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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810249 | Program to make of cutting data for inner face of dental prosthesis To remove an undercut part from three-dimensional data of the inner face, the program includes a surface model creating means to create a surface model based on three-dimensional data of a gypsum model including an abutment tooth, a cutting direction specifying mean... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7721456 | Measuring apparatus for the programming and welding of adjustable brackets This invention refers to a MEASURING APPARATUS FOR THE PROGRAMMING AND WELDING OF ADJUSTABLE BRACKETS permitting the electrical spot welding with a great accuracy of the elements of an adjustable bracket, in this manner being able to adjust or to program the informa... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7361019 | Dental instrument An instrument for determining the occlusal space between a person's upper and lower teeth thereby facilitating the formation of apparatus such as dentures and splints for removable positioning in the person's mouth. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7204032 | Production method of three-dimensional shape data of dental prosthesis To provide a production method of three-dimensional shape data of a part other than an engaging portion by a three-dimensional measuring device, the engaging portion has an engaging part in a cross sectional shape other than a rotary body and is projected and/or rec... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7156658 | Dental measurement device A dental measurement device is disclosed that includes a mouthpiece having a bracket attached thereto and extending outward therefrom. A bite registration compound is applied to the mouthpiece and the mouthpiece is positioned in a patient's oral cavity. The bracket ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144251 | Dental-facial measuring instrument A dental-facial measuring instrument provides a possibility to determine an occlusion to make a denture. An improved dental-facial measuring instrument includes the first and second strips coupled by the connector and spring with a slidable strip comprising a horizo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128572 | Method and apparatus for selecting denture teeth A kit which may be used for anterior tooth selection, the kit including a facial meter for measuring the width of a nose and/or the distance between the eyes, and for correlating the measurement to a tooth size, and an anterior tooth selection guide consisting of a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125385 | Instrument for determining intratesticular dose and method for determining a dose An instrument for measuring the size of a testis has a pair of relatively displaceable jaws with testis contacting surfaces. The spacing between the jaws is displayed on a scale calibrated to a recommenced dose of a chemical sterilant at a given concentration for th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7059332 | Dynamic oral-exercise method A method of correcting parafunctional behavior of the mandibular complex by engaging in a vertical measurement of the mouth followed by stretching open the mouth even further at least once followed by inserting an anti-occluding device between the teeth and retainin... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047656 | Tooth circumference measuring device A tooth circumference measuring device is disclosed that device provides a strap that is placed around a dental patient's tooth and retracted into an at least generally conformal relationship (i.e., snuggly fit around the tooth) using a strap adjusting mechanism. Th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7021936 | Integral gutta percha core/cone obturation technique An integral, one-piece silanated particle impregnated gutta percha core/cone technique employs a thin layer of a luting agent, such as glass ionomer cement with a machined gutta percha core/cone, precisely matches the preparation, thereby reducing leakage and achiev... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978219 | Measurement data collection apparatus A measurement data collection apparatus includes at least a collection/analysis processing device having a measuring instrument interface for converting measurement data input from a measuring instrument into data of a form corresponding to measurement contents, and... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968628 | Deer aging tool A deer aging tool that comprises a set of three-dimensional simulated deer jaw templates that accurately depict the wear patterns of deer's teeth for deer ages one-and-a-half years through eight-and-a-half years is disclosed. The templates are full-scale in size and... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968229 | Apex locating system A method, apparatus and program product correlates measured endodontic signals to stored distance values indicative of probe position within a root canal. An appropriate distance value is retrieved from a memory having a plurality of electrical signal measurements a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6918763 | Apparatus for detecting the stability of a tooth in the gum or an implant in the body An apparatus for detecting the stability of a tooth in the gum or an implant in the body is constructed to include a holder for holding a test object to be examined, an impact device disposed at one side of the holder for striking the test object, causing the test o... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6845265 | Systems and methods for locating a tooth's apical foramen An apical foramen locator that a dental or medical practitioner can use to quickly and accurately identify the location of a patient's apical foramen during a dental/medical procedure is provided. The apical foramen locator determines the location of the apical fora... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6726479 | Method and apparatus to assist in orthognathic surgery A method and apparatus to assist in accurate placement of teeth and jaws at orthognathic surgery. A recording of reference planes used prior to surgery to plan desired changes to an original position of teeth and jaws of a patient is made with a teeth indexing membe... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6582931 | Dento-facial analyzer A face bow assembly including a face bow having a bite fork portion to carry an index trays to be positioned in a patient's mouth. The bow has outwardly extending wings to enable a dentist to support the bow. A vertical indicator rod mounted to the bow he... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6513254 | Gutta percha cone gauge A gauge for use in measuring, or evaluating, conical root canal gutta percha inserts has a body and a plurality of measuring locations. The measuring locations include a chute having first and second ends bounded by first and second walls and a floor. The... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6430830 | Dental measuring device A dental measuring device can be used to measure the separation of reference positions on a patient's upper and lower jaws to assist in the construction of dentures. The device has two elements which slide longitudinally relative to each other with a poin... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427352 | Device to align and mount a workpiece on a holding device Holding device for aligning and mounting a workpiece in an apparatus includes a receiving opening (6) provided for the holding device (20; 30), means (7) for positioning the holding device disposed in the receiving opening (6) for determination of the pos... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6413086 | Interproximal gauge and method for determining a width of a gap between adjacent teeth An interproximal gauge (36) includes a plurality of blades (38), each having a key portion (40) and a handle (42) adjoining the key portion (40). The key portion (40) exhibits a predetermined thickness which is different for different ones of the blades (... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6358049 | Endodontic tool length gauge A gauge serving as a jig to adjust exposed length of endodontic files with respect to respective encircling resilient stops which prevent overpenetration into a root canal of a patient. The gauge has a body bearing four parallel, coplanar tracks for slida... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6347940 | Instrument and process for the minimum distance verification between two teeth for the placement of one or two bone integrated cylindrical or screwed type implants in dentistry An instrument has a sheet which has a centered perforation joined by an extension to another larger sheet which has two perforations and, from the larger sheet, an extension joining it to handle for a process verifying space between teeth.... | 02/19/2002 |
| 5927973 | Apparatus and method for measuring the position of the occlusal plane of the mouth An instrument and method to measure the position of the occlusal plane of the mouth with reference to the structural features of the cranium. The instrument includes a vertical face bow, positioned on the nasal bridge and the forward edge of the base of t... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924862 | Method and apparatus to verify dental model accuracy A methods and apparatus is disclosed herein that confirms the accuracy of dental casts. The device has four adjustable arms terminating in rests. The rests are slightly concave to receive methylmethacrylate. The arms are adjustable to mate rests with sele... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5810586 | Method and apparatus for determining placement of patterns for dentures This invention consists of a method and apparatus for making patterns which establish the specific vertical dimensions and positions for patterns for the making of dentures which will provide a natural occlusion upon replacement of natural teeth.... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5685084 | Dental measuring apparatus A dental apparatus for accurately measuring dentures comprises a C-shaped body, a horizontal ruler and a vertical ruler. The rulers are graduated and movable to determine the distance of the teeth from the center of the ridge and the intermaxillary distan... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5632093 | Inductive sensor and method for detecting displacement of a body An inductive sensor is comprised of a sealed housing; at least one current path disposed in the housing; means for applying current to the current path; variable low reluctance magnetic path about the current path; and means for sensing the output from th... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5486109 | Clinical appliance and handle A clinical appliance (10) which is useful for taking samples from a tissue or a tissue associated material is disclosed. The appliance (10) has a head (13), and a handle (11) and a pressure sensitive element which comprises the head (13) and the handle (1... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5456013 | Inductive tilt sensor and method for measuring tooth mobility A sensor for measuring angular displacement of a small body comprising a sealed housing containing a differential transformer having at least two primary coils, one primary and two secondary coils, or two primary and two secondary coils, said coils being ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5230623 | Operating pointer with interactive computergraphics This invention relates to any operating pointer or arm apparatus whose position can be detected and read out on a computer and associated graphics display, and where the pointer can be changed from its pointer function to a "3D mouse" so as to alternately... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5176516 | Instrument for measuring a remaining alveolar bone A device for measuring the remaining portion of an alveolar bone is presented. The device comprises two elongated straight portions having each a leg portion. The elongate portions are connected to each other in slidable fashion similar to a caliper. The ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5137447 | Oral hygiene An oral hygiene system includes a probe for use as a clinical measuring instrument or gauge. The probe is adapted for assessing the degree of inflamation of various animal tissues. One embodiment of the probe is useful for examination of periodontal tissu... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5131844 | Contact digitizer, particularly for dental applications A dental surface tracer includes a probe with a tip that can be moved to trace a given dental surface, including a mounting device for mounting the tracer to a stable reference location and defining a base plane; a first plurality of links which are subst... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4997369 | Apparatus for digitizing a three-dimensional surface Apparatus for digitizing the contour of a three-dimensional surface of an object includes a handle, a probe carried by the handle and movable along three independent axes to contact sample points on the three-dimensional surface, and a positional sensor f... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4979312 | Arch wire torque measuring device A method and device for measuring torque in a rectangular or square orthodontic arch wire wherein the orthodontic arch wire is held relative to the torque indicator scale in such a manner that the presence and amount of torque in the orthodontic arch wire... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4979898 | Measuring instruments particularly useful as dental implements Two small portable measuring instruments, particularly useful as dental implements, comprises a housing, a stem displaceable within a bore in the housing, a fingerpiece coupled to one end of the stem and engageable by the user for displacing the stem, the... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4881552 | Tooth stability monitor A tooth stability monitor for assessing the rigidity of a tooth. A tooth probe 11 is provided for sinusoidally moving the tooth at a constant small amplitude. A displacement sensor 13 measures the resulting displacement of the tooth and a force sensor 14 ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4850864 | Bracket placing instrument A dental apparatus for measuring the height and width of a dental surface and for placement of a bracket at an exact position with respect to the dental surface. A first pair of opposing jaws are movable for measuring the long axis of the tooth. A second ... | 07/25/1989 |
