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7293990 Intraoral device  
An intraoral device includes a one-piece, flexible, injection molded body made of a single homogeneous material. The body includes upper front and rear flaps, and lower front and rear flaps. Upper...
7293989 Periodontal therapy instrument  
An instrument for periodontal treatment includes a blade ( 1 ) which is integrally connected to a head ( 2 ). The head ( 2 ) can be coupled to a handpiece to impart a vibratory movement to the...
7293988 Accurately predicting and preventing interference between tooth models  
Systems and methods for preventing interference between two physical tooth models in a physical dental arch model includes digitally representing the surfaces of each of the two physical tooth...
7293987 Adjustable bite ramps for deep bite correction and kits incorporating bite ramps  
An adjustable bite ramp includes a tooth-attachment element and ramp element. The tooth-attachment element is sized and configured for bonding to the lingual surface of a person's tooth, while the...
7292716 Medical simulation apparatus and method for controlling 3-dimensional image display in the medical simulation apparatus  
A medical simulation apparatus is provided, which is capable of performing a simulation by correlating a three-dimensional image with an entity model. Coordinates of measurement marks MP 1 , MP 2...
7291013 Organic shaped interface for dental implant devices  
The present invention is generally directed to an organic implant/abutment interface for dental implants. In one illustrative embodiment, the abutment comprises a body having a distal end which has...
7291012 Dental implant with porous body  
A dental implant having two distinct regions, a coronal region and a bone fixation region. The coronal region has a smooth transgingival section and an interface for connecting to a dental...
7291011 Placing orthodontic objects along an archwire within a three-dimensional (3D) environment  
A system automatically determines positions of orthodontic objects, such as teeth and/or orthodontic appliances, along an archwire within a three-dimensional (3D) environment based on a proposed...
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...
7288075 Methods and devices utilizing rheological materials  
Impression devices are provided for making an impression of a desired feature. The impression devices include: a flexible bladder having a cavity formed therein, the flexible bladder being capable...
7287983 Polymeric dental implant  
The present invention relates to a polymeric implant, especially useful for dental medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a polymerizable device comprising an artificial...
7287982 Method for immediately placing a non-occlusive dental implant prosthesis  
A method for immediately placing a non-occlusive and non-functional temporary dental implant prosthesis in the jawbone of a human patient with the prosthesis having a size and shape of a natural...
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...
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...
7285091 Assessment of tooth structure using laser based ultrasonics  
A means of assessing the internal structure of teeth based upon use of high frequency, highly localized ultrasound (acoustic waves) generated by a short laser pulse is presented. In contrast to...
7284983 Matrix band retainer  
A matrix band retainer for dental restoration has a unitary member of a stiff planar spring material. The unitary member has an open ring substantially in a first plane, with the plane of the...
7284982 Inflatable dental impression tray and mixing tip  
An inflatable dental tray for creating a dental impression. The tray is inflated for retention of an impression material that solidifies after a dental structure has been impressed therein. The...
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...
7281927 Stable dental analog  
An implant analog includes an abutment that can be mounted in the dental lab replica of the relevant section of a patient's mouth more securely than heretofore possible. Because of the implant...
7281926 Modular dental implants with extensions  
There is disclosed a plurality of extensions for dental implants allowing a dental surgeon to maintain a minimum number of parts in his trays to carry on an effective, successful practice, thus...
7281925 Implant arrangement  
An implant is arranged with a thread which can be exposed to a jaw bone and which has a first extent in the longitudinal direction of the implant. Thread flanks are assigned second extents between...
7281924 Apparatus and method for anchoring a dental appliance  
An anchor apparatus having a threaded post for threaded engagement with bone, and an upper circular receptacle. An angled support having a lower circular base and an upper female prosthesis...
7281923 Orthodontic anchor appliance  
An orthodontic anchor appliance having elongated titanium anchor plate adapted for attachment to bone, anchoring tab formed on the emerging end of the anchor plate, a nontitanium sleeve enveloping...
7279238 Pressable glass-ceramics with textured microstructure  
A pressable dental ceramic comprising a mixture of glass and glass-ceramic frits. A refractory filler is also combined with the frits. The dental ceramic contains an amount of leucite less than...
7279152 Use of polyphosphate as a tooth erosion inhibitors in acidic compositions  
The use of polyphosphate in acidic oral compositions, especially acid beverages with a pH between 2.2 and 5.5, to alleviate or prevent the tooth damage associated with the consumption of acid. The...
7278852 Kit of sub-kits for placing a dental post  
A kit of dental sub-kits for use in placing a dental post in a prepared recess (e.g., a root canal) of a person's tooth. The kit includes a tray having an interior recess configured to removably...
7278851 Pin construction for two-piece model and system  
A model and die system includes a working quadrant having an upper flat surface. Pin-receiving tapered bores are formed in the upper flat surface and a thin metallic foil covers the bores. Cast...
7278850 Dental impression tray  
The invention relates to a dental impression tray comprising a base and at least two walls defining said base. At least one of these walls is at least partially formed by hollow bodies made of...
7278849 Dental prosthesis with metal-free anchoring elements  
The invention relates to dental prostheses which have at least one metal-free anchoring element made of plastic material with a bending modulus of elasticity of at least 10 GPa and a maximum...
7276545 N-alkylaziridine prepolymers as a dental material  
Mixtures of chain-extended N-alkylaziridino prepolymers are disclosed herein. The disclosed mixtures of chain-extended N-alkylaziridino prepolymers can be used in combination with additional...
7276229 Oral compositions comprising a viscosity modifier for reduction of tooth erosion  
The use of viscosity modifying polymer materials, commonly used as stabilisers, thickeners and emulsifiers, as tooth erosion inhibitors in acidic compositions for oral administration, especially in...
7276035 Teeth cleaner  
An improved teeth cleaner, in which a squirt gun is designed the front end of a handle, and a bending nozzle designed on the foremost position of the squirt gun while its end is designed to be as a...
7275933 Method of manufacturing dental restorations  
Method of manufacturing dental restorations using curable compositions including degradable macromonomers having one or more terminal acrylate or methacrylate functionality, a curing composition, a...
7275932 Self-curing system for endodontic sealant applications  
A two-part self-curing endodontic sealing system comprises a thiourea derivative, such as acetyl thiourea, and a hydroperoxide, such as cumene hydroperoxide. The thiourea derivative is used as a...
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...
7275930 Virtual orthodontic treatment  
A method for virtual orthodontic treatment is provided in which a virtual set of orthodontic components is associated, in a virtual space, with a first virtual three-dimensional image of teeth, and...
7273373 Artificial root of a tooth  
An artificial tooth-root body, having a male thread part to become engaged with a jaw bone and a supporting stage for mounting an artificial tooth, is provided with a self tapping part, in order to...
7273372 Dental articulator  
A dental articulator includes a lower jaw member, two pillars each extending vertically upwardly from the lower jaw member. The pillars each carry a ball, which correspond to a human mandibular...
7273371 Dental tray for obtaining dental impression of edentulous patient  
A dental tray having a body, at least two finger rest beams and a handle. The body has a predetermined shape and a plurality of body openings. The predetermined shape of the body accommodates the...
7273370 Device and method for vacuum assisted dental impression  
A device for forming a mold for a dental prosthetic includes a dental tray that provides connection to a vacuum source. Additionally, the device includes a dam that may be used to selectively block...
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...
7273368 Virtual orthodontic treatment  
A method for virtual orthodontic treatment is provided in which a virtual set of orthodontic components is associated, in a virtual space, with a first virtual three-dimensional image of teeth, and...
7273367 System and method for separating three-dimensional models  
A computer-implemented method separates first and second portions of a tooth by defining a cutting surface intersecting the first and second portions by specifying two points; and applying the...
7270544 Endodontic ozone therapy  
A method for treating root canals includes directing an oxidizing gas onto an open root canal through a needle, maintain a presence of the oxidizing gas onto the root canal for a period of time...
7270543 Handpiece for caries detection  
A dental implement is provided including a housing, a light source, a light detecting device, and a translucent member.
7270542 Modified dental implant fixture  
A modified dental implant fixture designed to preserve lingual bone by having the coronal aspect of the implant being compatible with bony anatomy that is higher on the lingual side of the implant...
7270541 Endodontic files having variable helical angle flutes  
A rotatable endodontic file for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal, comprising an elongated shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having a rotational...
7270540 Adjustable dental impression tray and methods for using same  
An adjustable dental impression tray including a first arcuate member and a second arcuate member configured to selectively engage the first arcuate member. The first and second arcuate members...
7269873 Ultrasonic toothbrushes employing an acoustic waveguide  
An oral hygiene device having an ultrasound transducer 22 and an acoustic waveguide 24 facilitating the transmission of ultrasonic acoustic energy to fluids in the oral cavity is disclosed....
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...