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7510396 Disposable dental prophylaxis apparatus capable of discharging predetermined amount of dentifrice material therefrom  
The present invention relates to a hand tool used by dental professionals to polish a patient's tooth. The hand tool can be connected to a hand motor used to rotate a wheel cup with a plurality of...
7422433 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...
7416411 Medical handpiece having a clamping sleeve for a tool  
A medical handpiece having an elongate grip part, in the forward end region of which a clamping sleeve is rotatably mounted, in which sleeve a shaft of a tool can be inserted and clamped, wherein...
7338285 Disposable prophy angle with encompassing integral toroidal paste pouch for attaching to a dental handpiece  
A dental cleaning attachment for a dental handpiece which comprises a disposable prophy angle having a neck and a right angle head, wherein the neck is removably attached to the dental handpiece. A...
7322822 Apparatus and method for removing enamel from a person's tooth  
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for removing enamel from a person's tooth includes a blade portion and a handle portion. The blade portion includes an abrasive surface adapted to remove...
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...
RE39714 Hand-holdable gas/abrasion apparatus  
A hand-holdable apparatus useful for abrading a surface is provided. The invention is particularly useful for dental applications using a stream of abrasive particles suspended in a gas stream to...
7160108 All-in-one prophy angle  
The all-in-one prophy angle for cleaning teeth contains a self dispensing solid core prophy polish which allows the operator to perform an entire prophylaxis of the teeth with the efficiency of not...
7153133 Disposable prophy angle for an electric tooth polisher  
A disposable prophy angle for an electric tooth polisher, having a handle and a polishing head, has a body and a transmission assembly. The body is mounted to the handle and has a cavity and a bent...
7104796 Disposable prophy angle for an electric tooth polisher  
A disposable prophy angle is mounted to an electric tooth polisher that has a controller, a handle having a motor and a driving shaft. The prophy angle is mounted to the handle and has a casing, a...
7101182 Dental apparatus  
A prophy angle comprising a body, a drive system, and a paste feed assembly. The body includes a cylinder and a head portion associated with the cylinder. The drive system extends through the body...
7070412 Self-contained dental prophylaxis angle with offset rotational axis  
The present invention discloses a self-contained dental prophylaxis angle with an offset rotational axis and methods for its use in cleaning, polishing, bleaching, bonding, etching, abrading,...
7029274 Rotary float  
A rotary float includes an elongated tubular arm with a drive shaft rotatably mounted therethrough. A drive unit is coupled to a rearward end of the shaft to rotate the shaft. A swivel on the...
7029278 Handheld device for applying dental materials  
A dental handpiece for applying dental material to polish a tooth. The handpiece includes a conduit and a plunger for dispensing dental material adjacent a polishing member. The plunger and the...
6964603 Fiber flocked dental polishing tips  
A dental polishing tip is adapted to be coupled to a dental drive apparatus. The apparatus rotates the tip, thereby polishing the teeth. The tip includes: (i) a post having a proximal end and an...
6939535 Method and apparatus for preventing tooth decay  
A method for preventing tooth decay by initially treating the tooth surface with a laser with a coherent or noncoherent light source. This process makes the tooth more resistant to acid and more...
6875017 Combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device  
The combination rotating dental cleaning brush and paste device. The device includes a housing having a rotating shaft passing therethrough. An accordion tube has two opposed ends, a first end...
6872125 Tool for smoothing a workpiece  
A tool for abrading a workpiece to smooth the surface thereof. The tool has a shank portion and a working portion. The working portion has a smooth and non-abrading surface, with one or more...
6766549 Toothbrush system with a three-dimensional brushing action and fluid irrigation  
A toothbrush system using a combination of mechanical force and fluid dynamics to increase the efficiency of plaque removal from the teeth and gums. The toothbrush includes a head unit with an...
6729942 Dental abrasion system  
The present invention provides a portable dental system for use in areas having inadequate sources of power, either for human or for veterinary dentistry. The system provides one or more...
6726531 Abrasive tool having safe and active areas  
A tool for abrading a workpiece to smooth the surface thereof. In one embodiment, the tool is an ultrasonic tip ( 12 ) having plural grooves ( 16 ) formed in a smooth surface ( 14 ) thereof. Each...
6632090 Method and system for dispensing prophylaxis medium  
A system and method for dispensing prophylaxis paste during dental cleaning procedures which includes a flow control valve, which is actuated by pressure between the prophy cup and the tooth, and...
6554614 Dental handpiece brush and method of using the same  
A dental brush has a plurality of bristles and is adapted to connect to a dental handpiece. As the brush is rotated, outer portions of the bristles shift and present an overall tapered...
6527552 Lubricated disposable prophylaxis angle  
A dental prophylaxis angle is provided having a body having a sleeve sized for fitting the nose of a dental handpiece, a drive part comprising a drive shaft extending into the sleeve and a drive...
6511319 Dental prophylaxis handpiece  
A handpiece is provided. The handpiece comprises a shaft one end of which includes a connection means in the form of a shank to accept an aperture in a dental handpiece drive, the other end of the...
6503082 Portable tooth/nail surface cleaning polisher  
A portable tooth or nail polisher has a motor connected to a coupler formed in a body. A head member is mounted on the coupler during use. An accommodating space is formed in the body for holding...
6315559 Prophy head  
Prophy head for a handpiece used in dentistry. The prophy head has a rotating shaft which holds a polishing member, a bearing for supporting the shaft, a housing for retaining the bearing, and a...
6312257 Brush for use in restorative dentistry  
Instead of a bunch of bristles coated with abrasive particles, the brush for surface treatments in restorative dentistry comprises one or several lamellar abrasive elements. In the manner of a...
6273712 Equine dental grinding apparatus  
A dental appliance or apparatus for grinding the teeth of equine patients includes a variable speed motor and an elongated tube leading from the motor to a head member that mounts an annular...
6273789 Method of use for supersonic converging-diverging air abrasion nozzle for use on biological organisms  
A device for removing material from biological organisms by directing an abrasive fluid stream onto a surface of a biological organism. The device operates on a standard household pressure source...
6267594 Medical or dental-medical instrument for material-removing working of body tissue and tool for such an instrument  
The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical instrument (1) for the material-removing working of body tissue or a substitute material, having an elongate handpiece (2), a holding device (4)...
6257886 Disposable dental prophylaxis angle  
A disposable dental prophylaxis angle including an elongated housing which defines a longitudinal axis and has a central bore and a head portion in fluid communication with the central bore. A...
6203322 Dental prophylaxis angle  
A dental prophy angle having a forwardly opening end formation and a closure which overlaps the end formation. The angle has a drive shaft having no lengthwise parting line, such that smoothness of...
6168433 Direct drive dental prophy angle  
A dental prophy angle adapted to be engaged with a dental handpiece having a nose cone and a low-speed rotary driver within the nose cone. The prophy angle has a proximal end adapted to releasably...
6149430 Integrally molded dental appliance and process for its manufacture  
The invented dental apparatus and method for its manufacture involves an integrally molded, polymeric, unitary, hand piece having fluid conduits formed therein during the molding process for...
6099309 Disposable prophy angle  
A disposable right angle dental handpiece comprising a plastic housing having a sleeve, a tapered neck, a head and a disposable prophy cup. The cup being removably coupled to a driven rotating...
6089866 Drive shaft retention means for prophy angle  
A dental prophy angle which includes a separate rib for securing each of the drive assembly and a workpiece by a friction lock. Preferably this rib is circumferential and present in both the shank...
6083000 Dental handpiece attachment and method of making the same  
The dental handpiece attachment includes a housing defining a dental handpiece receiving portion and a central portion. A receiving opening in the receiving portion is in fluid communication with a...
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...
6053732 Dental prophylaxis angle and a pivotable prophy cup therefore  
In a dental prophylaxis angle, an angle housing defines a main passageway and an ancillary passageway communicating therewith and extending at an substantial angle thereto. A drive shaft extends...
5964590 Permanently lubricated dental prophylaxis angle  
A maintenance-free dental prophylaxis angle includes a one-piece body including a sleeve and a head. The sleeve and head define intersecting bores. A one-piece drive gear including an enlarged...
5915966 Tooth crown preparation system  
A tooth crown preparation system is provided including a handle and a tooth cover fixed to the handle and defining an interior space and an open bottom. A grinding assembly is rotatably mounted to...
5902107 Disposable prophylaxis angle with adjustable head  
A disposable prophylaxis angle with an adjustable head having a body with a head, a drive gear extending through the body, and a driven gear extending through the head. The prophylaxis angle...
5876203 Permanently lubricated dental prophylaxis angle  
A maintenance-free dental prophylaxis angle includes a one-piece body including a sleeve and a head. The sleeve and head define intersecting bores. A drive assembly, comprising a drive gear and a...
5871353 Prophy angles with dentifrice dispensing systems  
The invention provides for the incorporation of dentifrice preparations, which are commonly accessed from a container on a tray during teeth cleaning, internally within the housing of a disposable...
5775905 Cup as a carrier of pastes for dental hygienic  
The cup to be used as a paste carrier for dental hygienic consists of a rubber elastic material and can be driven for rotation by a hand piece. The cup comprises a paste receiving part, the inner...
5749728 Method of assembling a dental prophylaxis angle  
A plastic, disposable, easy-to-assemble dental angle is provided. The angle includes a one-piece hollow body having a head at its front end which is angled with respect to the body. Both the head...
5730595 Disposable prophylaxis angle  
A dental prophylaxis angle includes a body having a sleeve, a neck, and a one piece hollow head formed at the end of the neck. A drive member, including a drive gear and shaft is received in the...
5692901 Disposable adjustable flow prophy angle (DAFPA)  
The device presented herein is a Disposable Adjustable Flow Prophy Angle (DAFPA) attachment with an integral feed mechanism to expel a predetermined quantity of abrasive medium into a polish cup....
5690488 Anti-splattering rotary dental instrument for cleaning teeth  
A prophylactic dental apparatus is designed to minimize splatter from rotation of a rotating resilient element with a diverter which substantially surrounds at least a portion of the resilient...
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