A dental instrument is configured to reduce user discomfort and increase control over the surgical edge of the instrument. The invention further discloses a dental instrument having a replaceable blade.

A dental instrument is configured to reduce user discomfort and increase control over the surgical edge of the instrument. The invention further discloses a dental instrument having a replaceable blade.

A dental charting system and method of generating a dental chart are provided. The dental charting system comprises a display unit, an input unit and an output unit. The display unit is configured to display a quadrant view of a set of teeth. The quadrant view comprises a quadrant subset of the set of teeth, and at least one of a diagnosis field and a procedure field for each tooth in the quadrant subset. Each tooth in the quadrant subset displayed having a crown, a root and an outline. The input unit is configured to receive an input for at least one of the diagnosis field and the procedure field for at least one tooth in the quadrant set of teeth. The output unit is configured to generate a dental chart displaying the set of teeth. Each tooth in the set of teeth displayed in a color associated with the received input for at least one of the diagnosis field and the procedure field. The method comprises displaying a quadrant view of a set of teeth, receiving an input for at least one of the diagnosis field and the procedure field for at least one tooth in the quadrant set of teeth, and generating a dental chart displaying the set of teeth.

A dental charting system and method of generating a dental chart are provided. The dental charting system comprises a display unit, an input unit and an output unit. The display unit is configured to display a quadrant view of a set of teeth. The quadrant view comprises a quadrant subset of the set of teeth, and at least one of a diagnosis field and a procedure field for each tooth in the quadrant subset. Each tooth in the quadrant subset displayed having a crown, a root and an outline. The input unit is configured to receive an input for at least one of the diagnosis field and the procedure field for at least one tooth in the quadrant set of teeth. The output unit is configured to generate a dental chart displaying the set of teeth. Each tooth in the set of teeth displayed in a color associated with the received input for at least one of the diagnosis field and the procedure field. The method comprises displaying a quadrant view of a set of teeth, receiving an input for at least one of the diagnosis field and the procedure field for at least one tooth in the quadrant set of teeth, and generating a dental chart displaying the set of teeth.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a pet chew product by a single injection molding cycle, comprising the steps of providing a thermoplastic starch mixture; converting said mixture into a thermoplastic starch-based melt; injecting the resulting thermoplastic melt comprising said optional blowing agent in a mould cavity while partially opening the mould during melt injection; allowing the thermoplastic melt in contact with the mould cavity wall to at least partially cool and set thereby forming the outer skin of a first density or hardness; partially opening the mould during melt cooling to allow gas expansion in the non-cooled core of the injected thermoplastic melt and formation of a foamed core of a second density or hardness; allowing the melt to cool and set, and ejecting the pet chew product from the mould cavity.

Animal consumable dental hygienic device, comprising: body with an exterior surface and an interior cavity, and sized to be bitten by animal Exterior surface defines projections. Recesses extend inward from the exterior surface. Each recess has dental-hygienically active dimensions allowing a tooth to penetrate therein such that material surrounding the recess frictionally engages an outer surface of the tooth and scrapes the tooth to remove dental plaque. Projections are positioned, dimensioned, shaped and structured to be dental-hygienically active when the animal bites the body, allowing the tooth of the animal to be adjacent to at least one projection when the animal bites the body, such that a projection frictionally engages at least one of the outer surface of the tooth and gums of the animal during biting of the body by the animal.

Animal consumable dental hygienic device, comprising: body with an exterior surface and an interior cavity, and sized to be bitten by animal Exterior surface defines projections. Recesses extend inward from the exterior surface. Each recess has dental-hygienically active dimensions allowing a tooth to penetrate therein such that material surrounding the recess frictionally engages an outer surface of the tooth and scrapes the tooth to remove dental plaque. Projections are positioned, dimensioned, shaped and structured to be dental-hygienically active when the animal bites the body, allowing the tooth of the animal to be adjacent to at least one projection when the animal bites the body, such that a projection frictionally engages at least one of the outer surface of the tooth and gums of the animal during biting of the body by the animal.

The present disclosure relates to a system, apparatus, or method for testing of pet products and their resulting impact on pets. Certain embodiments include collecting, at a server, data related to one or more teeth of a pet, where the data results from the testing of the pet product. Certain embodiments also include mapping, by the server, the data to a heatmap representation of the one or more teeth of the pet. The heatmap representation illustrates a statistical analysis of the data. In addition, certain embodiments determine based on the statistical analysis of the data illustrated in the heatmap representation an impact of the pet product on the one or more teeth of the pet.

The present disclosure relates to a system, apparatus, or method for testing of pet products and their resulting impact on pets. Certain embodiments include collecting, at a server, data related to one or more teeth of a pet, where the data results from the testing of the pet product. Certain embodiments also include mapping, by the server, the data to a heatmap representation of the one or more teeth of the pet. The heatmap representation illustrates a statistical analysis of the data. In addition, certain embodiments determine based on the statistical analysis of the data illustrated in the heatmap representation an impact of the pet product on the one or more teeth of the pet.

The present invention recognizes that there exists a long felt need to address dental hygiene in pets. A first aspect of the present invention generally relates to a chew toy for pet dental hygiene. A second aspect of the present invention generally relates to a method of promoting pet dental hygiene.