Patent classifications
A61C5/50
DEVICE FOR INJECTING A FILLING MATERIAL IN THE FLUID PHASE INTO A CANAL SPACE
Device for injecting a filling material in the fluid phase into a canal space, the device including an adaptor nozzle connected to an auto-mixer, and an injection tip fitted at the upper end of the auto-mixer. At a distal end the injection tip has an outside diameter of 1.5 mm or less over a length of 8 mm or greater. The injection tip is made of memory shape material for bending to a desired orientation. The injection tip is molded to the upper end of the auto-mixer, and on an exterior surface of the injector tip are either circular ribs defining a groove, the upper end of the auto-mixer being molded into the groove so the injection tip is locked in position in the upper end while retaining a degree of freedom to rotate about its axis of symmetry, or one or more mutually parallel circular ribs, and the upper end of the auto-mixer is molded onto the circular rib so the injection tip is blocked in position in the upper end while retaining a degree of freedom to rotate about its axis of symmetry.
DENTAL TREATMENT ROBOT
A dental treatment robot is provided. The robot comprises: a head fixing unit for fixing a head of a patient; a jaw fixing unit for fixing a jaw of the patient in an opened state; a tooth fixing unit for fixing a treatment target tooth or a tooth around the treatment target tooth; a robot arm capable of moving in directions of at least three axes; a handpiece that is detachably attached to the robot arm and includes a rotating part for tooth preparation; and a base whose movement is fixed. The head fixing unit, the jaw fixing unit, and the tooth fixing unit are connected and fixed to the base, and the robot arm moves on the basis of the bae to carry out the tooth preparation.
DENTAL TREATMENT ROBOT
A dental treatment robot is provided. The robot comprises: a head fixing unit for fixing a head of a patient; a jaw fixing unit for fixing a jaw of the patient in an opened state; a tooth fixing unit for fixing a treatment target tooth or a tooth around the treatment target tooth; a robot arm capable of moving in directions of at least three axes; a handpiece that is detachably attached to the robot arm and includes a rotating part for tooth preparation; and a base whose movement is fixed. The head fixing unit, the jaw fixing unit, and the tooth fixing unit are connected and fixed to the base, and the robot arm moves on the basis of the bae to carry out the tooth preparation.
Self-Inflating Tooth Dam
A disposable, self-inflatable, matrix (tooth dam) used to form a temporary, removeable side wall for the placement of a tooth filling material. It has an array of three concavities (distal, central and proximal) formed in a polymer wrap that has a planar substrate sheet affixed across the front face of the wrap. The distal air chamber has a volume that equals or exceeds the combined volume of the central and proximal air chambers. Directly below the distal concavity on the inner face of the planar substrate is an adhesive region. When the distal air chamber is depressed, the air within inflates the other air chambers and it is retained in its compressed state by the adhesive region. The remaining air chambers press against one tooth and exert enough force to elastically secure the planar panel around the adjacent tooth. It prevents the tooth filling material from leaving the prepared tooth and entering the space between.
Self-Inflating Tooth Dam
A disposable, self-inflatable, matrix (tooth dam) used to form a temporary, removeable side wall for the placement of a tooth filling material. It has an array of three concavities (distal, central and proximal) formed in a polymer wrap that has a planar substrate sheet affixed across the front face of the wrap. The distal air chamber has a volume that equals or exceeds the combined volume of the central and proximal air chambers. Directly below the distal concavity on the inner face of the planar substrate is an adhesive region. When the distal air chamber is depressed, the air within inflates the other air chambers and it is retained in its compressed state by the adhesive region. The remaining air chambers press against one tooth and exert enough force to elastically secure the planar panel around the adjacent tooth. It prevents the tooth filling material from leaving the prepared tooth and entering the space between.
Cleaning appliance
A fluid delivery system for a dental cleaning appliance includes a nozzle for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user, and a fluid conduit for conveying working fluid to the nozzle. A body of the nozzle defines a fluid chamber and a channel for conveying working fluid from the fluid chamber to a fluid outlet from the nozzle. The fluid chamber has a tangential inlet for receiving working fluid from the fluid conduit.
PLASMA DEPOSITION
Aspects described herein pertain to restoring damaged portions of tooth or bone using plasma mediated deposition. In an embodiment, a biocompatible carrier gas is ionized to form a biocompatible atmospheric plasma stream. Restoration material, such as nano-scale powdered hydroxyapatite, is introduced into the plasma stream, which is then applied to a damaged portion of a bone or tooth. The restoration material is deposited on the damaged portion of the bone or tooth, thus restoring a shape and mechanical integrity of the bone or tooth.
PLASMA DEPOSITION
Aspects described herein pertain to restoring damaged portions of tooth or bone using plasma mediated deposition. In an embodiment, a biocompatible carrier gas is ionized to form a biocompatible atmospheric plasma stream. Restoration material, such as nano-scale powdered hydroxyapatite, is introduced into the plasma stream, which is then applied to a damaged portion of a bone or tooth. The restoration material is deposited on the damaged portion of the bone or tooth, thus restoring a shape and mechanical integrity of the bone or tooth.
Method for sealing of a canal
The invention relates to a method for sealing of a circumferentially closed canal. A closure element is secured to one free end of a light guide conducting a laser beam. The light guide with the closure element is introduced into the canal. The closure element is positioned in the region of the canal to be sealed and after positioning of the closure element energy is introduced, so that the closure element melts or softens and remains in this position in the canal and seals it tightly.
Method for sealing of a canal
The invention relates to a method for sealing of a circumferentially closed canal. A closure element is secured to one free end of a light guide conducting a laser beam. The light guide with the closure element is introduced into the canal. The closure element is positioned in the region of the canal to be sealed and after positioning of the closure element energy is introduced, so that the closure element melts or softens and remains in this position in the canal and seals it tightly.