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7615047 |
Laser tip incision template for bone surgery
A shape and depth template for incisions with laser tips, usable in bone surgery, comprising a guiding body for a laser tip provided with two mutually opposite end faces arranged at a preset...
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7607917 |
Cheek and lip retractor
A cheek and lip retractor is defined by a supporting member supporting a pair of retracting elements to be inserted at least partially in a patient's mouth, with a light source housed in the...
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7597554 |
Device for unilateral or bilateral illumination of oral cavity
A device is disclosed to unilaterally or bilaterally illuminate the oral cavity that is useful for commercial cheek retractors. The present invention also discloses a bite block designed to...
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7596253 |
Method and apparatus for detection of caries
A method for obtaining an image of tooth tissue directs incident light toward a tooth ( 20 ), wherein the incident light excites a fluorescent emission from the tooth tissue. Specular reflection of...
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7581864 |
Tooth bleaching process
A system and method for tooth bleaching are disclosed wherein a patient's mouth is prepped for tooth bleaching treatment, a light activated tooth bleaching composition is applied on a tooth surface...
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7577284 |
Optical detection of dental caries
A method for caries detection uses an image capture device ( 30, 32 ) to obtain fluorescence image data from the tooth ( 20 ) by illuminating the tooth to excite fluorescent emission. A first...
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7572124 |
Apparatus for simultaneous illumination of teeth
An arrangement, for use in whitening a patient's teeth includes an arched surface and an array of light-generating devices, for example, light emitting diodes positioned on the arched surface. The...
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7540647 |
Medical inspection devices
A medical inspection device. A housing includes a transparent plate. A circuit board is disposed in the housing. At least one light-emitting element is disposed on and electrically connected to the...
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7535184 |
Photopolymerization apparatus
A light-weight, portable photocuring device possesses a single light emitting diode (LED). The single LED backed with a heat sink is driven by a driving circuit and controlled by a timing circuit....
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7534104 |
Adapter for light emitting apparatus used in the medical field
An adapter for a handpiece system , especially for use in conjunction with medical and dental light emitting apparatus for the transmission of light to cure photo-polymerisable materials. A device,...
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7499760 |
Automatic control for dental applications
A dental lamp includes a control system adapted to control operation of a light source within the dental lamp. The control system requires that an unexpended light guide including a recordable...
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7494338 |
3D dental scanner
Systems and methods for optically imaging a dental structure within an oral cavity by moving one or more image apertures on an arm coupled to a fixed coordinate reference frame external to the oral...
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7492470 |
Method for three-dimensional shape measurement of a body
The invention relates to a method for three-dimensional shape measurement of a body or of a part thereof, in particular of a dental object such as a model, by scanning non-contact distance...
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7490967 |
Solid state light source including cooling system
An illumination system includes a light source having multiple solid state sources, such as LEDs, and emits light of a color temperature of about 5500° K. The system further includes a flexible...
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7488102 |
LED illuminator for changing target properties
An illuminator for irradiating targets to change their properties comprises at least one LED having spectral properties that are capable of interacting with a target to effect changes in its...
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7477925 |
Erythema measuring device and method
An erythema meter includes a probe, a light source of one or more specific probing and reference wavelengths, and an acoustic detector which determines the level of erythema present in the dental...
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7470124 |
Instrument for delivery of optical energy to the dental root canal system for hidden bacterial and live biofilm thermolysis
A system and process for thermolytic eradication of bacteria and biofilm in the root canal of a human tooth involve an elongated and flexible optical probe and a laser oscillator that provides the...
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7457443 |
Image guided implantology methods
A method for correcting inherent distortions in a CT or MRI imaging process, or distortions arising from excessive patient movement during the scan by means of a registration device inserted into...
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7445448 |
Method for identifying tooth-colored tooth filling residues
A tooth is irradiated with light ( 5 ), in particular with visible light for identifying tooth-colored tooth filling residues ( 3 ) of the tooth. The light with which the irradiation procedure is...
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7411200 |
U.V. sterilizer for dental handpiece
Disclosed herein is a sterilizer used at dental clinics to sterilize handpieces by the irradiation of ultraviolet rays. When inserting a contaminated handpiece into a sterilizer, an ultraviolet...
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7410283 |
Dental light guide
The present invention is a device that attaches to a light source to transmit and distribute light energy to the surface or internal chamber of a tooth for the purpose of photo-initiation of light...
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7399181 |
Surface mapping and generating devices and methods for surface mapping and surface generation
A surface mapping and generating device which has devices for the process and/or cost optimization, in particular raw material recovery devices, an automatic control of the intensity of a used...
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7393211 |
Tooth preparation instrument and system of its use
A dental computer analyzer including a housing to be placed over a tooth, a first camera mounted in the housing, a first transmission line connected to the first camera for transmitting signals...
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7367801 |
Method for precisely-positioned production of a cavity, especially a bone cavity and instrument therefor
The invention relates to a method for precisely-positioned production of a cavity, especially a bone cavity, at a preparation point by means of a hand instrument, comprising the following steps:...
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7354269 |
Electro-optical device for the photo-polymerization of composite material
The invention relates to an electro-optical device for the photo-polymerization of composite material, and is used in particular in the dental field. The inventive device comprises a light source (...
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7341450 |
Tooth shade scan system and method
A tooth shade scan system is provided that identifies tooth shades for a patient's tooth. An electronic database of tooth shade information for a shade guide may be stored. The database may include...
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7331784 |
Mouthpiece
A mouthpiece of the present invention includes a light irradiation section for irradiating the front surfaces of teeth with light having a predetermined wavelength, and the light irradiation...
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7329274 |
Conforming oral phototherapy applicator
Oral phototherapy applicators are disclosed that sized and shaped so as to fit at least partially in a user's mouth and adapted to conform to the shape of at least a portion of the oral cavity and...
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7329273 |
Tissue penetrating oral phototherapy applicator
Oral phototherapy applicators are disclosed that are sized and shaped so as to fit at least partially in a user's mouth and have at least one radiation emitter coupled to an apparatus body to...
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7320594 |
Fluid and laser system
A fluid conditioning system is adapted to condition the fluid used in medical and dental cutting, irrigating, evacuating, cleaning, and drilling operations. The fluid may be conditioned by adding...
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7320593 |
Light emitting diode light source for curing dental composites
Light Emitting Diode Light Sources for Dental Curing are disclosed. Some embodiments of the invention include structures such as Light Emitting Diode Array(s), heat sink, heat dissipation, heat...
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7306459 |
Method and apparatus for filling a dental root canal
A method of filling a dental root canal is disclosed herein. The method includes gaining access to the dental root canal and introducing a flowable photosensitizer into the dental root canal. After...
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7303397 |
Caries detection using timing differentials between excitation and return pulses
A laser device is disclosed that directs light to a tooth and analyzes scattered light reflected from the tooth. The device measures a time delay between excitation and reflections of light....
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7294364 |
Method for curing composite materials
A curing light system useful for curing light activated composite materials is disclosed. Various configurations of light emitting semiconductor chips and heat sinks are disclosed, as well as...
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7288086 |
High-efficiency, side-pumped diode laser system
An apparatus for cutting or ablating hard tissue, includes an optical cavity; a gain medium disposed within the optical cavity; a diode light pump disposed within the optical cavity and optically...
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7287981 |
Cooling device and method for intraoral device illumination source
A method of using a heat sink device with an intraoral illumination device includes inserting an intraoral illumination device at least partially in a patient's mouth, connecting a heat sink device...
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7286954 |
System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity
According to the invention, a method and system are provided for scanning, and for facilitating scanning of, an intraoral cavity. The target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have...
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7284981 |
Functional handpiece having a light emission element at its forward end
Functional handpiece 1 having an elongate handpiece body which has at its rearward end a connection element for connection with a flexible supply line, and has at its forward end a light emission...
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7275931 |
Medical irradiation apparatus
A medical irradiation apparatus comprising a main body, a luminous body comprised of a light emitting element provided in a light outlet of the main body, an annular reflective member with a...
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7273369 |
Curing light
The present invention relates to a curing light suitable for curing light curable dental composite materials. The curing light device has a light module housing having at least one heat sink...
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7270543 |
Handpiece for caries detection
A dental implement is provided including a housing, a light source, a light detecting device, and a translucent member.
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7267672 |
Method and apparatus for processing hard material
A method and apparatus are provided for processing a hard material, for example a hard biological material such as dental enamel or bone, with optical radiation. A treatment zone of the material is...
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7267546 |
Light meter for detecting and measuring intensity of two or more wavelengths of light
A light meter for detecting two or more different wavelengths of light and methods for determining whether a light source configured to emit light at two or more dominant wavelengths is working...
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7261558 |
Electromagnetic radiation emitting toothbrush and dentifrice system
A cleaning and whitening system for teeth having an electromagnetic radiation emitting toothbrush and a dentifrice with a photosensitive agent is disclosed. The toothbrush has a cleaning surface,...
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7255560 |
Laser augmented periodontal scaling instruments
An instrument is provided to enables a dental professional to subject a surgical site simultaneously to ( 1 ) mechanical cutting, scraping and grinding, and ( 2 ) laser trimming and cauterization....
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7255558 |
Dental imaging instrument having air stream auxiliary
A dental instrument and method for imaging the three-dimensional topography of one or more teeth in the oral cavity of an individual is provided. The instrument includes a probe insertable into the...
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7250611 |
LED curing apparatus and method
A radiation curing apparatus comprises a plurality of solid state radiation sources to generate radiation that cures a first material. The solid state radiation sources can be disposed in an array...
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7229200 |
Light conductive rod elements and light-delivery tool including a base for introducing light into a light conductive rod element
A light-conductive rod element includes a solid rod-shaped body having a side surface extending along a longitudinal rod axis between a first light-input end and a second light-redirecting end. The...
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7223270 |
Light emitting toothbrush for oral phototherapy
Oral phototherapy applicators are disclosed that are sized and shaped so as to fit at least partially in a user's mouth with a plurality of bristles of elongate shape coupled to an apparatus body....
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7210930 |
Apparatus and method for curing materials with radiation
A hand held dental instrument for curing light-curable compounds comprises a housing and an array of solid state, light emitting junctions or dies for generating light having wavelengths within a...
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