Abstract: A rotatable cutting tool for machining of a honeycomb core includes a front end; a rear end; a peripheral surface extending between the front and rear ends; a set of helical flutes formed in the peripheral surface at a first helix angle 45°???65°, having a first depth; and a set of helical ridges. At least one helical groove formed in the peripheral surface at a second helix angle 90°<??100°, has a second depth, which is smaller than the first depth. The at least one helical groove intersects the helical ridges so that a plurality of cutting teeth are formed on each helical ridge. Each cutting tooth includes a second ridge formed in a transition between two lands, a cutting edge and a clearance edge join in a tooth tip constituting the radially outermost point of the cutting tooth.

Abstract: A drill for dental implant procedure is provided. The drill for dental implant procedure may include a body portion extending in a longitudinal direction and including cylindrical first and second rotating portions rotatable in both directions about a central axis, wherein the first rotating portion comprising: a cutting head portion, a first spiral groove portion, and a first cutting side, wherein the second rotating portion formed integrally with the first rotating portion comprising: a second spiral groove portion, and a second cutting side surface portion.

Abstract: A dental implant includes a body and a thread. The body has a central axis, a coronal end, and an apical end. The thread is coupled to the body. The thread has a coronal facing surface, an apical facing surface, and a crest surface positioned between the coronal facing surface and the apical facing surface. The coronal facing surface of the thread has a plurality of steps formed therein.

Abstract: Device (1) for exposing an implant base body (2), in particular wherein the dental implant (2) is fixed in a person's jaw and is covered by gum. During exposure, the gum covering the implant base body is cut open to expose the implant base body, in particular it is removed in the shape of a hole circle. The device (1) comprises a sensor (22) for determining the position of the implant base body (91) covered by the gum (82), characterized in that the device (1) comprises a blade (32) for cutting the gum (82).

Abstract: A new dental bur with specific dimensions that enable the bur to be used for cutting and trimming filling material under the gum tissues and between teeth. The bur includes a safe end. The bur also includes an angled flat cutting surface and an angled flat surface of the safe end.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for drilling an anatomical element are provided. A drill bit may comprise a coaxial hollow shaft in communication with a plurality of apertures disposed on a surface of the drill bit. A fluid inlet may be in fluid communication with the coaxial hollow shaft via a selectively openable valve. The fluid inlet may be configured to receive pressurized fluid. When the valve is opened, the pressurized fluid may be released into the coaxial hollow shaft, and when at least one of the plurality of apertures is not blocked, the pressurized fluid may be released through the at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures.

Abstract: Tools, assemblies, devices, systems, and methods for easily mounting a crown to a titanium (Ti) base or custom abutment with a tool without having to pre-cement a mounting base to a crown and have to physically hold together the base to the crown until the cement is cured. The implant cementation assembly tool does allow the Ti base and crown to be cemented (pre-cemented) without being constantly held and done outside of the mouth. The embodiments can include a bottom (hard rod, such as plastic or metal) that goes through the Ti base and the crown. The embodiments can include a top that is either threaded to allow it to be screwed onto the hard rod or a top that has a hollow center that can slide over the hard rod and be clamped to the rod. A second embodiment uses a modified hemostat tool with lockable pivoting arms to clamp the crown to the Ti base to allow cement to become set.

Abstract: The present invention is a group of surgical instruments with improved function and design for dental and craniofacial surgery, especially subperiosteal tunneling and related procedures. The instruments include surgical elevators for vestibular incision or incisions in the gingival sulcus. The instruments have varying angles and shapes to create a mucosal tunnel in any oral or maxillofacial region. The instrument suite also optionally includes specially designed forceps for introduction of graft material inside the subperiosteal tunnel and to assist with suturing of the graft to surrounding tissue.

Abstract: A fixation device is disclosed including an elongate body extending from a distal end to a proximal end. The distal end defines a blind hole having a diameter and extending to a depth from a distal tip. The diameter of the blind hole is sufficient to receive a k-wire therein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drilling driver for placing a dental implant. The drilling driver includes: a tip part having a first outer diameter and having a cutting edge; a small-diameter part extended from the tip part, and having a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter; and a large-diameter part positioned farther from the tip part than the small-diameter part, and having a third outer diameter larger than the first outer diameter.

Abstract: A dental burr for preparing tooth for fabrication may include a shank designed to engage with a dental handpiece; and a burr body extending from the shank. The burr body may have a lip distal from the shank, the lip defining an opening into a cavity within the burr body, the cavity being sized to accommodate a tooth; and an indented edge extending from an area of the burr body proximate to the lip to the lip, wherein an exterior surface of the indented edge, the lip, and an inner surface of the cavity be an abrasive surface. The burr body may also have at least one debris vent extending therethrough.

Abstract: A set of osteotomes have conical tips with free end diameters alternately increasing by a constant increment, k, as a step function, beginning with the first osteotome; and working base diameters alternately increases by a constant increment, C, as a step function, beginning with the second osteotome. For seven osteotomes, the first and second diameters respectively are: 1 mm and 2 mm; 1 mm and 3 mm; 2 mm and 3 mm; 2 mm and 4 mm; 3 mm and 4 mm; 3 mm and 5 mm; and 4 mm and 5 mm. In a first mode all seven osteotomes are used to provide very gradual diameter escalations. In a second mode the first, third, fifth, and seventh osteotomes provide conventional Summers' diameter escalations. In third and fourth modes the first, fourth, and seventh osteotomes, and the second, fifth, and seventh osteotomes respectively provide increasingly more aggressive Summers' type escalations.

Abstract: A number of osteotomes, n, form a set of osteotomes, for use during a ridge expansion osteotomy to reduce alveolar stress and to reduce likelihood of a fracture, with each osteotome of the set having a conical working tip with a free end having a diameter ?An, and a working base ?Bn; a first osteotome, n=1, of the set has the working tip formed with a first diameter, ?A1=Y, at the free end, and with a second diameter, ?B1?X, at the working base, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, X>Y; and wherein for successive osteotomes of the set, the diameter at the free end increases as an alternate step and regressive step sequence, and the diameter at the working base alternately increases by a constant increment c, as a step function.

Abstract: A bur for dental implantology, including a dental coupling, a bur shank, a bur neck and a bur tip having at least one tip cutting edge, the tip cutting edge being partly rounded.

Abstract: A multi-diameter drill bit for implant bed preparation is provided. The drill bit has a drill shank that can be coupled with a driving tool to transfer drilling torques and forces to a drill body distal to the drill shank and a drill tip distal to the drill body. The drill body is divided into a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter. The drill tip is connected to the first cylindrical portion of the drill body and defines multiple first land areas and multiple cutting lips each at least partially bordering a respective first land areas. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter to define a plurality of faces of second lands at the interface between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion, for reducing friction between the drill bit and surrounding bone tissue.

Abstract: A method is provided for shaping a custom dental restoration from a preform, wherein the preform comprises a preform body and a preform stem. A method is further disclosed for generating one or more nesting positions for the restoration design within the geometry of the preform body relative to the position of the preform stem. A method is further disclosed for generating machining instructions based on the selected nesting position to optimize machining for chair-side applications.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a dental bur includes a proximal shank, an intermediate cutting section, and a smooth, rounded distal tip. The cutting section includes (i) a frustum-shaped portion connected at its larger-diameter end to the shank and (ii) a curved portion that provides a transition between the smaller-diameter end of the frustum-shaped portion and the rounded tip, where the outer surfaces of the frustum-shaped portion and the curved portion are both sufficiently abrasive to remove bone tissue due to the presence of surface grit and/or flutes that provide bone-cutting edges. The dental bur reduces and flattens the bone tissue of the maxillary and mandibular bones for surgical dental implants without unwanted soft tissue damage.

Abstract: A deburring tool includes a shank attached at a first end to a chuck and a working portion at a second end of the shank. The working portion includes a first end portion closest to and joining the second end of the shank at a first end of the first end portion, a second end portion furthest from the shank, and an intermediate portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, a first end of the intermediate portion joining a second end of the first end portion and a second end of the intermediate portion joining a first end of the second end portion. The intermediate portion tapers continuously from a largest diameter at the first end of the intermediate portion to a smallest diameter at the second end of the intermediate portion, and deburring cutter members provided on the second end portion adjacent the second end of the intermediate portion.

Abstract: A method for forming a surgical guide for a dental patient rotates material about a rotation axis to a first angular position and drills a drill guiding hole using a drilling tool having a drilling tool axis. The drill guiding hole is centered about a guide axis that is orthogonal to the rotation axis. A first planar surface of the guide is formed from the material, wherein the first surface is. oblique to the guide axis. The material is repositioned to orient the first surface orthogonal to the drilling tool. A hole pattern is formed having two or more positioning holes in the first surface, with the pattern corresponding to a pin pattern in a tray that is positionally registered to a dental arch of the patient. A second planar surface of the surgical guide is formed, parallel to the first planar surface.

Abstract: A fluted osteotome is rotated in one direction to enlarge an osteotomy by burnishing, and by cutting/drilling when turned in an opposite direction. A conic-ally tapered body has an apical end with lips. The lips are set to grind bone when rotated in the burnishing direction and cut bone when toned in the cutting/drilling direction. Helical flutes and interposed lands are disposed about the body. The flutes each have a working edge that burnishes bone when rotated in the burnishing direction and cuts bone when turned in the cutting/drilling direction. The lips and lands generate an opposing axial reaction force that improves surgical control. The osteotome auto-grafts bone by reapplying ground particles in a compacted manner along the entire depth of the osteotomy, particularly at the bottom.

Abstract: A universal digital implant scanning code (UDDISC) is provided on a dental implant body and/or any device attached to the dental implant body (e.g., the dental implant carrier). Implant bodies and platforms are available in many different types of sizes and configurations from many different companies. The UDDISC allows for an immediate digital scan of the dental implant in relationship to the patient's dentition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental prophy cup comprising a body, wherein the body comprising a rear portion adapted to be mounted on a rotary hand piece for rotation about a longitudinal axis; and a front portion for engaging the teeth, wherein the front portion is a microfiber surface provides for fluid communication between inner cavity and outer surface for exchange of prophy paste to clean the tooth surface.

Abstract: A fixation device is disclosed including an elongate body extending from a distal end to a proximal end. The distal end defines a blind hole having a diameter and extending to a depth from a distal tip. The diameter of the blind hole is sufficient to receive a k-wire therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a hybrid dental implant having a screw body with at least one external thread, which includes an upper portion with an open ceiling configured to receive one or more bone inducing agents and/or therapeutic agents, a middle portion having a hollow inner channel connected to side openings, and a lower portion with a closed floor. The bone inducing agents and/or therapeutic agents are introduced through the open ceiling into the hollow inner channel into the side openings, which enables the bone tissue ingrowth into the hollow inner channel and bone tissue outgrowth from the hollow inner channel to the surrounding bone. It also provides for a method of installing and using the hybrid dental implant thereof.

Abstract: A depth limiting bur is provided. The depth limiting bur can include a cutting head with a diameter of at least two millimeters, a depth cut limiter with a convex surface, and a rod.

Abstract: A treatment element for use with a dental-implant part anchored in a patient's jawbone is disclosed, wherein the treatment element includes a base body having a connection system adapted to the dental-implant part for mechanical connection of the base body with the dental-implant part, and at least one media duct for conducting a cleaning liquid.

Abstract: A male piece for reversible and detachable connection of a dental prosthetic construction to a jawbone, said male piece being designed with a fastening structure, by means of which the male piece can be fastened onto the jawbone, onto an implant that has been implanted in the jawbone, onto a tooth stump or onto a neighboring tooth, comprising a body section having an exterior surface corresponding to a lateral surface of a cylinder, such that the central axis of the cylinder defines a longitudinal axis of the male piece; a snap-on section, which is offset axially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the male piece relative to the body section, said snap-on section, comprising an exterior surface with a convex curvature along the longitudinal axis, which protrudes outward from the longitudinal axis of the male piece beyond the exterior surface of the body section; and a head end, which terminates the male piece axially with respect to its longitudinal axis, wherein the snap-on section is arranged closer to

Abstract: A device for forming a cavity in a bone includes a body defining a longitudinal axis, a flange defined on the body having two surfaces that meet an edge that is oriented oblique to the longitudinal axis, serrations defined on an outer surface of the body for forming the cavity, an internal fluid passageway defined within the body for directing fluid to the serrations, and a connector extending from the flange that is configured to be connected to an oscillating dental instrument.

Abstract: An implant for treating an obstructive airway disorder includes an elongate implant body configured for implanting in airway-interface tissue. At least a portion of the elongate body carries a light transmission material for permitting light transmission therein. Systems and methods of treating an airway disorder including implanting an implant in an airway-interface tissue are also provided.

Abstract: A bur for use with a machine comprises a head and a shank that are made of dissimilar materials with a joint between the head and the shank. The material of the head has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the material of the shank. The shank has a recess in one end. The head has a working surface and a projecting portion that cooperates with the recess. The joint is formed at an interface between the projecting portion and the recess whereby a portion of the head that includes the projecting portion is compressively stressed. The projecting portion may have a cone-like shape and the recess may have a cup-like shape. The material of the shank may be stainless steel and the material of the head may comprise metal carbide. The bur may be a dental bur.

Abstract: A set of Osteotomes used for forming an implant socket during a ridge expansion osteotomy may be specially constructed to reduce crestal alveolar stress and to reduce likelihood of a crestal fracture. Each osteotome includes a conical working tip having a free end and a working base. A first osteotome of the set has a working tip formed with a first diameter, Y, at the free end, and a second diameter, X, at the working base, with the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, X>Y; and wherein for each successive osteotome of the set, the diameter at the free end increases linearly by a constant increment, k, and the diameter at the working base alternately increases by a constant increment, C, as a step function. Other interrelationships between the free end and the working base of the previous and successive osteotomes operate to maintain crestal integrity.

Abstract: A fluted osteotome is rotated in one direction to enlarge an osteotomy by burnishing, and by cutting/drilling when turned in an opposite direction. A conically tapered body has an apical end with lips. The lips are set to grind bone when rotated in the burnishing direction and cut bone when turned in the cutting/drilling direction. Helical flutes and interposed lands are disposed about the body. The flutes each have a working edge that burnishes bone when rotated in the burnishing direction and cuts bone when turned in the cutting/drilling direction. The lips and lands generate an opposing axial reaction force that improves surgical control. The osteotome auto-grafts bone by reapplying ground particles in a compacted manner along the entire depth of the osteotomy, particularly at the bottom.

Abstract: A transfer part for holding an implant has a clamping portion for clamping connection with the implant. The clamping portion has a radial groove, a clamping ring and a force transmission element. The clamping ring is insertable into the radial groove to directly engage with the implant. The force transmission element secures the clamping connection against rotation. An inner ampule for receiving and securing a transfer part for holding an implant has an upper fixing portion and a lower fixing portion. The upper fixing portion reaches to a large surface recess in the ampule for insertion and removal of the transfer part, and has a laterally open indentation enlarging towards the recess adapted for the closely fitting insertion of the transfer part. The lower fixing portion has a laterally open indentation towards the recess adapted to receive the implant.

Abstract: A method for plunge milling a workpiece. The method includes rotating a cutting head while advancing the cutting head along a direction towards the workpiece; removing material from the workpiece with frontal teeth disposed on a frontal face of the cutting head; bending a tool holder configured to lead the cutting head inside the workpiece; stopping the advancing of the cutting head along the direction towards the workpiece when the cutting head has reached a predetermined depth inside the workpiece; and retrieving while rotating the cutting head from the inside of the workpiece such that side teeth of the cutting head remove material from the inside of the workpiece due to the bending of the tool holder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bone carving tool for creating a convex ridge for the inner border of the initial hole for placement of an implant hole, and comprises: a bone carving unit with tapering diameters ranging from 2 to 7 mm, which has a plurality of triangular-shaped projections disposed on the lateral sides thereof forming a triangular prism-shape; and a supporting portion for supporting the bone carving unit connected to the bone carving unit at a lower aspect thereof, wherein the diameter of the bone carving unit gradually narrows towards the upper aspects thereof and the uppermost aspects of the plurality of triangular-shaped projections and the triangular prism-shape coalesce to a single point.

Abstract: Surgical instruments for use in implanting a stem component into a knee of a patient include a canal reamer and an associated implant reference guide.

Abstract: TASK An inexpensive drill with high processing accuracy is provided. MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM A chisel edge 11 of a tip 12 is removed, and a pyramid 1 is formed in that part, in which an inclination angle ?1 of each edge 4 extending from an apex P relative to a center line of the drill CL is formed to be larger than an angle ?2 that is one-half of a drill tip angle ?0, and so chisel steps are resolved and stable cutting becomes possible, thereby improving hole accuracy. Also, it is possible to form the pyramid 1 by grinding a tip of an existing drill by a grinder, so that a drill can be realized at a low cost.

Abstract: Provided is an integrated alveolar bone dilating apparatus for dental implant. The apparatus includes a grip, a stopper, and a dilating part. The grip has a cylindrical shape. The stopper is disposed under the grip and has a diameter greater than a diameter of the grip. The dilating part is disposed under the stopper. Here, the dilating part includes a dilator reduced in diameter toward a lower portion thereof and having an inverted conic shape with a sharp tip, and two blades disposed on both sides of the dilator and being sharp toward the outside.

Abstract: A dental rotary drive cutting tool, which can limit breaking location to the shank side, and increase life span until breakage, is provided. A peeso reamer (10) as the dental rotary drive cutting tool according to the present invention includes a cutting portion (11) formed on the tip side, a shank (12) formed in a base, and a neck part (13) formed between the cutting portion (11) and the shank (12), wherein the neck part (13) includes a tapered portion (13a), which is wider on the tip side and narrower on the base side, and a straight portion (13b), which has a constant thickness with the same diameter as that of the end of the tapered portion on the base side. While it breaks at the narrowest portion of the tapered portion, this portion is a straight portion, and thus increase in life span is possible.

Abstract: Surgical tool for use in guided surgery having a distal end portion having a functional element, a shank on the opposite end of the tool, and a substantially circular cylindrical guide portion. The guide portion is located between the functional element and the shank and has at least one visual marker. The at least one marker has at least one recess which is finite in the circumferential direction such that, at the axial location of the recess a section of guide portion having outer radius r is maintained.

Abstract: A surgical method and tool for expanding an initial osteotomy (42) to receive a dental implant (44). An osteotome (22) having a tapered working end (28) is inserted into the initial osteotomy (42). The initial osteotomy (42) is enlarged by simultaneously rotating and pushing the working end (28) of the tapered osteotome (22) into the osteotomy (42). One or more burnishing edges (40) concentrate the pushing and rotational force in outward normal and tangential component forces against the interior surface of the osteotomy (42) to incrementally expand the osteotomy (42) with little to no removal of bone material (46). The inserting and enlarging steps are repeated, as needed, with progressively larger tapered osteotomes (22) until an osteotomy (42) of predetermined size is achieved. Finally, a fixture portion of a dental implant (44) is installed into the expanded osteotomy (42).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to dental prostheses assemblies. Specifically, the disclosure relates to retrievable detent-retained dental prostheses assemblies, kits and methods of their use in the restoration and rehabilitation.

Abstract: A method forms a non-circular socket in a jawbone of a patient for receiving a dental implant. A pilot hole is formed in the jawbone. A framework having one or more sets of opposing drill points configured to rotate along axes that are transverse to a vertical axis is directed along the pilot hole. The framework produces the non-circular socket, which may have a series of tiers. A dental implant is inserted into the socket. The dental implant may have a series of tiered sections shaped so that each tiered section conforms to a respective one of the tiers in the socket. An abutment may be securely fastened to the dental implant.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dental implant cleaner 40a comprising a main body 41a, a shank 41b provided at the upper surface of the main body 41a to be mounted on a hand-piece, a plurality of elastic supporting legs 43a provided at the lower surface of the main body 41a to encompass the surface of the dental implant, and a plurality of cleaning tips 44a provided inwardly at the end portion of the elastic supporting legs 43a respectively to be contacted on the surface of the dental implant.

Abstract: Various Dental Extraction Burs are provided to practitioners to assist them in the extraction of a tooth or a portion of a tooth. Some Extraction Burs are embedded in a hole drilled in the tooth or portion of tooth, while others are attached to the surface of the tooth. After the Extraction Bur is attached to the tooth, the practitioner secures a handle to the Extraction Bur. Using the handle, the Extraction Bur and tooth or portion of tooth is removed from the patient.

Abstract: A bone powder filling tool includes a handle connectable to a rotary dental instrument, and a bone powder propelling bit located one end of the handle. The bone powder propelling bit has opposing top end portion and bottom end portion, bone powder transferring grooves spirally extending around the periphery thereof from the top end portion to the bottom end portion, and bone powder propelling threads extending around the periphery thereof at different elevations for rapidly and uniformly propelling bone powder into the space between the sinus floor and the cortical bone to increase the thickness of the cortical bone in favor of the process of the subsequent tooth implanting, helping the doctor in charge of the operation save operating time and physical strength.

Abstract: A surgical milling cutter includes a milling cutter bracket, a locking device and a bottom electric motor connected successively. The milling cutter bracket includes a fixing seat with a through hole. A finger guide apparatus with an L-type first bracket at the top end thereof is provided on the upper part of the fixing seat. The end of the L-type first bracket's short side is provided with a downward projection. The lowest point of the projection is lower than that of the milling cutter's cylindrical head when the milling cutter is working normally. The surgical milling cutter utilizes the projection to prevent the possibility of an object contacting with the cylindrical head, thus avoiding an object being cut unevenly. Meanwhile, the L-type bracket can be driven by the finger guide apparatus to rotate so as to change the running direction of the milling cutter, thus facilitating surgical procedures.

Abstract: A quick dental implant kit includes a fixture having an upper fine thread portion, a lower coarse thread portion and a diameter gradually reducing in direction from the top side toward the bottom side and exhibiting a long arc-shaped contour, and a drill bit having a shank connectable to and rotatable by a dental handpiece and a stepped cutter body formed integral with the bottom end of the shank and defining a plurality of stepped cutting edges for drilling a stepped hole in a jawbone of a patient for the implant of the fixture. Each stepped cutting edge defines at least five steps and at least four risers alternatively connected in a longitudinal series to fit the long arc-shaped contour of the fixture.

Abstract: Set of dental drills having two or more dental drills (10, 10?), each of dental drills (10, 10?) having a cutting portion (20, 20?) that has an end-face drilling end (22, 22?) and a shank portion (30, 30?) that has a receiving region (32, 32?) intended to be received in a drill holding device. The shank portions (30, 30?) of the dental drills each have a substantially circular-cylindrical guide region (40, 40?) for guiding the dental drills, the guide regions (40, 40?) of the two or more dental drills being of the same diameter.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided that includes a dental implant having a proximal implant end and a lateral external surface. The implant is shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough having a lateral opening through the lateral external surface. The apparatus further includes an applicator, which is removably coupled to the proximal implant end. The applicator includes a delivery tube having a distal tube end that is removably coupled to the implant such that the delivery tube is in fluid communication with the lumen via the lateral opening. Other embodiments are also described.