Abstract: A material capsule containing a reactive or caustic dental material and a separately attachable delivery tip having a metal cannula. A material capsule for placement in a syringe contains a reactive or caustic dental material for dispensing through a metal cannula. The material capsule is sealed for storing the caustic or reactive dental material, preventing prolonged contact with or proximity to the metal cannula of a delivery tip. Contact with the reactive or caustic dental material only occurs during actual dispensing. Transition portions facilitate dispensing of viscous material. External grips facilitate attachment of the delivery tip. The dispensing and accurate placement of caustic or reactive dental materials is facilitated, making dentistry easier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dental suction apparatus for suctioning fluids and debris from the mouth cavity of a patient during a treatment. The apparatus has a hollow base body with a longitudinal axis X-X that includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and a suction port. A mirrored surface is disposed on the inner surface of the suction port so that at least parts of the mouth cavity can be viewed through the suction port.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental implant with a post part which can be introduced into a jaw bone and with a mounting part on which a dental prosthesis piece can be mounted. The dental implant allows a dental technician to choose a particularly favorable orientation for further assembling of the components, and at the same time to make it possible for the person performing the treatment to make use of the advantages of an indexing without using auxiliary tools.

Abstract: Air/gas driven prophylaxis preparation dispensing system coupled to a dental hand piece, the system comprising a hand piece connector receiving an air/gas pressure and adjustably diverting a portion of the air/gas pressure to drive a piston toward an open delivery end of a container containing a prophylaxis preparation for dispensing the prophylaxis preparation out of an open delivery end of the container, through a passageway surmounting a disposable prophy angle supporting a gear train, through a portion of the gear train supporting a prophy cup, through an opening in the prophy cup to an internal cavity of the prophy cup while simultaneously driving an air/gas driven rotational member of the dental hand piece coupled to the gear train with the remaining portion of the air/gas pressure to impart rotation of the prophy cup while simultaneously dispensing the prophylaxis preparation into the internal cavity thereof.

Abstract: The device includes a shim component constructed for use in the non-surgical treatment of interproximal carious dental lesions. A plunger may be provided for driving substances through a tube-like channel or bore in the shim component, or an electromagnetic energy-transmissive material may fill the channel, in either case for delivering to the site of the lesion a medium that is effective for directly or indirectly killing, or biologically damaging, the carious bacteria.

Abstract: A drill for sinus membrane lift includes a contact surface for coming in face contact with sinus membrane, the contact surface having a curved periphery, and a bone-maintaining area connected to the contact surface for storing and discharging drilled bone fragments. The bone-maintaining area includes a first inside wall and a second inside wall connected to the first inside wall, the first inside wall oriented in a drilling direction, and the second inside wall opposite the first inside wall. The first inside wall has a drilling surface and is formed higher than the second inside wall so that the drilling surface is exposed in the drilling direction. The front end of the head comes into face contact with the sinus membrane at a wide area to prevent the sinus membrane from being torn or damaged even if the head completely penetrates the maxilla and contacts the sinus membrane.

Abstract: An orthodontic device includes a bracket having a body and the body includes external surfaces. An archwire passageway is formed in the body. An aperture extends from one of the external surfaces of the body to the passageway. A pawl is attached to the body and includes stop and cam surfaces which extend into the aperture. An extendable archwire includes an adjustment portion having a locking surface and a loop-spring therein and the adjustment portion is inserted into and through the passageway. The pawl and the locking surface form a ratchet. The cam surface of the pawl interengages the extendable archwire as the extendable archwire is extended through the bracket under the application of force to the extendable archwire. The stop surface of the pawl interengages the locking surface of the adjustment portion of the extendable archwire preventing retraction of the extendable archwire upon discontinuation of the application of force.

Abstract: Efficiency-modulated ultrasonic dental inserts (12) are disclosed for preventing the overpowering of power-sensitive tips (18). The inserts (12) are useful in a handpiece (10) having an induction coil (20) disposed about a well and operable with an adjustable power supply having a maximum power output setting. An efficiency-modulated magnetostrictive element (14) is adapted to be received in the well. A velocity transducer (16) has proximal and distal ends. The proximal end is attached to a distal end of the magnetostrictive element (14). A power-sensitive tip (18) has a proximal end secured to the distal end of the velocity transducer (16). The efficiency of the magnetostrictive element (14) is matched with the power range of the tip (18) to prevent overpowering the tip (18) at the maximum power output setting.

Abstract: An articulator has trays which have at least one opening with repeating broadened and narrowed regions allows for varying stabilization means to be used therewith. In one embodiment, the stone used for making the model acts as a stabilizing means without use of pins.

Abstract: A dental_implant that increases the amount of bone around the implant by increasing its length in order to place a longer implant without the need for a sinus elevation surgery in the posterior maxillary region where bone stock is not sufficient by employing the principles of displacement procedures in implantology which rely on regeneration of patient's own bone and have been used for years in the dentistry for orthodontic procedures. The dental implant has a pressure adaptor that protrudes and advances through the apical part of the implant body. Pressure adaptor is advanced within the bone until desired length of implant and bone is achieved. This procedure forms significant amount of bone around the implant within the floor of maxillary sinus. Floor of maxillary sinus is elevated. New bone is formed without the need for an additional surgery.

Abstract: A dental handpiece having a distal end including an attachment for assembly of a removable workpiece and a handpiece body intermediate a proximal end and the distal end. The handpiece extends in a substantially axial direction. A coupler is included having a cylinder portion and a supply-end portion, the cylinder portion being assembled into the handpiece extending in the axial direction toward the distal end. The cylinder portion includes at least one seal that interfaces with an interior of the body so as to isolate a portion of the body interior into at least one distinct chamber. The supply-end portion of the coupler extends from the proximal end of the handpiece body at an angle from the axis. The supply-end portion also includes a plurality of outlets, the at least one distinct chamber in fluid communication with one of the outlets of the plurality of outlets.

Abstract: A hypertension therapy instrument comprises an infrared ray generator that can radiate infrared ray onto a human body; a heart rhythm signal generator sensing heart rhythm of the human body and outputs a heart rhythm signal containing heart rhythm information; a controlling device receiving the signal outputted by the heart rhythm signal generator and controlling a radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator based on the heart rhythm of the human body, so that the radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator changes with the heart rhythm of the human body, so as to treat hypertension; and a power supply supplying power to the infrared ray generator, the heart rhythm generator, and the controlling device.

Abstract: Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.

Abstract: An abutment for dental implant systems of the kind suitable to be associated to a dental implant. The abutment has an inlay, and the inlay is provided at its upper part with an external profile having one or more shoulders for connecting and permanently jointing the inlay to the abutment. Further, the inlay may be shaped such that it is completely surrounded by the abutment in the assembled state of the dental implant system.

Abstract: A dental implant with expandable engagement portions hinged on the bottom of the implant. The expandable engagement portions may be made of gold and may have a smooth or contoured outer surface and expand outward when an expander is inserted into the implant. To receive the implant, an implant site is created in the jawbone which is wider at the bottom, having a shape similar to the implant when expanded, so that once the expandable engagement portions expand outward, they fill the bottom of the implant site and thereby result in strong mechanical engagement between the implant and the jawbone. The implant is further anchored by horizontal anchoring apparatus configured for insertion into the bone and the implant. Each of the horizontal anchoring apparatus may anchor the implant onto only one wall, making it possible to use such anchoring apparatus in the event that a wall is missing.

Abstract: The application relates to a device and a method for securing a dental implant in the bone tissue of a patient. The device can comprise a guide sleeve and a holder. The guide sleeve can have an interlock portion and a central bore having an internal thread. The holder can hold the dental implant and be configured to be inserted into the central bore of the guide sleeve. The holder can comprise an external thread that is configured to engage the internal thread of the guide sleeve such that the holder may threadingly engage the guide sleeve. The holder can further comprise a limit stop that can be configured to contact the guide sleeve for limiting the longitudinal position of the holder relative to the guide sleeve. The holder can releasably retain the dental implant and facilitate implantion of the implant into the bone tissue of the patient.

Abstract: A removable denture system comprising a personalized support beam fixedly attached to an individual's alveolar ridge above the mucous membrane by a plurality of dental implants; a personalized denture conforming with dental parameters of the individual and having fixedly integrated within a bottom surface thereof a super-structure having a cross-section conforming with that of the support beam; and a denture locking arrangement for securely locking and unlocking the denture to the support beam, at substantial zero tolerance therebetween, and wherein one of the support beam and the super-structure is configured with one or more positioning grooves extending parallel to a path of insert (POI) of the denture, and the other of the support beam and the super-structure is configured with corresponding one or more laterally projecting positioning projections, each extending in register with a corresponding positioning grove and configured for snug sliding there within.

Abstract: A dental implant system includes a dental implant having a rotationally symmetrical coronal implant region and a supra-structure element that includes an apically extending sleeve portion, which is capable of being placed on the coronal implant region in a freely selectable rotational position. The edge line of the sleeve portion and the circumferential surface of the coronal implant region form together the physiologically relevant micro gap. After implantation and healing-in of the implant, the supra-structure element is placed on to the coronal implant region. An axial length of the sleeve portion and the rotational position of the supra-structure element relative to the implant are selected in such a manner, that the micro gap extending around the implant comes to lie above the natural bone surface by the biological width. Thus, the axial position and the course of the micro gap are adjustable after the healing-in of the implant.

Abstract: The occlusal position of a patient is measured by means of light transmission through a layer of a polysiloxane which is not cross-linked. This material forms an exceptionally accurate impression of a patient's bite essentially instantaneously and enables subsequent recording and analysis of the bite in a matter of minutes.

Abstract: A dental matrix clamp includes an elongate body and a matrix band mountable relative to the body so as to form a loop projecting at one end of the body. The clamp has a tensioning device operable on the band to tighten the loop, and a deflector member which engages the band to provide an inclined conformation thereto. The deflector member is adjustable transversely across the band between opposite positions at which it bears against opposite peripheral portions of the band. The clamp is a hand-held device used in dentistry to clamp a band around a tooth for retention and molding of filling material.