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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123521 | Device for the registration of the position of a protruding mandible A device for the registration of a mandibular position that is protruded relative to the normal position, with an impression plate that is flat on both sides and whose shape corresponds to the bite of the upper and the lower jaw, whose inner and outer contour is U-s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7955077 | Occlusion correction instrument and method of use An occlusion correction improvement instrument includes an upper mold-mounting member provided with a plate-shaped member that is parallel to a Camper's plane of an upper model having a tooth model-shaped surface of a maxillary tooth row and with a plane parallel to... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7891976 | Bruxism evaluation sheet The purpose of the present invention is to develop an apparatus that can examine the occlusal contact patterns during the sleep bruxism, which can not be evaluated by the observation of the interior of oral cavity or by means of the articulator, in order to establis... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7762811 | Orthodontics assisting system and index member and arranging device for use therein An orthodontics assisting system includes index members which indicate respective reference positions of a pre-correction dentition model and a post-correction predictive dentition model; an arranging device 6 for arranging the index members; an image data ge... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7677889 | Device and method for forming a custom oral appliance In one embodiment, a method includes: accessing a bite register with a post, upper and lower dental models, and a fixture having upper and lower plates and a clamp; coupling the register post to the fixture, such that the register post has a first orientation; coupl... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7601000 | Facial plane indicator A device for determining the position of at least one of a dental patient's dental midline and incisal plane relative to the patient's facial midline. The device includes an impression/bite tray for obtaining a dental impression of at least one of the patient's maxi... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7544060 | Dental device for registration of midline and horizontal plane The dental device of the present invention is used to transfer information about registration of an anterior midline between central incisors and a horizontal plane of the teeth after the teeth have been drilled and final impressions have been taken. This informatio... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7503763 | In-mouth cavity tracing device A tracing device for use in the mouth cavity can include an upper jaw plate, a lower jaw plate, and a coupling tool that connects the above jaw plates. The upper jaw plate can be provided with a guide prop stud, a stud installation pore, a tracing pin, a tracing pin... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7364429 | 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 patient's teeth or gums, may be attached to a connection system that attac... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7313854 | Method of manufacturing a tactile sensor A method of manufacturing a tactile sensor, which is capable of implementing a wide range of senses, including sensing contact pressure (vertical force and horizontal force) with an external object and heat caused by the contact pressure, comprises forming a side bl... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300280 | Dental device for recording the position of the jaws of a patient in relation to one another by means of recording plates The invention comprises a pair of one-piece, flat recording plates that are mirror symmetric about a sagittal plane S, or which an upper part (200), which is provided with a stylus (202), can be affixed to the upper jaw of the patient, and a lower part... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292716 | Medical simulation apparatus and method for controlling 3-dimensional image display in the medical simulation apparatus A medical simulation apparatus is provided, which is capable of performing a simulation by correlating a three-dimensional image with an entity model. Coordinates of measurement marks MP1, MP2, MP3 on a surface of a lower dental arch mode... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288075 | Methods and devices utilizing rheological materials Impression devices are provided for making an impression of a desired feature. The impression devices include: a flexible bladder having a cavity formed therein, the flexible bladder being capable of conforming to the details of the desired feature; a rheological ma... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277594 | System and method for preparing an image corrected for the presence of a gravity induced distortion The present invention relates to an imaging system for obtaining an image correctable for the presence of a gravity induced image error. The imaging system includes an imager to obtain an image of an object and a position measurement device to obtain position data i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7243650 | Custom 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 |
| 7234467 | Occlusal splint The present invention is directed to an improved form of a splint having a contact portion for maintaining the vertical separation of rearwardly opposed teeth in the oral cavity of a patient wearing the splint. The splint is provided with a contact portion for conta... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7182598 | Dental bite configuration recording device A dental bite configuration recording device comprises an upper base, a lower base, a first biting portion, a second biting portion, and a movable guiding portion. After the user's lower jaw moves to the front, to the left and to the right respectively, these guidin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175430 | Support materials and imaging method for intraoral diagnostic purposes The invention relates to deformable, curable or film-forming support materials which contain diagnostically useful additives for locus- and substance-specific intraoral diagnostics, and processes for the preparation of images for intraoral locus- and substance-speci... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175427 | Visually simulated tooth braces Visually simulated tooth braces include individual visual tooth brace indicia to simulate real functional braces commonly worn by children and adults alike to adjust human teeth. The visually simulated tooth braces allow for children to temporarily wear braces as ma... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175437 | Dental bridge holder alignment mechanism A positioning aid, formed T-shaped, is adhesively attached to portions of a broken denture plate prior to placement of the dental plate portions into a dental impression tray whereby the positioning aids extend into and are embedded into the impression material in t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7139601 | Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a body. The system generates an image representing the position of one or more body elements during the procedure using scans generated by a scanner prior or during the procedure. The image data set has refe... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128574 | Dental alignment instrument A handheld dental instrument has a horizontal level indicator and a vertical midline angle marker pin mounted on a bite line plate. The bite line plate has an arcuate front and a pair of protruding positioning pins. The bite line plate is rotatably mounted to a hand... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118375 | Method and system for dental model occlusal determination using a replicate bite registration impression Systems and methods for imaging a dental occlusal registration impression; developing a digital 3D surface contour model of the occlusal registration impression from the image data; electronically transferring the data representing the digital 3D surface contour mod... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7047978 | Bruxism appliance and method of forming A bruxism appliance and a method of forming a bruxism appliance is described for providing a patient and a dentist with a visual indication of the degree of bruxism by the patient. The invention teaches the application of an abradable composition to the non-retainin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6993954 | Sensor equilibration and calibration system and method A system and method for equilibrating and calibrating a pressure or force sensor is provided. The system includes a flexible bag arranged to receive the sensor, and a vacuum source, connectable with the flexible bag, adapted to reduce the pressure within the flexibl... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6664986 | Computer user interface for orthodontic use In a computer system that includes a Central Processing Unit and an associated input device, storage device and display device, a method for displaying on the display device a virtual three-dimensional (3D) dental model at desired preset views, for orthod... | 12/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6584341 | Method and apparatus for detection of defects in teeth There is provided a metrologic methodology and instrument, useful for a high-spatial-resolution dynamic diagnostic metrology and instrument, which can provide simultaneous measurements of laser-induced frequency-domain infrared photothermal radiometry (FD... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6488638 | Dental instrument assembly A dental instrument assembly includes a motion-tracking hexapod including a plurality of telescoping members each connected at one end to a first frame and at an opposite end to a second frame and further including a plurality of linear transducers each o... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6422864 | Facial registration tool A facial registration tool for use in the fabrication of dental prostheses includes two or more interconnected artificial teeth and a retention means extending posteriorly from the lingual surface of the teeth for attaching the tool to a wax bite rim. In ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6287119 | Method of manufacturing a prosthesis to be fixed to implants in the jawbone of a patient, and a system for manufacturing such prostheses The invention provides a method for manufacturing a prosthesis to be fixed to a plurality of implants in the jawbone of a patient. The method has as a characteristic feature that by means of at least one camera arranged at the opened mouth of the patient;... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6224373 | Simulation method for visualizing density of jawbone for dental implantation A simulation method and a computer readable medium therefor visualize in three dimensions the density of a jawbone at an implant area where an implant screw contacts the jawbone using information about the density of the jawbone obtained by computed tomog... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6152730 | Bite registration tracing appliance with movable lower wing A bite registration appliance includes an upper base plate and a two-piece lower plate, one carrying a tracing stylus and the other carrying a tracing plate, for making a Gothic arch tracing in a patient having natural dentition without interfering with t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6109917 | System for establishing a reference plane for dental casts Dental apparatus which can determine a patient-specific reference plane so that the patient's teeth can be aesthetically oriented to an aesthetic axis-horizontal reference plane. The apparatus includes a face bow, an adjustable nasion relator assembly, a ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6106285 | Apparatus for tracing centric relation of mandible Disclosed is an apparatus for tracing a centric relation of a mandible including a stylus arranged at a point, where an occlusal plane and a mid-sagittal plane cross a line extending between central fossae of mandibular first molars, and a tracing-plate a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6089864 | Bio-feedback, data acquisition teeth guards, methods of their manufacture and use A diagnostic and therapeutic apparatus for use in the evaluation, detection, and treatment of humans that suffer from chronic grinding of the teeth known as "bruxing." The apparatus includes a pressure sensor contained in a mouth piece and electronic for ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5971756 | Method and apparatus for creating patterns for dentures This invention consists of a method and apparatus which establish specific central and vertical dimensions and positions for patterns for the making of dentures which will provide a natural occlusion upon replacement of natural teeth.... | 10/26/1999 |
