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7207800 Dental implant system and additional methods of attachment  
A dental implant assembly with an an abutment head integrally joined to an implant body. The top section of the abutment head a shape formed by a linear wall adjacent to an arcuate wall; a ledge is...
7207799 Dental prosthesis support and method  
Dental prosthesis support apparatus includes a plurality of dental implants having self-tapping threads on a lower portion thereof for seating in a jawbone and an upper portion for enabling...
7207798 Mechanized dental instrument  
A mechanized dental instrument includes an active part ( 2 ) and a sleeve ( 3 ) arranged on an end of the dental instrument which opposes the active part. The sleeve ( 3 ) is provided with a rotary...
7207111 Method of manufacturing an endodontic instrument  
Method for manufacturing endodontic instruments having either helical or non-helical flutes with hard surfaces and resilient cutting edges by either an EDM or ECM process, wherein material is...
D540942 Oral suction device holder cassette  
7204875 Dental filling material  
An dental filling material comprising a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer may be biodegradable. A bioactive substance may also be included in the filling material. The thermoplastic...
7204874 Root canal filling material  
An endodontic filling material comprising a biodegrable thermoplastic polymer. A bioactive substance may also be included in the filling material. The thermoplastic polymer acts as a matrix for the...
7204692 Impression cap  
The present invention is an impression cap for use with an implant/abutment impressioning system for taking impressions of cement-on-crown abutments to mirror the contour of the soft tissue and...
7204691 Elastomeric orthodontic ligator  
A ligation device for use with an orthodontic appliance having individual brackets attached to a patient's teeth and an arch wire received within a slot of each of the brackets. The ligator is...
7204690 Orthodontic devices for use with arch wires  
An orthodontic bracket or convertible buccal tube for use with arch wires has the usual mesial distal extending slot having one side open to receive the wire. The open side is closed by a shutter...
7202490 LED modifying apparatus and method  
A radiation modifying apparatus comprises a plurality of solid state radiation sources to generate radiation that modifies a first material such as by curing or creating alignment through...
7201578 Method for whitening teeth  
A method for whitening teeth which utilizes laser light to activate bleaching agents applied to the teeth. The mouth is first prepared so that the soft tissues of the gums are protected and only...
7201577 Tooth whitener applicator and method  
An apparatus for practicing the inventive method includes a glass ampule having a tooth whitening solution vacuum sealed within a chamber of the ampule. The ampule is contained within a cylindrical...
7201576 Method and kits for forming pontics in polymeric shell aligners  
Systems and methods are disclosed for forming a pontic in a polymeric shell dental appliance, including providing a polymeric shell dental appliance of the type which is removably placeable over a...
7201575 Dental appliance and method for making  
A method for making a dental appliance is disclosed, including affixing a first blank piece of material to a second blank piece of material forming a combined blank. The first blank piece of...
7201574 Method for measuring orthodontic arch wires  
A method for measuring arch wires. A guide wire is provided, having at one end an exposed length of wire and a stop. The exposed length of wire may be inserted into a buccal tube, up to the stop....
7198779 Compositions for the relief of xerostomia and the treatment of associated disorders  
New liquid compositions are described for the relief of the xerostomia and the treatment of associated disorders, in which the compositions contain: a) saline saliva substitute agents selected from...
7198489 Use of ozone for the treatment of gum disease  
A method of treating gum disease, includes directing a stream of oxidizing gas onto a diseased gum for a period of time sufficient to kill microorganisms.
7198488 Dental implant comprising an anchoring head and a screw element  
A set of dental implants comprising two implants each having an anchoring head for a structural element and having an end face of a predetermined face diameter and a screw element with a thread...
7198487 Whitening tip for dental flossing device  
A power flosser tip incorporating a tooth-whitening coating. The coating is typically abrasive, and whitens teeth by scraping or wearing down hardened plaque or other tooth discolorations. The...
7198486 Rotary dental file having a safe breakage point  
An endodontic file ( 6 ) including a discontinuity ( 18 ) formed within the file shank ( 7 ). The discontinuity ( 18 ) creates a safe breakage point at which the file ( 6 ) will fail prior to a...
7198485 Powder applicator for teeth  
The present invention provides an orientation independent apparatus for applying a uniform coating of a dental powder as well as a method of operating the orientation independent apparatus. The...
7195485 Kits for placement of a dental post  
A dental kit for use in placing a dental post in a prepared recess (e.g., a root canal) of a person's tooth. The dental kit includes a finishing drill, a plurality of permanent dental posts, a...
7195484 Oral prosthesis fitment system  
An oral prosthesis fitment system includes a wax sheet having at least one face coated with a contact or pressure sensitive adhesive. A water activated adhesive is overlaid on the contact or...
7195483 Method and device for the retraction and hemostasis of tissue during crown and bridge procedures  
A method and a device for effecting the cordless retraction of the gingival sulcus tissue ( 21 ) prior to the taking of an impression of a tooth ( 20 ) for making a crown or bridge which is...
7195482 Dental curing device having a heat sink for dissipating heat  
A dental curing device includes an elongate wand housing having proximal and distal ends, a light source disposed at the distal end, electronic circuitry at least partially disposed within the wand...
7195481 Orthodontic distractor  
An orthodontic distractor comprising a pair of telescopically interconnected channels, a drive screw operable to withdraw the inner channel from the outer channel and the outer channel being formed...
7195219 Modular dental chair equipment mounting system  
A system for reconfigurably adapting a dental chair for use, including, e.g., use from the right side or left side, use by right-handed or left-handed practitioners and use in various dentistry...
7194316 Hair comb, circuitry, and method for laser and galvanic scalp treatment  
A handheld head treatment device and method for reducing hair loss and stimulating hair growth by supplying current and laser light to a user's head. The device includes a current generator...
7192281 Method for stimulation of growth of missing tissues of jaw defects and a device for its realization  
The invention relates to medicine and could be used in orthodontics during the stimulation of growth and filling of defects of jaw's missing tissues, in particular, of palate cleft and alveolar...
7192280 Dental bleaching devices having a protective adhesive region  
Dental bleaching devices in the shape of a dental tray, strip or patch include a barrier layer, a dental bleaching composition, and a protective adhesive composition that protects a person's gums...
7192279 Dental handpiece  
A dental handpiece including a handpiece body with a head mounting seat, with a gas feeding channel, wherewith the seat is adapted to provide a full turn of the head. The head includes a turbine...
7192278 Base assembly for fabrication of false teeth  
A base assembly for fabrication of false teeth includes a base, and a gum-like raised portion is provided on the said base, a plurality of protruding blocks are provided symmetrically and evenly at...
7192277 Dental model tray used in forming dental model  
Tray ( 10 ) for forming dental model comprises base wall ( 12 ) forming floor upon which dental casting material is poured. Spaced apart projections ( 14 ) extending upwardly from base wall ( 12 )....
7192276 Dental curing light adapted to emit light at a desired angle  
A dental device configured for curing light-curable compounds includes an extension portion conforming along a first axis, and a handle portion conforming along an intersecting axis, the axes...
7192275 Methods for correcting deviations in preplanned tooth rearrangements  
Orthodontic treatment is achieved using a series of successive, removable repositioning appliances, such as thin polymeric shell appliances referred to as aligners. A set of aligners is originally...
7192274 Ceramic orthodontic appliance with archwire slot liner  
An orthodontic appliance has a ceramic body and an archwire slot liner that is received in a channel of the body. The archwire slot liner has occlusal, gingival and lingual sections, and the...
7192273 System and method for palatal expansion  
Provided, among other things, is a system for progressive palatal expansion, the system comprising a series of incremental expanders, including: a) a first incremental expander having a geometry...
7189385 Tooth whitening compositions  
Novel compositions and methods are disclosed for cosmetically treating teeth in a manner to increase brightness or shade of the teeth. The compositions include a low molecular weight compound...
7189076 Denture and process for manufacturing artificial teeth for dentures  
A method of making an artificial tooth for a denture and the tooth so made, the method including making a form tooth of a plastic tooth or an existing denture tooth, using the form tooth to make a...
7189075 Method and device for the retraction and hemostasis of tissue during crown and bridge procedures  
A method and a device for effecting the cordless retraction of the gingival sulcus tissue prior to the taking of an impression of a tooth for making a crown or bridge which is attained by...
7188421 Orthodontic appliances having a contoured bonding surface  
A quantity of a photocurable composition, such as an orthodontic adhesive containing a photoinitiator, is placed between the base of an orthodontic appliance and a replica of a patient's tooth...
7186761 Bone cement containing coated radiopaque particles and its preparation  
An acrylic radiopaque bone cement for orthopedic use comprises a solid phase composed of a mixture of at least one poly(methyl acrylate)-based polymer, one free-radical polymerization initiator and...
7186760 Triaxial weave for reinforcing dental resins  
The present invention provides methods of constructing, reinforcing or modifying dental structures. The methods of the present invention include contacting a dental structure with dental resin and...
7186115 Advanced thermoplastics for orthodontics  
An orthodontic appliance including at least one orthodontic component comprising a thermoplastic polymer. In some embodiments the thermoplastic polymer is a rigid backbone polymer including at...
7186114 Self-ligating lingual orthodontic bracket  
According to one embodiment, a self-ligating lingual orthodontic bracket includes a base, flanges extending from the base to define a slot, and a clip. The clip applies a force to an object to...
7185552 Movable sample holder  
A device for the axial and rotational movement of a sample is disclosed comprising a mount member for mounting the sample, which is rotatable about and movable along an axis, characterised in that...
7184150 Laser digitizer system for dental applications  
A intra-oral laser digitizer system provides a three-dimensional visual image of a real-world object such as a dental item through a laser digitization. The laser digitizer captures an image of the...
7183334 Low temperature molding compositions with solid thermoplastic elastomer thickeners and fiber reinforcement  
A method of preparing fiber sheet molding compounds with a fabric of continuous fiber reinforcement that can be molded under low pressures and temperatures to provide thermoset articles, wherein...
7183232 Translucent and radio-opaque ceramics  
Radio-opaque glass ceramics are described which have high chemical durability and adjustable translucency, brightness and coefficient of thermal expansion.