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7229284 Dental articulator having dual balls  
A dental articulator capable of finely adjusting a three-dimensional articulation posture and exerting a secure fastening force by a lever is provided. The dental articulator includes a lower grip...
7229283 Dental cast scanning apparatus  
A dental cast scanning apparatus is comprised of a base; a single-tooth cast rotating device having a detachable and rotatable first cast-holding jig; a full-teeth cast rotating device having a...
7229282 Providing custom orthodontic treatment with appliance components from inventory  
Computer analysis is made of individual patient related data in order to select standard or pre-manufactured orthodontic appliances or appliance components ( 10 ) that are most likely to provide...
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...
7228191 Method and apparatus for constructing crowns, bridges and implants for dental use  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture is disclosed for providing a dental crowns using electronic models, and more particularly to a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for...
7226960 Self-etching primer adhesive and method of use therefor  
A self-etching, priming dental adhesive composition comprises an olefinically unsaturated monomer having an —SO 3 functionality; a copolymerizable multi-functional (meth)acrylate adhesive; and a...
7226289 Method for overmolding polymers over dental tools  
A method for overmolding a plurality of polymers having different properties onto a dental instrument. The method involves providing a dental instrument substrate made of metal, overmolding a first...
7226288 Apparatus for evacuation of root canal  
In an endodontic procedure, after the working of a root canal by instruments to remove material and shape the walls of the canal, irrigant is supplied via a microcannula. A vacuum is applied via a...
7226287 Kits comprising a plurality of bite ramps having different angles for orthodontic treatment  
A 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 ramp element...
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....
7223101 Wedge for use in dental restoration  
A dental wedge comprises an elongated body, which includes a distal end and a proximal end which tapers to the distal end. The distal end defines an insertion end and tilts upwardly. The elongate...
7223100 Endodontic instrument having notched cutting surfaces  
A fluteless endodontic file is provided, formed from a tapered shaft of material having a prismatic shape generally defined by three or more side surfaces and three or more interposed corners. A...
7223099 Method of determining the selection of brackets which are to be used in the orthodontic treatment of teeth malposition  
To determine the required torque angle of a bracket for the orthodontic treatment of teeth malposition the angle between the bracket plane and the axis-orbital plane is determined, for the...
7220124 Method for preparing a physical plaster model  
The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition...
7220123 Device for registration of the dental bite  
An improved device for registration of dental bite provides a possibility to make accurate impression of the patient's dental bite and includes the first portion and second portion. The first...
7220122 Systems and methods for positioning teeth  
A computer-implemented method treats teeth by generating a digital arrangement of teeth; specifying a sequence of tooth movements to move the teeth to a target arrangement; and generating one or...
7220121 Ligature dispenser  
A ligature dispenser includes a tubular finger housing with expandable fingers at a distal end. A spreader rod passing through the tubular finger housing causes the expandable fingers to expand a...
7217241 Device for orthodontic interventions  
A direct view rigid video-endoscope ( 11 ) supported by an articulated and compensated arm ( 2 ), equipped with a grip ( 3 ) crossed by an air flow ( 92 ) originating from a generator ( 93 )...
7217131 Method for dental restoration and kit  
Methods and kits of materials and supplies for forming a dental prosthesis by an injection molding process in situ in a patient's mouth so as to correct the imperfect teeth of the patient's...
7217130 Prosthesis mounting device and assembly  
A prosthesis mounting device and assembly for securing a prosthesis on an implant supported in bone tissue. A metallic appendage or “preppable abutment” is carried by a dental implant and is...
7217129 Medical or dental-medical handpiece having at least one rotary part  
The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rotary part, in particular a turbine rotor. In order to improve the handpiece with regard to small construction, running...
7217128 Ultrasonic dental insert having interchangeable plastic and metal tips  
An ultrasonic dental insert for an ultrasonic dental tool is provided. The ultrasonic dental insert includes a transducer, a connecting body, a hand grip, at least one O-ring and a removable tip....
7217127 Switching device for irrigation fluids in a dental handpiece  
A switching device for an irrigation line includes two flexible supply tubes ( 4 a, 4 b ), each of the tubes connecting a flask containing an irrigation fluid to a handpiece via a peristaltic...
7217126 Dental instrument sharpening stone system  
A hand-held dental mirror carrying a sharpening stone for a dental instrument such as a curette, comprising a shaft supporting a mirror, a hand grip coupled to the shaft, and a sharpening stone...
7217125 Self-ligating orthodontic appliance with clip  
An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip with a region for receiving an archwire. The clip also includes a recess for receiving a post of the appliance and for...
7217124 Orthodontic brackets including one part of an at least two-part adhesive on the base of the bracket  
Articles including an orthodontic bracket having a base for bonding the bracket to a tooth are disclosed. A first part of an at least two-part adhesive is on the base of the bracket and a release...
7214726 Methods of using two-part self-adhering dental compositions  
A method for providing a dental composition comprising providing a paste/paste two-part self-adhering dental composition comprising (a) at least one acidic compound containing at least one acidic...
7214262 Temporary cosmetic dental surface coating  
A temporary cosmetic dental coating has a transparent resin matrix containing embedded glass microspheres. The refractive index of the microspheres is at least 0.03 greater than the refractive...
7214063 Implant system particularly useful for fixing dental prostheses to bone  
An implant system includes: an implant for implanting into a bone; an abutment to serve as a support for fixing a prosthesis to the bone; and a pivotal coupling between the implant and the abutment...
7214062 Method and apparatus for replicating the position of intra-osseous implants and abutments relative to analogs thereof  
The position of intra-osseous implants and abutments to analogs is enabled and enhanced by using the longitudinal axial locked position of a post ( 12 a ) of an implant ( 12 ) having a locking...
7214061 Universal teeth prosthesis and method of manufacturing thereof  
A teeth prosthesis for mounting thereon a member having a set of teeth has at least three implants, each implant having opposite ends, one end of each implant being anchored in a bone of a maxilla...
7214060 Handpiece for dental or surgical use  
At the front, a handpiece ( 1 ) has a clamp ( 10 ) fitted to tightly grip the shank of a removable tool housed in guide holes ( 23, 25 ). The clamp has two or more levers ( 26 ) attached to an...
7214059 Bone collecting device  
A bone piece collecting device, wherein, when bone pieces are mixing agitated with the other substances while preventing the loss of the cut bone pieces collected on a filter and contamination...
7214058 Dental matrix positioned by slidably engaged matrix retainer  
A device is disclosed for applying and holding a dental matrix strip against the side of a tooth which is to be filled. An embodiment of the device comprises a split ring that slidably receives a...
7214057 Self-ligating orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket assembly and method of assembling an orthodontic bracket assembly. The bracket assembly may generally include a base defining an archwire slot and having a lingual surface...
7214056 Orthodontic bracket placement device and method  
The present invention provides an orthodontic bracket placement device comprising a horizontal bracket engaging means for engaging an orthodontic bracket, and a vertical shaft extending from the...
7211136 Dental filling material  
A 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...
7210935 Expandable/contractable composition for surgical or dental use  
A composition, suitable for surgical or dental use, which can expand and/or contract in at least one direction without similar expansion or contraction in another direction, comprises an inner and...
7210934 Dental prosthesis made of composite material and method for making same  
The invention concerns dental prostheses. It concerns a method for making a dental prosthesis of composite material by forming an adhesive interface between a metallic support and a cured ceramic...
7210933 Implant system  
The invention relates to an implant system containing at least one drill and one implant, particularly a dental implant, which can be screwed into a bore hole made in a bone by means of a drill....
7210932 Pin-tray dental prostheses modeling system  
A dental prostheses modeling system includes a tray having in an upper part thereof a trough for receiving a semi-liquid modeling material or casting material such as plaster of Paris or die stone,...
7210931 Dental model base assembly  
A premanufactured dental model base, and method, for supporting a cast dental model. The dental model base may be selectively connected to an articulator attachment plate which is adaptable for...
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...
7210929 Method of orienting an orthodontic appliance to a tooth  
The relative orientation of an orthodontic appliance and a tooth is selected by providing a first relative orientation between the appliance and the tooth, and defining a first set of hypothetical...
7210928 Orthodontic brackets with elongate film hinge  
An orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket base, an arch wire slot configured to receive an arch wire, a ligation cover, an elongate film hinge that interconnects the bracket base and ligation...
7210927 Self-ligating orthodontic brackets including a metal ligation cover hingedly connected to a bracket base  
Self ligating orthodontic brackets include a bracket base and a ligation cover which interacts with the base in order to provide ligation of at least one arch wire associated with the base. The...
7210926 Formable sheets for medical applications and methods of manufacture thereof  
Disclosed herein is an appliance for use in an oral cavity, wherein the appliance comprises a polymeric shell that comprises a polymeric mixture, and further wherein the polymeric shell has...
7210814 Dental curing light with specially arranged LEDs  
A dental curing light including an elongate wand having a proximal end and a distal end, a plurality of LEDs disposed at or near a distal end of the elongate wand and a printed circuit board for...
7210483 Sporting prophylaxis  
An interocclusal sports prophylaxis includes a core having an arch shaped occlusal plate with upwardly extending buccal and lingual walls. A labial force dispersal shield and molar framing braces...
7207801 Assembly for handling an implant  
An assembly for handling a bone implant includes a transfer cap which can be snapped onto the implant, and an adapter which engages with the implant. The head of the implant has a polygonal socket,...