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5759030 |
Method for determing optical characteristics of teeth
Color measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a central source fiber...
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5759032 |
Device for applying pressure to photocurable materials during polymerization
A dental curing accessory that fits on the light emitting tip of a curing light and is pressed against a photocurable material and its immediate underlying structure such as a tooth, appliance, or...
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5759031 |
Dental air abrasive and laser system
Improvements are provided for a dental air abrasive system of the type which utilizes a compressed gas or air which creates a gas stream. Abrasive particles are introduced into the gas stream and...
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5752827 |
Periodontal examination apparatus and method of use
A periodontal examination data recording and recall method and apparatus. The periodontal examination method includes obtaining an automated periodontal examination data recording and recall...
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5749724 |
Dental light curing device
A dental light curing device comprising a casing having a handle integrally formed therewith and extending therefrom to a lower end. The casing is defined by a front cover and a rear casing body....
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5743731 |
Instrument holder with integrated camera capability and interchangeable instrument tips
A dental/medical instrument holder with an internal imaging or video system wherein the body of the instrument is readily detachable from a connector portion. The instrument holder preferably...
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5738678 |
Apparatus and method for delivering laser radiation to a substrate
The invention provides an apparatus and method for delivering laser radiation to a substrate (20,120) involving a laser radiation source (1), delivery means (2) to transmit the laser radiation from...
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5718577 |
Dental impression tray with chemiluminescent light source
A dental impression tray has wall portions defining at least one channel for receiving a quantity of photocurable dental impression material. At least one of the wall portions is located next to...
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5711665 |
Method and apparatus for bonding orthodontic brackets to teeth
An orthodontic bracket includes a base with a central opening, and a body with a passage aligned with the opening. A curing light assembly includes an outer end portion that is removably received...
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5704909 |
Bone cleaning and drying system
A bone cleaning and drying system for cleaning drying and emptying bones during joint replacement surgery, which includes an applicator for applying compressed gas, namely carbon dioxide, to the...
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5702250 |
Compact dental impression tray for photocurable impression material
A dental impression tray includes at least one array of solid state light emitters for curing photocurable impression material received in a channel of the tray. The tray includes a body presenting...
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5702249 |
Modular intra-oral imaging system video camera
A hand held intra-oral video camera (10) is provided for capturing images from inside a dental patient's mouth which has a housing (24) having a distal end (26) and a handle portion (30). Within...
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5690486 |
Dental tooth color detector apparatus and method
The present invention relates to a dental device which detects the color of a damaged tooth and automatically determines the proper restorative dental material to be used to repair the damaged...
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5683246 |
Illumination apparatus for dental handpiece
The present invention relates to a surgical drilling system having a light source for illuminating the treatment area during surgery. The light source is detachably connected to a light guide...
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5669769 |
Illumination and connector dental handpiece assembly
An illumination system for use in combination with a fluid-driven, fiber optic dental handpiece having a proximal end with a light transmitting fiber optic rod and a plurality of fluid transmitting...
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5662586 |
Hand held diagnostic instrument with video imaging
A hand-held diagnostic instrument includes a casing having a hand-holdable body portion and a neck portion that extends from the body portion to a head portion that is formed of a back cover and a...
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5661519 |
Video camera fashioned as a handpiece for observing subjects in mouth of a patient
A number of solutions are presented for an image rectification, i.e. a realistic alignment of the image given employment of an intraoral camera. To this end, arrangement is present that reproduce...
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5658148 |
Dental laser brushing or cleaning device
The invention is an oral cleaning device incorporating a low power laser radiation source and means for producing pulsed or continuous wave delivery of low power radiation to teeth, gums and oral...
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5636983 |
Laser cutting apparatus
A laser cutting apparatus is disclosed which includes a laser emitter capable of outputting a laser beam in pulses, a laser beam irradiation member, and a dental-crown polishing and washing member....
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5634790 |
Video dental medical instrument
A dental/medical instrument with an internal imaging or video system wherein the body of the instrument is readily detachable from a connector portion. The instrument preferably contains a swivel...
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5634711 |
Portable light emitting apparatus with a semiconductor emitter array
A hand-held portable light emitting device is suitable for medical and industrial photocuring and phototherapy applications. The hand-held portable light emitting device has: (a) a portable housing...
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5622501 |
Destroying bacteria on 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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5616141 |
Laser system for use in dental procedures
A laser system for use in performing dental procedures is provided. The system includes a handpiece which is capable of being connected to a source of laser light, such as a fiber optic cable. The...
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5587284 |
Periodontal probe tip and method for using
A translucent periodontal probe tip (10) for measuring the depth of gingival pockets (30) for purposes of diagnosing the progression of periodontal disease. The periodontal probe tip (10) includes...
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5554855 |
Photopolymerization reactor and small-sized light irradiator for dental use
A photopolymerization for dental use composed of a light of sources emitting at least visible light and infrared light transparent cells charged with coolant disposed to the emission side of said...
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5554029 |
Dental laser apparatus and method for ablating non-metallic dental material from a tooth
A method of ablating non-metallic dental material from a tooth comprises the steps of generating radiation pulses having a predetermined wavelength, energy level, pulse repetition rate, and...
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5530632 |
Cordless light source
The first purpose of the invention is to provide cordless light irradiation in which a stable amount of light is emitted when irradiating, and moreover, the device can be made compact. The second...
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5527262 |
Hand-held diagnostic dental probe with video imaging
An improved hand-held diagnostic dental probe includes a casing that having a hand-holdable body portion, a neck portion that extends from the body portion to a head portion that is formed of a...
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5512036 |
Dental imaging system
An imaging system has an optical assembly that can be removably attached to an elongated housing for insertion therewith into a narrow orifice. The housing has an imager such as a CCD array...
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5509800 |
Light-filter for dental use
A light filter for dental use having a transparent planar member (12) which is colored so as to filter-out visible radiation in the range 400 nm to 520 nm, the range being that to which dental...
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5503559 |
Fiber-optic endodontic apparatus and method
An endodontic apparatus and related method for the instant detection of the anatomical structure of a tooth and for the restoration of a dead or severely decayed tooth using induced fluorescence...
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5487661 |
Portable dental camera and system
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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5487662 |
Dental impression tray for photocurable impression material
A dental impression tray includes a self-contained light source for curing photocurable impression material. The light source is a solid state light emitter such as a light emitting diode. In one...
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5484283 |
Method and apparatus for treating hard dental substances
A method and apparatus for treating hard dental substances wherein the work can be carried out in an indirect technique uses an intraoral video camera, whose images are reproduced on a monitor. To...
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5476379 |
Illumination system and connector assembly for a dental handpiece
An illumination system for use in combination with a fluid-driven, fiber optic dental handpiece having a proximal end with a light transmitting fiber optic rod and a plurality of fluid transmitting...
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5474449 |
Laser treatment unit especially for medical or dental purposes
A dental laser treatment unit, especially for medical or dental purposes having a control unit and a supply device, connected with the control unit by a releasable connection, for a laser treatment...
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5457611 |
Ambient air cooled light emitting instrument
An ambient air cooled high intensity light emitting instrument in which the lamp is contained in a heat sink mounted within the housing. The housing contains a plurality of vent holes which...
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5450293 |
Finger mounted fiber optic illumination system
A fiber optic illumination system is supported upon the wrist and finger of a dentist, oral surgeon, or physician for lighting the oral cavity or other field of operation. A wrist-supported case...
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5429120 |
Sub-surface visualization device
The invention relates to a device and method for increasing the visualization of biological tissues and underlying structures. A particular application is to examine gums for pre-emergent teeth....
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5421727 |
Dental instrument with microwave/RF radiation and method of treating a tooth
Dental or endodontic instruments such as drills, files, rasps, broaches, reamers, and the like are arranged to allow radiation of electromagnetic energy into a man-made or natural cavity in the...
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5415543 |
Dental composite curing apparatus and method
An improved dental apparatus for curing actinic light curable composites, primers and adhesives, incorporating in a single unit an actinic light source with an inert gas manifold and apertures for...
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5409376 |
Apparatus and process for laser-assisted driling
Apparatus and process of laser assisted drilling includes structure and method for receiving laser energy and projecting it onto an object to produce structural changes within the object. Structure...
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5401171 |
Dental laser device and method
A dental laser apparatus and method are disclosed, wherein the laser energy is generated within a handheld handpiece. When the laser is activated, pulsed laser energy generated within the handpiece...
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5397892 |
Fiber optic light source for a dental curing lamp with two pegs for removably aligning the source with an intensity detector
A fiber optic light detector for determining the light intensity of a light emitted from a light source. The device includes a photocell, a light intensity display and two stationary pegs. The two...
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5388988 |
Dental instrument for treating teeth with a laser beam
A dental instrument for treating teeth with a laser beam has an output by a transmission element arranged in the head part of the instrument. The instrument is supplied with a gaseous agent which...
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5388987 |
Laser beam dental instrument
Dental instrument for the treatment of caries and for oral surgery, of the type comprising a laser beam emission source, the said laser radiation being conveyed by optical fibre through the dental...
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5382163 |
Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of dental plaque or calculus
A method and apparatus for detecting dental plaque or calculus deposits on a tooth site using a pulse of broad band light to illuminate a tooth site thereby exciting the deposit to luminescence. A...
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5368479 |
Dental instrument with an illumination device
In a medical or dental instrument having a driven treatment tool and an illumination device with a lamp, in particular for the treatment area, wherein the lamp is mounted in a plug-in socket, the...
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5369490 |
Contour measuring apparatus
A contour measuring apparatus comprises a laser measurement unit, a mount table for mounting an object, a motor for rotating the mount table around an axis, an altering jig for supporting the mount...
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5363135 |
Endoscope having a semi-conductor element illumination arrangement
A device for the acquisition of images of an object, of the type including a light emitting source for illuminating said object and a light sensor of the monochromic charge coupled device type and...
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