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Class 433/218 - Crown


Subclass of Class 433 - Dentistry
Definition: Subject matter relating to a simulation of the exposed portion
No. of patents: 188
Last issue date: 08/09/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7993137Lithium silicate materials
Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength. ...
08/09/2011
7819662Multi-component dental appliances and a method for constructing the same
Dental appliances including multiple components and a system and method for constructing the same are disclosed herein. The dental components are designed to fit together to form the dental appliance. The components of the dental appliance are electronically modeled...
10/26/2010
7726970Composite temporary and long-term provisional crowns and bridges
A temporary or long-term provisional crown includes a shell having a top wall defining an occlusal surface, a buccal sidewall, a lingual sidewall, and opposite mesio-distal sidewalls, connected to the top wall and buccal and lingual sidewalls and spaced apart to def...
06/01/2010
7690920High strength substructure reinforcement for crowns and bridges
A reinforcement for a dental restoration substructure is provided. The reinforcement is a generally annular structure that protrudes from the body of the substructure generally near an occlusal portion of the restoration. The annular structure provides a support for...
04/06/2010
7383094Method 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 then fabricated from the wax model. ...
06/03/2008
7335876Scanning device for carrying out a 3D scan of a dental model, sliding panel therefore, and method therefor
A scanning system for carrying out a 3D scan of a tooth model includes an imaging device and a positioning system in the form of a sliding panel which can be positioned and has first locking means. On the locking panel there are provided second locking means which i...
02/26/2008
7329125Method for improving the cement retention of a dental coping to a tooth structure
A method to increase the cement retention of a metal dental coping to the structure of a tooth in the preparation of a crown or bridge. The method includes forming a liquid composition of high and low fusing temperature metal particles with at least 50% of the high ...
02/12/2008
7316740Lithium silicate materials
Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength. ...
01/08/2008
7293987Adjustable 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 ramp element is hingedly or bendably adjustable relative to the tooth...
11/13/2007
7287653Apparatus for storing bottles
A module for a structure for storing bottles includes an elongate member having opposite end portions which each have either a channel or ridge configured for connection with a respective ridge or channel of like modules and a body portion extending in a general axi...
10/30/2007
7279238Pressable 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 about 35 percent by weight. Other additives may be included such as pigm...
10/09/2007
7243650Custom fitted mask configured for coupling to an external gas supply system and method of forming same
According to one embodiment, a method of forming a custom fitted mask configured for coupling to an external gas supply system includes applying a first sheet of deformable material against a contact portion of a user's face surrounding the user's nostrils while the...
07/17/2007
7241140Burning oven
A burning oven is provided, and has a housing that surrounds a combustion chamber in which material that is to be burned can be introduced after the housing is opened and can be placed upon a combustion chamber base. A deposit element is disposed externally of the c...
07/10/2007
7241143Preloaded dental dam and method for gingival tissue retraction
A method and a device for effecting the cordless retraction of the gingival sulcus tissue that includes a dam shaped to be fitted onto a tooth. The dam having a peripheral wall defining a well. The peripheral wall may be either pervious or impervious to light rays a...
07/10/2007
7236842System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby
A dental prosthesis is made by externally machining successive layers of wax, each of which is formed on a previous prosthesis layer and/or on a coping. Each wax layer is used to form a mold in situ over the previous prosthesis layer/coping, and the appropriate pros...
06/26/2007
7235290Prepreg, a composite and their uses
A prepreg containing fibers and a curable matrix, the prepreg having a core and a surface part encasing the core, where the matrix of the core and of the surface part are made of the same material and where the proportion of the matrix to the fibers is higher in the...
06/26/2007
7229286Composite veneered cast glass-ceramic dental construct
A dental construct according to the present invention includes a glass-ceramic coping having a resin composite material in the form of a veneer bonded or otherwise affixed to at least a portion of the coping. A method according to the invention of preparing the dent...
06/12/2007
7228191Method 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 creating dental crowns using a lost-wax manufacturing process from electr...
06/05/2007
7198623Fiber-coated dental infusor systems and methods of use
A method for controlling bleeding during dental procedures using a medicament delivery system having a medicament under pressure and a hollow cannula having a fiber coated distal delivery end through which the medicament is dispensed, includes: (i) applying under hy...
04/03/2007
7195483Method 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 attained by controlling any bleeding in the gingival sulcus area (...
03/27/2007
7189075Method 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 controlling any bleeding in the gingival sulcus area, and utilizing a dental d...
03/13/2007
7172424Method of mounting removable restoration tooth by using a standardized set of inner crown units, outer crown units, and device units for conforming abutment
A method is designed to mount a removable restoration tooth on a natural tooth to be restored. The method involves the use of the standardized plastic inner crowns corresponding to the permanent teeth of a human, the standardized metal outer crowns corresponding to ...
02/06/2007
7160110Three-dimensional occlusal and interproximal contact detection and display using virtual tooth models
Occlusal contact between upper and lower virtual three-dimensional teeth of a patient when the upper and lower arches are in an occlused condition are determined and displayed to the user on a user interface of a general purpose computing device. Various techniques ...
01/09/2007
7141616Radically curable urethane prepolymers and their use in dental materials
The invention relates to urethane prepolymers, obtainable by reaction of: (A) 15 to 85 wt.-% of one or more α,ω-terminated poly(meth)acrylate diols, (B) 0 to 30 wt.-% of one or more radically curable, polyhydroxy...
11/28/2006
7110844Method and system for fabricating a dental prosthesis, and a prosthesis wax model
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 then fabricated from the wax model. ...
09/19/2006
7052517Delivery device for biological composites and method of preparation thereof
An apparatus for the delivery of a biological composite and a method, kit, and system for preparing a biological composite is described herein. The biological composite includes both inorganic and biological materials. ...
05/30/2006
7022347Restorative and grafting material for hard tissue defects prepared from animal teeth
The restorative and grafting material for reconstruction of hard tissue defects and the fabrication method of the same are provided. In particular, the restorative and grafting material of this invention is produced by the steps of cleansing, decoloration (bleaching...
04/04/2006
7011522Methods of producing dental restorations using CAD/CAM and manufactures thereof
Ceramic precursor powders are combined with a binder and pressed into blocks or similar shapes to form green bodies. The ceramic powders consist of fairly uniform particles thoroughly dispersed to be essentially free of agglomerates such that it will sinter predicta...
03/14/2006
7008229Stainless steel dental crowns with a polyester/epoxy coating
A dental crown that includes a stainless steel shell sized to cover a tooth portion of a patient and a polymeric coating including a polyester/epoxy hybrid composition. ...
03/07/2006
7008392Hemostatic cleansing swab
The present invention relates to a swab for treating wounds. The swab comprises a stick to one end of which is attached a wound treating element. The wound treating element has a wound cleansing element and a hemostat-containing element. A reservoir is provided for ...
03/07/2006
6997712Tooth containing image thereon
A dental construct is provided, which includes: a dental construct substrate; an image layer disposed at least partially on a surface of the dental construct substrate, the image layer comprising an image or information media composed of a colorant composition, the ...
02/14/2006
6994550Vapor deposited titanium and titanium-nitride layers for dental devices
A coating for a biomedical device is disclosed, including a metal layer and/or a ceramic layer, such as a layer of titanium (Ti) and a layer of titanium-nitride (TiN). The coating can form a coping for a crown for a tooth, the crown including a porcelain layer bonde...
02/07/2006
6984261Use of ceramics in dental and orthodontic applications
The invention relates to uses of glasses and glass-ceramics in dental and orthodontic applications. ...
01/10/2006
6974320Tools and methods for measuring tooth reduction
A tooth reduction measuring system comprises a holding tool having a proximal end and a distal end. A flexible loop extends from the distal end and defines an opening. The loop has a thickness from the range about 1 mm to about 2 mm, and the opening a size large eno...
12/13/2005
6969501Minerals and methods for their production and use
Uniformly sized and shaped particles of metal salts are provided comprised of one or more metal cations in combination with one or more simple oxoacid anions and a general method for the controlled precipitation of said metal salts from aqueous solutions. The method...
11/29/2005
6957118Method and system for fabricating a dental coping, and a coping fabricated thereby
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 then fabricated from the wax model. ...
10/18/2005
6935862Dental prosthesis fabrication and placement system and associated methods
A dental prosthesis fabrication and placement method is adapted for completion in one appointment. The dental prosthesis, such as a crown or short-span bridge, is a prefabricated composite shell that is modified by the addition of composite material and cured on-sit...
08/30/2005
6884073Temporary and semi-permanent dental crowns
A temporary crown, and variants thereof, including temporary bite caps and temporary facings, comprised of a shaped provisional (crown forms, onlays, veneers and variants thereof) and a resin filler; and a kit of provisionals, resin and auxiliary materials. The prov...
04/26/2005
6878456Polycrystalline translucent alumina-based ceramic material, uses, and methods
A polycrystalline translucent aluminum oxide ceramic material having an average grain size of no greater than 1.0 micron and a Contrast Ratio value of less than about 0.7. The material can be in the form of a dental mill blank, dental prosthesis or other dental arti...
04/12/2005
6835067Prefabricated dental inlay forms for use in fillings
Chair-side, modifiable, dental inlay preforms of highly durable material are bonded within mainly posterior teeth following removal of decay. These inlay preforms offer increased strength and resilience over direct composites while being faster, less costly and easi...
12/28/2004
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