Patents Assigned to Institute of Dental Surgery
  • Laser treatment
    Patent number: 5611793
    Abstract: A method of disinfecting or sterilizing tissues of the oral cavity or a wound or lesion in the oral cavity is provided. The method comprises applying a photosensitizing compound to said tissues, wound or lesion and irradiating said tissues, wound or lesion with laser light at a wavelength absorbed by said photosensitizing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Institute of Dental Surgery
    Inventors: Michael Wilson, Wilson Harvey