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6095812 |
Device for curing with light
A curing device for curing dental materials by light-induced polymerization has a supply station and a hand-held apparatus including a light source. A detachable cable connects the hand-held...
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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...
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6093019 |
Dental imaging system with digital motion video
A dental imaging system that extracts still images from a digital movie of a patient's mouth. The system allows still images free of shakes or flutter to be taken using an intraoral camera at the...
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6086366 |
Device for removing material from a workpiece by laser radiation
A device for removing material from a workpiece, in particular for removing a hard substance, such as tooth enamel or dentine from a tooth, or for removing ceramic materials, has a laser for...
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6086367 |
Dental and medical procedures employing 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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6083218 |
Method and apparatus for removing dental caries by using laser radiation
An apparatus (1) is provided for treating a target area (22) of a tooth (10). The apparatus (1) generally comprises a coolant delivery system (20) and an ultraviolet laser system (15). The coolant...
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6077073 |
Light emitting diode-array light apparatus
A sheathed, conformable, multi-tooth device for curing adhesives, sealants and/or whitening or coloring agents used in the dentistry field is disclosed. An array of LED lights are connected and a...
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6068474 |
Light curing device
In a light curing device which is especially suitable for light-induced polymerization of dental material in the mouth of a patient, a light source is provided which is housed together with a...
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6065965 |
Device and process for curing a photocurable plastic filler
A deice for curing a photocurable plastic filler (6) disposed in a dental cavity (2) of a hard tooth substance (4) includes a laser light source (10) and a light conductor (11) leading from the...
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6053731 |
Device for the recognition of caries, plaque or bacterial infection of teeth
Device for the recognition of caries, plaque or bacterial infection of teeth, the device having in substance a generator (4) for the generation of an excitation radiation (6) which with the aid of...
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6039565 |
Combined ultrasonic and laser device and method of use
A combined laser and ultrasonic device includes a combination laser and ultrasonic source, a control console and a combined laser and ultrasonic delivery handpiece. The system has three modes of...
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6026828 |
Toothbrush
A toothbrush providing a radiation source of selected optical range, having the radiation source built into a cavity in the handpiece of the toothbrush. The brush head may be transparent and the...
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6024562 |
Device for the recognition of caries, plaque or bacterial infection on teeth
A device for the recognition of caries, plaque or bacterial infection on teeth, which includes a light source for generating an excitation radiation which is to be directed onto a tooth to be...
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6022214 |
Intraoral illumination device and method of using the same
The present invention involves an intraoral illumination device and method for illuminating the interior cavity of a patient's mouth during a medical procedure. The illumination device includes a...
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6019599 |
Suction system for the laser processing of work pieces in dental technology
A suction system in a laser device for the bonding of prosthesis parts in dental technology formed of an annular suction nozzle that concentrically surrounds the laser focusing unit or an annular...
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6019721 |
Camera with improved focus mechanism
A focus mechanism having an actuator positioned near the rear of a handheld piece and that allows a lens element to be moved with respect to a stationary image sensor to achieve a range of focus....
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6007333 |
Endoscopic method and device for subgingival dental procedures
An improved endoscopic system for visualizing subgingival dental procedures. The device comprises a dilator projection incorporated into or onto the body of a dental instrument utilized to remove...
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5999687 |
Apparatus and method for delivering CO.sub.2 laser energy
A system for delivering a CO 2 laser beam to the roots of a tooth is provided. The system includes a laser beam source, a first fiber having a first diameter connected to the laser beam source at...
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5975895 |
Strobe light curing apparatus and method
A strobe light curing apparatus which includes trigger electronics for producing a series of pulses at a predetermined frequency. A flash lamp is coupled to the trigger electronics for producing...
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5971755 |
Laser instrument
In the case of a laser instrument (1) with a laser-light guiding device (3) feeding the laser light, an oblong outcoupling element (15), the longitudinal direction of which is arranged at an angle...
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5967775 |
Dental color comparator device
A dental comparator device includes a body, a polychromatic light emitter within the body, and a magnifying lens and holder for a dental standard coupled to the body. The standard holder is either...
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5961327 |
Dental treatment device
The invention relates to a dental treatment instrument with which a dental handpiece (1), at its instrument end and/or at its hose end, is provided with unlocking planes (4a, 4b) which cooperate...
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5941701 |
Device and method to treat oral disease in felines
A laser system and method are described that will effectively interrupt the progression of periodontal disease in felines, particularly in situations where the disease has progressed to advanced...
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5931670 |
Illuminated dental suction appliance
An illuminated dental suction appliance is disclosed. The appliance includes a suction component having a tubular member and a light projecting tip. The light projecting tip is formed at one end of...
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5928220 |
Cordless dental and surgical laser
A compact, hand-held, rechargeable, tunable, self-contained laser instrument is presented for use in dentistry, oral surgery, orthopedic surgery, and other medical procedures such as sterilization...
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5922605 |
Polymerization apparatus and method for controlling polymerization apparatus
A polymerization apparatus includes a support plate for supporting a workpiece to be polymerized and a hood comprising a light source for guiding light to the workpiece such that the light impinges...
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5919129 |
Fiber optic periodontal endoscope
A fiber optic periodontal endoscope includes a lens and light housing assly attached to a handle end tip containing fiber optic bundles transmitting light from the source to illuminate the probe...
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5912470 |
Process and an apparatus for the curing of light-sensitive polymeric compositions
In a process for the curing of light-sensitive polymeric compositions by irradiation with light of wavelength suited to the polymeric composition it is proposed that the irradiation be carried out...
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5908294 |
Dental imaging system with lamps and method
A handheld dental video camera and a corresponding method is disclosed. The dental video camera includes a window for receiving light. In some aspects of the invention, a lamp is mounted distally...
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5908295 |
Dental handpiece with lighting means
A dental handpiece is disclosed, which contains a handpiece body for giving dental treatment on a site in oral cavity of a patient, and an optical semiconductor device in the handpiece body for...
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5899692 |
Illuminated syringe tip and handpiece assembly
A dental syringe tip handpiece assembly includes a clear, plastic syringe tip mounted in an adaptor for connection to the handpiece. On the interior of the adaptor at a location adjacent the end of...
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5897509 |
Probe for measuring periodontal pocket depth
A probe for measuring a depth of a periodontal pocket includes an emitting device for emitting, from a position at a distance from the periodontal pocket, a light beam toward the periodontal...
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5897314 |
Medical or dental laser instrument, especially for dental root canal treatments
In a medical or dental laser instrument (1), especially for tooth root canal treatments, having a preferably rod-shaped hand piece (2), a connection part (3) by means of which the hand piece (2)...
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5894620 |
Electric toothbrush with means for locating dental plaque
Electric toothbrush comprising means for locating dental plaque An electric toothbrush comprises means (1, 22) for emitting excitation radiation towards teeth (10), means (2, 24) for detecting...
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5893712 |
Gripping handle for diagnostic instrument
A diagnostic assembly includes an instrument having a body portion and a distal camera head, in which a protective sheath encases the instrument body and includes a transparent window for allowing...
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5882197 |
Illuminated suction tool with disposable tip
A dental suction tool has a disposable sanitary plastic suction tip to prevent cross contamination from one patient to the next. The suction tip is formed as a generally cylindrical hollow tubing...
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5882195 |
Dental instrument
A dental instrument (10) has a handle (12) having a handle front (12F) and a handle rear (12R). The handle (12) further has a handle grip (12A). The dental instrument (10) further has a probe (14)...
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5879159 |
Portable high power arc lamp system and applications therefor
A portable, high power arc lamp system for composite curing and tooth whitening applications utilizes battery cells to power a lamp, such as a short-arc xenon lamp. The use of battery power allows...
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5851112 |
Dental handpiece
A dental handpiece 1 having a laser irradiation switch 5 on a hand grip 2 portion and a bent guide tube 6A through which an optical fiber 7 for introducing laser light to its distal end is...
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5846080 |
Laser dental devices and methods
This invention is a laser dental system for providing direct laser radiation to a desired location within a patient's mouth without the use of an optical fiber. The system directs the focal point...
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5836762 |
Portable dental camera system and method
The invention provides a camera system including a handpiece having a lens, and a cable connector connected to opposite ends of a cable and a plurality of power source bases. The cable connector...
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5813854 |
Orthodontic brace installation device
A device (10) used in orthodontic processes in which light is supplied from a source (40) through a light transmissive cable (42) and directed at a patient's teeth (T). A housing (12) is deformable...
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5807107 |
Dental infection control system
A dental infection control system utilizing barrier protection to prevent cross-contamination between patients is disclosed. A unitary cover is provided for covering a piece of dental equipment to...
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5803729 |
Curing light
A light curing gun for dental filling material includes a conical light concentrator element and a water filed chamber between the light source and the concentrator element. The water increases the...
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5800165 |
Dental instrument and method of bleaching teeth using a laser
A dental apparatus, including an instrument having an optical fiber for delivering UV light, an optical viewing fiber and an irregular surface located on the exterior surface at the distal end of...
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5800172 |
Dental turbine hand piece with light and rotary head
A dental turbine hand piece has a body, a turbine rotatable in the body about an axis, a light source arranged on the body, and means for current supply to the light source, a magnetic element...
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5800163 |
Method and apparatus for light-curing resin adhesives for orthodontic brackets
A method and apparatus for curing an adhesive resin by use of light in which the resin is disposed between a bottom surface of an orthodontic bracket and a tooth surface, wherein a curing tip...
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5797740 |
Dental instrument
The instrument for the handling of dental fillings is characterized in that it is provided at one of its ends or at both ends with a head comprising a stuffing part which is made of a light...
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5791898 |
Light prism for apparatus dental filling
The present invention reveals an improved light-transmitting apparatus and methods for polymerizing light-hardening dental fillings of Class II resins. In the improved apparatus and methods, a...
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5762493 |
Hand-held unit for flushing the operating point of a laser light beam emerging from a light conductor
In a hand-held unit (1) with a housing (2), with a light conductor (3) held in the housing (2), particularly for the dental treatment with laser light, and with a flushing means (4) directing...
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