medical purposes, having a tool holder ( 5 ) arranged in the forward end region of the handpiece ( 3 ), a retaining coupling ( 16 ) for releasably...
6422867 Interproximal flosser handle  
A handle housing that is modular and easily assembled and disassembled for maintenance and cleaning. The handle housing has an integrally-formed orientation shape (e.g. S-shape) to keep it from...
6409507 Drive mechanism for oscillatory dental tool with improved bushing  
A transmission for changing rotary motion into angularly reciprocating motion and adapted to be mounted on the output end of a dental power unit of the type having a rotary drive output and used to...
6350125 Contra-angle dental handpiece  
A contra-angle dental handpiece is capable of rotating a cutting tool in the forward direction when the cutting tool is in the most advanced position in a root canal of a tooth and preventing the...
6312256 Dental ultrasound instrument for treating periodontal pockets  
A dental instrument adapted to be fixed to a hand piece suitable for communicating ultrasound waves to the dental instrument, includes at least one arm ending in an active extremity that has two...
6293795 Rotary handpiece for endodontic instrumentation  
The invention is an endodontic handpiece, its control system and method of use for rotating an endodontic file to clean a root canal. The invention control system provides for rotating a file...
6267593 Cleansing implement and electrically powered dental cleansing device  
The invention is directed to an electrically powered dental cleansing device (1) to which a cleansing implement (32) is fitted. In this manner, the cleansing implement (32) can be rotated about its...
6176703 Medical or dental treatment instrument for chip-removing treatment of body tissue or a substitute material with an abrasive tool  
In a medical or dental treatment instrument (1) for chip-removing treatment of body tissue or a substitute material with an abrasive tool (7), consisting of a handpiece (2) with an oblong gripping...
6106289 Sonic delivery system for dentistry using a terfnol driver  
A sonic delivery system for dentistry. The sonic delivery system includes a hand piece housing an exciting energy source connected to a driver rod which is further releasably engaged with an energy...
6106290 Dental tool with controlled simultaneous reciprocal and oscillating motion  
In a dental hand-piece, a sleeve connected to a dental tool reciprocates in a head. A fixed protrusion from the head engages a groove on the moving sleeve. The groove has portions that are...
6095810 Dental hand instrument with incorporated light source for diagnostic purposes  
A dental hand instrument consisting of a body (1) destined to be coupled at one end with a cover (14) and at the other end with an electrical and hydraulic connector (4); inside said body (1) is...
6086369 Ultrasonic dental scaler insert  
An ultrasonic dental scaler insert includes a tool coupled to a connecting body which is mechanically coupled to a transducer. When the insert is placed within an ultrasonic dental scaler device...
RE36699 Sonic dental device  
An electric device which removes supragingival and sub-gingival plaque and undesirable debris from the interproximal surfaces between teeth is described. This device utilizes a combination of sonic...
6062858 Medical or dental handpiece with a tool for processing by machining  
In the case of a medical or dental handpiece with a tool for the processing of body tissue or of a substitute material by machining, wherein the tool comprises an, in particular, elongated...
6050818 Electrically powered dental cleansing apparatus  
An electrically powered dental cleansing apparatus in which a cleansing implement is coupled to a drive sleeve and adapted to be rotated about a longitudinal axis. The coupling is effected by a...
5971758 Tool for the preparation, with removal of material, of a lateral cavity in a tooth  
In a tool (1) for the preparation, with the removal of material, of a lateral cavity (K) in a tooth (Z), which tool has a tool shaft (2) of which one end is connected or can be connected with a...
5944033 Dental flossing device and method therefor  
An electromechanical dental flossing device is disclosed for flossing the area between a portion of the tooth and the gum tissue. The device comprises an elongated member coupled to a motor source...
5931170 Dental flosser  
A dental flosser has a bushing with a lateral pin that engages in a spiral groove in a sleeve that surrounds the bushing. The bushing is driven backwards and forwards by a shaft and this causes a...
5927300 Dental cleansing implement  
The invention is directed to a dental cleansing implement (101) having a thin, elongate shaft (102) comprising a free end portion (105) suitable in particular for insertion in the interproximal...
5924864 Handpiece for medical purposes, in particular for a medical or dental treatment device, preferably for a cutting treatment of a dental root canal  
In the case of a handpiece (3) for medical purposes, preferably for a cutting treatment of a dental root canal, with a tool holder (5) arranged in the front end region of the handpiece (3), with a...
5915965 Dental device and the working tool to be exchanged  
The invention relates to a dental device, and a method for exchanging a working tool at a dental device having an exchangeable vibrating of rotating working tool. The working tool (1,3,33) is...
5899693 Dental tip jig and dental tip fitted with it  
There is provided a substantially disposable dental tip incorporated in an ultrasonic scaler and a dental working distal end piece used for the dental tip. The dental tip in accordance with the...
5893715 Dental treatment apparatus  
The invention is directed to an apparatus for treating the teeth and/or gums. This apparatus includes a treatment tool (1) for removing plaque in particular from the gum margin and/or for...
5888064 Air-powered dental tool for animals and method of use  
A air-powered dental tool (20) for animals such as the equine species includes a dental rasp (34) which reciprocates at at least 3,000 oscillations per minute, and has a stroke of approximately 10...
5876206 Method for driving a tooth-cleaning element  
A method and device for enabling oscillating drive of at least one tooth cleaning element in a tooth cleaning device which includes a drive unit and motion transmitters acting between the drive...
5855216 Dental flossing device  
An apparatus for cleaning the surface of teeth in a human mouth having a flexible, resilient central flossing filament and a plurality of flexible side flossing filaments fixedly attached to a...
5839895 Apparatus and methods for the vibrational treatment of oral tissue and dental materials  
An apparatus and methods of its use in the treatment of oral tissue are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a vibrator that is adapted to allow at least one shaft to be...
5827064 Orbitally or reciprocally vibrating method for interproximal plaque removal  
Improved methods and apparatus for the removal of plaque from interproximal areas of the dental anatomy and from periodontal pockets. An reciprocal or orbital vibratory motion about the...
5787908 Dental flossing apparatus  
An electro-mechanical dental flossing device is disclosed for flossing the area between a portion of the tooth and the gum tissue. The device comprises an elongated member coupled to a motor source...
5738575 Orbitally vibrating method and apparatus for interproximal plaque removal  
Improved methods and apparatus for the removal of plaque from interproximal areas of the dental anatomy and from periodontal pockets. An orbital vibratory motion about the longitudinal axis of the...
RE35712 Sonic dental device and method  
An electric device which removes supragingival and subgingival plaque and undesirable debris from the interproximal surfaces between teeth is described. This device utilizes a combination of sonic...
5653591 Dental tooth cleaning instrument with a mechanically driven tooth cleaning tool  
In a tooth cleaning instrument (1) with an elongate handpiece, which carries a tooth cleaning tool (3) on its forward end, which can be set into vibration by a motor driven vibration generator (7)...
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