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5232367 |
Method for sterilizing and closing accessory canals of a tooth
A dental laser assembly is disclosed for use in eradicating carious lesions in teeth, the treatment of sensitive teeth, as well as the removal of soft tissue, the incising of the frenum, opurculum,...
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5228853 |
Method for determining a sensitive tooth
A method for determining which one of a group of teeth is causing pain to a patient upon such group of teeth being exposed to a material wherein a portion of such pain causing material is applied...
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5217372 |
Dentistry practice
A dentistry practice or method requiring a patient's possession of dental drill components, i.e. drill burr, handset or drill burr attaching means, etc., which are unavoidably in danger of HIV...
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5215459 |
Glass ionomer cements in a method of guided tissue regeneration
The invention relates to the use of glass ionomer cements in a method of guided tissue regeneration. In the method, cavities are artificially created by forming glass ionomer cement coverings over...
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5207576 |
Dental laser assembly with dual lasers
A dental laser assembly having a housing with a first and second laser cavity. The housing also includes an optical output port and a dental optical delivery system optically connected to the port....
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5203701 |
Appliance for temporomandibular joint dysfunction
An intraoral appliance to be worn for the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction. The appliance has upper and lower members which fit respectively on the person's maxillary...
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5201655 |
Optical light guide for controlling the irradiation of a dental restorative material
A light guide for use in combination with a light source for irradiating a dental restoration. The light guide includes two optical conductors having one end mounted in common for insertion into...
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5199870 |
Process for destroying and removing material from teeth
In a process for destroying and removing tooth material by means of pulsed infrared laser beams, in order to reduce the damage to the surrounding tissue without simultaneously impairing the...
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5197882 |
Periodontal barrier and method for aiding periodontal tissue regeneration agents
A periodontal barrier and method incorporating chemotherapeutic agents is disclosed for aiding and guiding periodontal tissue regeneration.
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5195890 |
Device and method for supporting artificial teeth
A device for supporting artificial teeth, which device is intended to be secured to anchoring elements in a jaw, includes tubes, which are secured to the anchoring elements, and a bridge formed as...
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5194003 |
Removable device for delivering beneficial agents orally
A device for delivering beneficial agents such as drugs orally for sustained time periods comprising a support member that is formfit or clasped over or around the teeth and one or more reservoir...
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5194004 |
Method of injection-molding slow release fluoride
A human detention appliance or pacifier device or anti-thumb sucking device is made by a method of injection molding whereby a charge of fluoridating material is admixed with a high-temperature...
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RE34196 |
Method and material for brightening teeth
There is disclosed a novel process and a material composition for brightening teeth , together with a novel use of old compositions for brightening teeth. The novel process and use each...
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5194005 |
Surgical and dental procedures using laser radiation
Laser radiation having a selected wavelength and in the form of pulses having a selected pulse duration, repetition rate and energy content per pulse, is employed for performing a variety of dental...
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5194001 |
Reinforced dental bridge
A reinforcing frame for a dental bridge is described. The frame consists of a main support bar which is bent so that ends may be mounted in abutment teeth spaced above the central portion where the...
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5188531 |
Method and equipment for treatment of periodontal disease
The present method and apparatus are directed to the treatment of periodontal disease. A contoured, calibrated instrument is employed to probe the gum tooth interface to locate periodontal lesions...
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5184955 |
Device for temporary dental splinting
For the temporary fixation of teeth, teeth rows or jaw parts, the device has a wire (9), on which annular composite carriers (7) are movably arranged. The composite carriers (7) can, for example,...
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5183397 |
Dental bonding arrangement and method
A dental bonding arrangement for use in attaching a dental prosthesis onto a dental surface. The bonding arrangement includes a self-supporting, semi-rigid layer of adhesive material positioned...
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5182099 |
Preparation for prevention of emission of mercury from amalgam fillings and method
A method of preventing or decreasing the emission of mercury vapor in the mouth, from a mercury amalgam filling, comprising contacting the amalgam filling with an oral composition containing sulfur...
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5180304 |
Method for apical fusion of the foramina
A dental laser assembly is disclosed for use in eradicating carious lesions in teeth, the treatment of sensitive teeth, as well as the removal of soft tissue, the incising of the frenum, opurculum,...
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5176517 |
Dental undercut application device and method of use
A dental undercut application device for producing an undercut on the surface of a tooth for securing a dental appliance. The application device contains an undercut or applique with a curved front...
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5173048 |
Dental interocclusal splint
A dental splint is disclosed for changing the bite surface between upper and lower teeth to treat painful conditions such as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. The interocclusal splint covers...
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5173049 |
Removing a post embedded in a tooth
A process for cleaning and/or shaping passages, comprising providing an optical fiber having a diameter sufficiently small to be introduced into the passage and having a free end provided with a...
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5171150 |
Method for filling an opening in tooth or bone material using laser radiation
Laser radiation having a selected wavelength and in the form of pulses having a selected pulse duration, repetition rate and energy content per pulse, is employed for performing a variety of dental...
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5171148 |
Dental inserts for treatment of periodontal disease
An absorbable mesh material useful as a dental implant. The mesh is cut by lasers to afford smooth edges which will not unravel. The implant may be attached by a ligature or suture material,...
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5169318 |
Optical fiber for use with dental laser
A thermoplastic optical fiber for use in treatments requiring filling of openings, recesses, passages, or crevices in mineralized physiologic tissue, the fiber having at least a portion composed of...
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5165424 |
Method and system for whitening teeth
A method for whitening the teeth of a person, comprises the steps of a retainer made of a plastic material adapted to be moldable when heated for conforming to the shape of one of the upper and...
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5163841 |
Correcting articulation defect in dentate human jaw
A model of a maxilla is marked with the location of the patient's lip line and with the location of the patient's ear-nose plane. Then the incisor portion of the model is shaped to have a lower...
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5153006 |
Method of treating post-restoration dental pain
A method for treating and reducing post-restoration dental pain comprising the application of an agent, the essential ingredient of which is potassium nitrate, to the affected tooth and the...
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5151031 |
Filling or coating mineralized physiologic tissue
The cutting of tooth or bone tissue with laser radiation is enhanced by giving the radiation a polarization P parallel to the surface of the tissue being cut. For enlarging a tooth canal, laser...
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5151029 |
Removing physiologic tissue from a tooth canal
The cutting of tooth or bone tissue with laser radiation is enhanced by giving the radiation a polarization P parallel to the surface of the tissue being cut. For enlarging a tooth canal, laser...
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5137449 |
Intraoral medication releasing system
A system for long term releasing of medication in the mouth, and especially an intra-oral fluoride releasing system (IFRS) for releasing fluoride over a long term for inhibiting the formation of...
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5129824 |
Method for treating periodontal disease
A method of and system for the treatment of periodontal diseases is disclosed wherein a patient, using a delivery device, applies a medicament directly to the infected site. The delivery device may...
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5122060 |
Method for creating an etch in dentin
A dental laser assembly is disclosed for use in eradicating carious lesions in teeth, the treatment of sensitive teeth, as well as the removal of soft tissue, the incising of the frenum, opurculum,...
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5120224 |
Laminate with internalized matrix of fabric
The process of fabricating a laminate, or series of attached laminates, with internalized matrix of fabric. The uses of such a process are to mask discolored, chipped, jumbled and spaced teeth with...
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5120223 |
Apparatus and method for dental prosthesis
A dental tool is disclosed having a hollow cylindrical body portion, with an enlarged angular ring at one end, said ring having an abrasive coating thereon. The size and configuration of the...
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5120460 |
Dental cleaner materials
A dental cleaner material comprises as a main component an aqueous solution containing 0.1 to 2.0% by weight of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or at least one of its alkali metal salts. The...
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5118294 |
Dental crown preparation method
A method of accurately positioning a post in a tooth root to receive a tooth crown is proposed wherein a stepped bore having successive sections is formed in the tooth root in accurate axial...
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5118293 |
Cutting mineralized physiologic tissue using laser radiation
The cutting of tooth or bone tissue with laser radiation is enhanced by giving the radiation a polarization P parallel to the surface of the tissue being cut. For enlarging a tooth canal, laser...
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5116227 |
Process for cleaning and enlarging passages
A process for cleaning and/or shaping passages, comprising providing an optical fiber having a diameter sufficiently small to be introduced into the passage and having a free end provided with a...
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5110720 |
Dental composition and a process for the preparation thereof
The invention is directed to compositions for use in dental preparations which comprise an anti-osteoporotic agent, particularly ipriflavone, an anti-phlogistic agent, particularly triamcinolone,...
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5106302 |
Method of fracturing interfaces with an ultrasonic tool
Method for fracturing the interface between dental structures that have been secured together. The device comprises an ultrasonic tool for providing bi-directional movement of a preferred amplitude...
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5104319 |
Method of manufacturing dental restorations
A method for the production of full or partial dental restorations including veneers, crowns, inlays, onlays, and bridge structures, and dental restorations produced by the method. The method...
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5102332 |
Braided fiber dental retainer and container therefor
A container for a dental retainer consisting of a straight or curved section of hollow tubular material that is opaque to a resin curing light source which encloses a length of fiber which can be...
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5100318 |
Ultrasonic method and apparatus for measuring the periodontal pocket
A noninvasive probe effects a method of measuring the depth of the periodontal pocket along an outer surface of a tooth wherein the depth is measured from an outer gum ledge tooth surface adjacent...
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5098297 |
Apparatus for application of a tooth desensitizing composition
A composition for the rapid desensitization of dentin and a system for its application, comprising a subsaturated aqueous solution of monopotassium monohydrogen oxalate and a disposable single-use...
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5098303 |
Method for bleaching teeth
The present invention discloses high viscosity sustained release dental compositions, such as tooth bleaching or fluoride compositions, for treating tooth surfaces. For maximum results, an improved...
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5098304 |
Dental materials and process utilizing etched silanated glass fiber
The composite resin reinforcement system for use in dental operations provides improved strength by the use of etched glass fiber material which is then silanated with an organo-functional silane...
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5094615 |
Dental polishing head and method
A head or handpiece for a dental cleaner which cleans teeth by impinging soluble abrasive particles against teeth in the presence of a liquid. The head includes a gas/abrasive tube and a water tube...
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5094619 |
Coloration of dental restorations
A method of coloring dental restorations which consists of incorporating within the dental restoration material prior to curing a coloration agent which upon the application of heat or other energy...
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