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7425129 Centric stop mechanism for dental model  
A removable centric stop mechanism 10 for use in a system for making dental restorations. The stop mechanism 10 includes an elongate stop member 11 that can be firmly attached or connected to...
7422433 Prophy angle  
The present invention provides a dental prophylaxis angle that includes a singular housing, a drive shaft, a rotor, and a collar. The housing may define a first bore, a second bore in communication...
7422432 System and method for remotely controlling devices  
A system and a method for remotely controlling devices are provided. The system includes a foot pedal unit having a moveable member. The system further includes a transmitter operatively associated...
7422431 Medical/dental suction nozzle holster  
A suction nozzle holster device is provided with three possible operating positions through the use of a mounting channel component having a left, a center and a right key plate/key nub system that...
7422430 Method and apparatus for orthodontic appliance optimization  
A method and apparatus for arch wire receptacle (e.g., brackets, bands, headgear tubes, etc.) optimization includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure...
7422012 Apparatus and method for controlling unpleasant human breath odor  
A method of controlling unpleasant human breath odor. The method includes the steps of: providing a breath treatment unit that is configured to be hand-holdable by a user; through the hand-holdable...
7419680 Calcium phosphate-based materials containing zinc, magnesium, fluoride and carbonate  
Compositions useful in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and for bone and fracture repair. Slow-releasing calcium phosphate-based materials are disclosed, incorporating Mg, Zn, F and...
7419679 Medical implant having a layer of titanium or titanium alloy fibers  
It is intended to provide a scaffold whereby a bone and a metallic material can three dimensionally form together a stereoscopic binding layer. Thus, a geometric space sufficient for cell actions...
7419375 Aesthetic self-ligating orthodontic bracket  
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for captivating an archwire with a tooth. The bracket includes a bracket body mountable to a tooth and a self-ligating mechanism having an archwire slot and a...
7416411 Medical handpiece having a clamping sleeve for a tool  
A medical handpiece having an elongate grip part, in the forward end region of which a clamping sleeve is rotatably mounted, in which sleeve a shaft of a tool can be inserted and clamped, wherein...
7416410 Medical or dental handpiece with a rear and a front shaft section that form an obtuse angle  
The invention relates to a medical or dental medical handpiece ( 3 ) having an elongate shaft ( 13 ), which has in its front end region a tool holder ( 5 ) having a lateral insertion opening ( 5 a...
7416409 Device for adjusting tooth and/or jaw malpositions  
An appliance for adjusting tooth and/or jaw malpositions, includes an upper arch wire suitably to be attached to teeth on the upper jaw of a user; a lower arch wire suitably to be attached to teeth...
7416408 Aesthetic self-ligating orthodontic bracket  
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for captivating an archwire with a tooth. The bracket includes a bracket body mountable to a tooth and a self-ligating mechanism having an archwire slot and a...
7416407 Orthodontic appliance with embedded wire for moving teeth and method  
A generally horseshoe shaped clear flexible resilient plastic wire-imbedded orthodontic appliance is made with a plastic portion with contours on the lingual side and on the labial side, wherein...
7413597 Imaging powder for CAD/CAM device  
The present invention relates to an imaging powder for dental restoration using a CAD/CAM device, wherein the powder has improved properties as compared to existing contrast media. The present...
7413437 Dental apparatus using ozone and an aqueous medium  
Apparatus for the treatment of dental caries includes a source of oxidizing gas and a handpiece for delivering the gas to a tooth. A cup attached to the handpiece is provided for receiving the gas...
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...
7410357 Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances  
An indirect bonding apparatus is made by initially placing spacer material over a replica of the patient's tooth structure. A tray is then formed over the spacer material and hardened. Next, the...
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...
7409741 Toothbrush with tuned vibrating head  
A toothbrush provides a head with bristles, a neck and a handle. An eccentrically rotational weight is engaged for rotation with a motor, the weight disposed within the head. The motor is disposed...
7407616 Method for photo-curing polymerizable compositions with pulsed light  
A method for curing polymerizable compositions by irradiating the compositions with a pulsed light that is emitted from an LED. The method of the present invention is especially suitable for curing...
7404714 Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances  
An indirect bonding apparatus is made by initially placing spacer material over a replica of the patient's tooth structure. A tray is then formed over the spacer material and hardened. Next, the...
7404404 Anterior sextant dental bite tray apparatus  
An intraoral, flexible, hinged appliance which is an anterior resistance appliance, covering both anterior sextants of both arches (jaws), having the effect of an anterior bite plane, to facilitate...
7403830 Method, computer, computer program and computer-readable medium relating to the examination of data records for dental prosthesis parts  
The invention refers to a method, a computer, a computer program and a computer-readable medium, which refer to the examination of data records that are used for manufacturing dental prosthesis...
7402040 Osseous preparation tool used in dental medicine and device for the use thereof  
The active portion of an osseous compression tool for use particularly in dentistry for the preparation of an osseous seat has a cross-section whose perimeter, e.g. of polygonal shape, is defined...
7401373 Powered toothbrush with associated oral solution dispenser mechanism  
An oral solution dispenser apparatus for attachment to a powered toothbrush handle having a drive coupling mounted thereon, includes a housing adapted for attachment to the handle, the housing...
7399309 Auxiliary forceps for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS)  
Auxiliary forceps are provided for video-assisted minimally-invasive surgery, such as hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the forceps being intended for operation by a surgeon's non-dominant hand...
7399182 Methods and apparatus for determining horizontal and vertical plane orientation for construction of dental prostheses  
Methods and systems for establishing dental bite planes in relation to the relative vertical and horizontal planes of a patient's face and head. A U-shaped bite fork, which can be held by the...
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...
7398598 Methods for manufacturing endodontic instruments  
A method of manufacturing endodontic files involves a chemical milling process to yield endodontic files having a desired taper and/or degree of sharpness. The process involves the steps of (a)...
7396507 Method of microbial reduction and/or sterilization of impression materials  
The present invention provides a method of microbial reduction and/or sterilization of impression materials, specifically elastomeric impression materials, by means of steam sterilization.
7396232 Periosteal distraction  
Devices and methods for gradual displacing of the soft tissues covering bones. The gap developing between the bone and the displaced soft tissue will be filled with bone callus as it is in...
7396231 Flared implant extender for endosseous dental implants  
An endosseous dental implants include a flared implant extender with an internal passage and with an unthreaded external surface that tapers downwardly from the proximal end of the extender toward...
7396230 Molar orthodontic brackets having a hinged bracket cover  
Self-ligating molar orthodontic brackets are used to terminate an arch wire during an orthodontic procedure. The molar orthodontic brackets include a bracket base, an arch wire slot in the bracket...
7393883 Filler for dental composite materials  
Ceramic filler compositions of customized shapes (FIGS. 1-30) according to the present invention, includes ceramic and glass-ceramic particles having a customized shape which provides mechanical...
7393882 Dental pastes, dental articles, and methods  
The present invention provides a dental paste, a dental article, methods of making and using the dental paste, and compositions prepared therefrom. In one embodiment, the dental paste includes (a)...
7393493 Crosslinkable polymeric materials and their applications  
The present invention relates to a novel composition for dental, orthopedic and drug delivery purpose. Specifically, it relates to composition comprising an admixture of a resorbable bone...
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...
7393210 Dental implant device and correction device therefor  
The present invention relates to a dental implant device. A fixture is provided with an abutment coupler at the upper portion of a commercialized fixture type. The abutment coupler has a female...
7393209 Tooth shade analyzer system and methods  
The invention relates to a computer readable medium comprising one or more programs for carrying out a method for determining a patient's tooth shade. The method generally includes the steps of...
7393208 Method and system for assisting in applying an orthodontic treatment  
A method and system for providing information for correct placement of one or more brackets on one or more corresponding teeth according to a predetermined treatment scheme. A virtual...
7387774 Method of enhancing fluoridation and mineralization of teeth  
Disclosed are methods of enhancing fluoride incorporation into teeth and mineralization of teeth by use of oral care compositions comprising the combination of one or more fluoride ion sources and...
7387512 Orthodontic correction device  
Orthodontic correction device includes a locking device for an arch in the form of a bracket in which is provided for a groove aimed at co-operating with the arch. The groove includes a blocking...
7387511 Method and apparatus using a scanned image for automatically placing bracket in pre-determined locations  
Locating desired placement locations of brackets for a patient's teeth includes obtaining an array of data points from a cast of the teeth and generating a virtual model from the array of scanned...
7384266 Method and apparatus for manufacturing and constructing a physical dental arch model  
A method produces a physical dental arch model based on a three-dimensional (3D) digital dental arch model. The method includes smoothening the digital dental arch model to make the digital dental...
7384265 Orthodontic force module  
An orthodontic force mechanism includes a jack screw having a pair of ends, at least one of which is threaded, and a central spindle between the ends, which spindle has two intersecting radial...
7383094 Method for CNC milling a wax model of a dental prosthesis or coping  
A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is...
7381191 Sinus nerve locator  
Dental devices in the form of a temporary implant for securing a rubber dam clamp, and a nerve locator for aiding a dental surgeon during oral surgery on a patient.
7381056 Substrate of polishing compound for teeth and method  
A malleable strip of polishing compound is conformable to overlie the occlusal, buccal and lingual surfaces of the maxillary or the mandibular teeth in an oral cavity. After mounting of the strip,...
7381055 Dental devices used for filling cavities with composite material  
A dental device for retaining composite material within a cavity is described. The device provides accurate placement of a retaining matrix band which holds dental composite material in place...