Abstract: A lighting device having a safe, long-life, and low-cost light source, is disclosed which has a composite element including a plurality of LEDs arranged in rows and columns.

Abstract: A hand scaler sharpener unit adapted to sharpen a hand scaler with a grindstone for restoration of the hand scaler, including a base member having a base surface slanted at an angle to a level line, a grindstone mounting member for mounting a grindstone thereon, a grindstone driving means for reciprocatingly moving the grindstone mounting member along the base surface, as well as a hand scaler sharpening apparatus including this hand scaler sharpener unit and a hand scaler securing unit for securing a hand scaler generally vertically during operation of the sharpener unit.

Abstract: A dental handpiece is disclosed, which contains a handpiece body for giving dental treatment on a site in oral cavity of a patient, and an optical semiconductor device in the handpiece body for illuminating the site during the treatment. The optical semiconductor device is preferably LED, more preferably VLED.

Abstract: A dental handpiece contains a tool for dental treatment operation, tool holding members for detachably and rotatably holding the tool, tool detachment members for abutting against the tool holding members to detach the tool from the tool holding members, and rotatable contact members capable of being point-contacted with the tool holding members. The rotatable contact members when contacted with the tool holding members is rotatable with the tool holding members.

Abstract: A transparent dental tube unit contains a transparent turbine gas supply passage for allowing a pressurized gas supplied from a pressurized fluid supply source to be passed to a dental handpiece for driving a turbine provided in the handpiece, a transparent liquid supply passage for allowing a pressurized liquid from the pressurized fluid source to be passed to the dental handpiece for dissipating the heat generated by friction, a transparent enclosure tube for enclosing the transparent turbine gas supply passage and the transparent liquid supply passage therein, and a fixing device for fixing the transparent turbine gas supply passage and the transparent liquid supply passage.

Abstract: A dental handpiece having a cleaning unit contains a turbine gas supply passage for supplying a gas under pressure to a turbine for rotationally driving a dental tool, a rinsing liquid supply passage for supplying a rinsing liquid to a turbine head, a chip-scattering gas supply passage for supplying a gas for scattering cut chips produced by operation of the dental tool, and a cleaning unit for cleaning at least one of the gas and the liquid provided in at least one of the turbine gas supply passage the rinsing liquid supply passage and the chip-scattering gas supply passage.

Abstract: A dental handpiece having a turbine rotatable in reverse contains a main handpiece body, a turbine head mounted at a distal end of the main handpiece body, a plurality of turbine vanes for rotatably driving a dental tool romovably mounted within the turbine head, a first air supply passage for ejecting compressed air to one surface of each of the turbine vanes for rotating the turbine vanes in one direction, a second air supply passage for ejecting compressed air to the other surface of each of the turbine vanes for rotating the turbine vanes in the other direction, and an air discharge passage for discharging the compressed air.

Abstract: A dental handpiece apparatus having a heating unit contains a liquid supply source, liquid flow passages for ejecting a liquid from the liquid supply source at an ejection passage provided at a distal end of a main body of a handpiece, a gas supply source, gas flow passages for ejecting a gas from the gas supply source at the ejection passage and a heating unit provided in at least one the liquid flow passages and the gas flow passages for heating at least one of the liquid and the gas.