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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950923 | Occlusal plane analyzer, articulator, and occlusal plane analyzing method An occlusal plane analyzer (5) is composed of an analysis board (7) made of a magnetic material and held above a lower jaw model (2), a magnet (8) which can attract the analysis board (7) with magnetic force and which has a circula... | 05/31/2011 |
| 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 that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stum... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7175433 | Dental material and method The invention provides a dental composition including filler and a polymerizable dental material selected from the group consisting of wax-like polymerizable dental material and restorative paste wax polymerizable dental material. The dental composition is useful as... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7114951 | Method and shaped product-formed from low tack and fluorescing polymerizable dental material The invention provides a method of making a dental appliance by shaping a low ball tack polymerizable material. By including fluorescing agent the surfaces of dental appliances are visually identifiable. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112061 | Dental articulator A dental articulator for connecting first and second dental models generally includes upper and lower arms hinging at their rear ends by a hinge. Each arm front end is connected by a coupling to a dental model. Each coupling generally includes a ball, a coupling, a ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7024770 | Method of making a dental product The invention provides high strength dental polymeric dental products made from wax-like polymerizable dental material. These dental products have superior strength compared to products formed from prior wax-like polymerizable materials. Prior wax-like polymerizable... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6869281 | Tooth model occlusion testing device A tooth model occlusion testing device comprises an upper jaw and a lower jaw that pivotally connect to each other. Two tooth model bases are respectively received in the upper and lower jaws, and are provided with a plurality of perforations to insert a tooth model... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6616449 | Articulator for producing dental prostheses The invention concerns an articulator for parametering a prosthetic or occlusal directional plane and dentoalveolar stages, for producing dental prostheses. The device includes two planar elements, upper and lower (1, 2), mutually articulated about a hori... | 09/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6417881 | Image rotating device of stomatocamera Cylindrical support 20 having dope prism 2 built therein is rotatably fitted in barrel 23 as a constituent of stomatocamera frame 11. The support 20 has pin 22 erected on its periphery, and the barrel 23 is furnished with guide channel 4 formed along its ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6386868 | Dental articulator and its transform plate A dental articulator (5) capable of reproducing or analyzing a physiological occlusion status by implementing a pressure receiving function and a traction function capable of operating in all the motion directions equivalently provided by a jaw joint func... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6186781 | Surveyor for false tooth design This is the apparatus that designs the denture and enable to process complehensively both of the clasp designing and the base designing, and designs the denture which can be inserted smoothly and has the suitable resistant force against taking-off and the... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6050816 | Planar light beam orientation device The present invention provides a planar light beam orientation device comprising a light source, a beam disperser, and a housing coupled to the light source and holding the beam disperser. The housing is configured to have a beam aperture configured to pr... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6024563 | Occlusion observing device A device which allows easy observation of discrepancies between the upper and lower jaw comprises an upper bow (100) and a lower bow (200) which separately hold in place an upper jaw model (UM) and a lower jaw model (LM) prepared based on impressions and ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5743732 | Wovsaniker dynamic jaw model The present invention is concerned with apparatus and methods in the field of dentistry and in the field of design and testing of dental fixtures, components and materials. The apparatus comprises a jaw model having a mandible and a maxilla; a loading mec... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5738515 | Apparatus and method for positioning a mixillary dental arch model in an articulator The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for positioning a maxillary dental arch model in a dental articulator to simulate the positioning of a maxillary dental arch represented by the arch model. The arch model may be positioned... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5720612 | Method and apparatus of recording and reproducing the path of insertion of a cast on surveyors A method an apparatus for recording and reproducing the path of insertion of a cast on a dental surveyor uses an iterative method to enable rapid equalization of the height of three points on the cast by first rotating the table on which the cast is situa... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5707233 | Dental articulator An articurator is comprised of a mandibular frame being provided with condyles, a maxillary frame mounted on the mandibular frame via condylar guide mechanisms, an anterior guide table provided on the front end of the mandibular frame, and an anterior gui... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5660544 | Method and apparatus of recording and reproducing the path of insertion of a cast on surveyors The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for recording and reproducing the path of insertion of a cast on surveyors. In the method, the accuracy and speed of recording the path of insertion is easily effected with the help of a scoring ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5595485 | Dental recording device, articulator and methods A jaw movement recording device, articulator and methods disclosed utilize a lower marking plate with front, rear, left and right side marking pins that cooperate with an upper marking plate and depressions and a bearing pin in such a way as to give an ac... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5431564 | Dental articulator and inspection and calibration system There is disclosed a calibration device for the inspection and precise setting of dental articulators which includes a stage member that is removably secured to the articulator lower frame and an scope gauge member that is removably secured to the upper f... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5378148 | Model holding means and articulator for use with dental models and apparatus for adjustment of the articulator Articulator for dental modelling, such as restoration of individual teeth and the manufacture of bridges or the like, comprising an upper part and a lower part mutually connected by a hinge, which makes it possible to simulate a movement approximately cor... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5320527 | Dental arch form A maxillary dental arch form is disclosed which enables orientation with a maxillary cast without the use of an articulator, relator or other such instrument. The maxillary dental arch form is provided with incisal pappila and hamular notch engaging membe... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5257932 | Dental articulator with condyle strain indication A jaw model articulator clearly identifies condyle joint strain as well as fully emulates a patient's straight bite and cross bite. The spatial relationship of the upper and lower jaws with respect to the condyle joints and to each other is accurately det... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5205737 | Articulators for use in constructing artificial teeth An articulator for use in constructing artificial teeth is provided with means (10) for use in measuring the condylar movements of the artificial temporomandibular joints in the articulator, the measuring means (10) comprising boss means (11) adapted to b... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5176515 | Dental treatment method and apparatus A characteristic of optimal facial harmony is a correlation of the A/P (Anterior/Posterior) position of the maxillary incisors with the forehead. When the forehead is canted about 7 degrees or less, the A/P position of the maxillary incisors should match ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5154608 | Method and apparatus for occlusion analysis A method and apparatus for determination of the jaw relation and for instrumental occlusion analysis, which permit a reliable diagnosis and treatment for the occlusion. For this purpose, a maxillary model and mandibular model from a patient are fixed in p... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5064368 | Indexing device for placement of orthodontic brackets The invention described facilitates accurate placement of orthodontic brackets on a patient's mal-occluded teeth. An indexed dental cast of the patient's mal-occlusion is produced by the present apparatus. In process steps for indexing the crown model, va... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4981437 | Method and apparatus for constructing dentures A method for constructing dentures which completely accommodate a patient's mandibular movements is provided. The method includes the steps of mounting a three dimensional recording device to the patient's jaws and forming intra-oral tracings of the patie... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4875857 | Method for reconstruction of teeth in an upper jaw A method and device for reconstruction of teeth in an upper jaw wherein anterior guidance of the natural state is achieved even when front teeth are missing through the scanning of the contour curve of a tooth in the sagittal plane and the transferring by... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4818228 | Occlusion simulator This occlusion simulator for dental prostheses, reproducing mandible motions, mainly consists of two articulated forks connected by a small rod. The upper fork is connected to the small rod via the fork-holder and the longitudinal articulation pin. The lo... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4812118 | Placement apparatus for lingual and buccal brackets Apparatus for accurately placing orthodontic brackets on the lingual or labial surface of a model of a patient's maloccluded teeth in conjunction with an indirect bonding procedure or the like. A model support incorporates an immovable base forming a sphe... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4762490 | Tooth setting aid arrangement for positionally correctly setting artificial teeth in a complete lower denture A tooth setting aid arrangement for use for positionally correctly setting artificial teeth in a complete lower denture on a lower jaw model in accordance with a Pound's line includes a holder which is positionally fixable with respect to the lower jaw mo... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4668189 | Method and apparatus for articulating human and animal jaw structures A dental articulator with two teeth aligning plates is provided. The plates are respectively attached to the upper and lower base means by means of which horizontal, vertical and lateral adjustments of the condylar members can be accomplished independent ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4659311 | Apparatus for making denture Apparatus for making dentures comprising a base, an articulating member pivotally mounted to the base and adjustable with respect thereto, magnets on the base adapted to hold a metal plate in a fixed position on the base, and a probe on the articulating m... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4624639 | Adjustable occlusal plane table and method of use for orthognathic set-ups An adjustable occlusal plane table for use with an articulator having a dental arch model mounted thereon includes a planar surface that is three dimensionally adjustable so as to be positioned along the plane of occlusion defined by the arch model. The o... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4619611 | Dental articulator A rigid, non-yielding precision dental articulator instrument for preserving and making available the occlusion plane required to build accurate incuspation of teeth. The device provides initial mounting of maxillary models using a facebow. A 20 degree sl... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4609351 | Apparatus to produce artificial dentures A dental articulator comprising upper and lower bows connected by vertical support members, the upper bow being pivotally connected to the support members for raising and lowering relative to a planar mounting table which is positionable between the bows ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4575805 | Method and apparatus for the fabrication of custom-shaped implants The surface characteristics of an organ that needs restoration, for example, a tooth which has been prepared for an inlay insertion, are read by means of a noncontact scan-head. The three-dimensional shape parameters of the implant required to restore the... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573915 | Occlusio-referential articulator It comprises an upper maxillary support (14) and a lower maxillary support (47). The lower support comprises a movable piece (27) on a rack (24) supporting an arm (31) mounted to slide vertically on the movable piece (27) with a limited travel for its ver... | 03/04/1986 |
