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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...