Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
433068000 | Having means to record or indicate jaw movement or position or dental occlusion | 41 |
20080299511 | Method for Determining the Set Relative Position of a Patient in Dental Panorama X-Ray Apparatus or the Set Path on Which This Apparatus is Moved with Regard to a Patient , and a Device Suited Therefor - The invention relates to a method for determining the set relative position of a patient in a dental panorama X-ray apparatus during which the curvature of a front area of a dental arch of a patient is determined. Set position coordinates for the patient are calculated based on this curvature and on a projection arch surface. In addition, the curvature of a middle area and/or of a rear area of the dental arch is determined and is taken into consideration during the calculation of the position coordinates. During a method for determining the set path of a diagnostic unit, the curvature of a front area of a dental arch of a patient is determined and is fixed at a location in the X-ray apparatus located within the space scanned by an X-ray source and by a detector unit. In addition, the curvature of a middle area and/or of a rear area of the dental arch is determined and a set path curve for the diagnostic unit is calculated based on the measured curvatures. The invention also relates to a device suited for carrying out the aforementioned method. | 12-04-2008 |
20080311537 | Occlusal State Correction-Supporting Apparatus, Program, and Recording Medium - An occlusal state correction -supporting apparatus, a program therefor, and a recording medium thereof are provided, which can generate necessary, effective information in order to complete the shape of teeth excellently bitten. A shape-extracting means | 12-18-2008 |
20090130626 | ORAL MEASURING SYSTEM - An oral measuring system has a recording unit provided with a picture sensor, and an interface. The interface, connected to the recording unit, includes a light-conducting Bauernfeind prism that is provided with a recording surface and a picture surface. The recording surface during use is brought into the vicinity of and/or in contact with one of the above sides of a set of teeth to be measured or into an oral cavity, and which picture surface is connected to the recording unit. | 05-21-2009 |
20090148809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED DENTAL GEOMETRY REPRESENTATION - A digital data set representing a pre-scanned tooth geometry, including generic crown data, is merged with data representing a scanned patient tooth crown image, which lacks sufficient data to completely represent a complete tooth crown. | 06-11-2009 |
20090155738 | Occlusion correction improvement instrument and correction improvement method using the instrument - An occlusion correction improvement instrument includes an upper mold-mounting member provided with a plate-shaped member that is parallel to a Camper's plane of an upper model having a tooth model-shaped surface of a maxillary tooth row and with a plane parallel to the Camper's plane when the upper mold-mounting member has been mounted on the upper model; and a lower mold-mounting member mountable on a lower model having a tooth model-shaped surface of a mandible tooth row and provided with a pin-shaped projection portion that can be fixed, with a position thereof adjusted from side to side and up and down, and with an adjustment member that can adjust a position of the lower mold-mounting member relative to the upper mold-mounting member on the plane parallel to the Camper's plane, with the projection portion abut on the plate-shaped member of the upper mold-mounting member. | 06-18-2009 |
20100159414 | AUTOMATIC SPATIAL ADJUSTMENT OF A PAN-ORAL X-RAY SOURCE IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTUAL DENTITION OF A PATIENT - A system, method, and computer program product for performing pan-oral imaging. A plurality of data points are generated which are representative of spatial positions of an actual dentition of a patient with respect to a defined spatial coordinate system. A fitted curve through at least a portion of the spatial positions of the dentition is computed using the plurality of data points. A pan-oral image acquisition trajectory is then computed with respect to a defined spatial coordinate system using the fitted curve. A pan-oral image of the dentition is then acquired along the pan-oral image acquisition trajectory. | 06-24-2010 |
20110027745 | MANDIBLE POSITION INDICATOR AND AUTOMATIC ARTICULATOR FOR MEASURING AND REPLICATING OCCLUSION - One embodiments of the present subject matter include a method that includes fixing a top pantograph to a patient via clutches to the top teeth of the patient, fixing a bottom pantograph to a patient via clutches to the bottom teeth of the patient, optically monitoring the bite of the patient by monitoring the relation of the top pantograph to the bottom pantograph during a bite cycle, storing data relating to the actual bite, fitting the top pantograph and bottom pantograph to casts that are fixed to an automatically adjustable articulator and replicating the bite by moving the automatically adjustable articulator and optically monitoring said movement to replicate the monitored bite using feedback by comparing optical data relating to the replicated bite to the data relating to the actual bite. | 02-03-2011 |
20110053110 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DENTAL OCCLUSION - An apparatus for measuring a dental occlusion includes: a position sensor ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110217667 | CUSTOM LINKABLE IMAGING AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAY - A multifunctional diagnostic tray configured to clasp an oral structure when positioned in a mouth. The tray may be digitally designed from surface scan data of the mouth and manufactured. The tray provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be viewed in a tomography scan data set. The tray may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a combined master data file that may be used to determine the appropriate location for a dental implant or other dental procedure. | 09-08-2011 |
20110294090 | NON-INVASIVE REFERENCE DEVICE - Non-invasive reference device to be temporarily fixed on a tooth. The reference device is made of biocompatible, radiopaque material and allows the determination of anatomical structures in a jaw. | 12-01-2011 |
20120282567 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING A FIRST AND SECOND DENTAL RESTORATION - A computer-based method and system of virtually planning a dental restoration in a patient are disclosed, including steps, units or code segments for virtually planning a first dental restoration. First production data is based on the planned first dental restoration for production thereof or of a product related to a medical procedure for installing at least a portion of the first dental restoration in an oral cavity of the patient. Scan data is provided including factual position data and/or factual shape data based on the first dental restoration when at least partly installed in the oral cavity of the patient. The second dental restoration is virtually planned, including adjusting the planned first dental restoration in dependence of the scan data. Second production data is provided based on the planned second dental restoration useful for production of the second dental restoration. | 11-08-2012 |
20130045458 | OCCLUSION EVALUATION APPARATUS AND OCCLUSION EVALUATION METHOD - An occlusion evaluation apparatus capable of evaluating a masticatory ability depending on an occlusal geometry of teeth without actually used by a human subject, reads three dimensional data of geometries of maxillary molar teeth | 02-21-2013 |
20130130195 | MANDIBLE POSITION INDICATOR FOR MEASURING AND REPLICATING OCCLUSION - One embodiments of the present subject matter include a method that includes fixing a top pantograph to a patient via clutches to the top teeth of the patient, fixing a bottom pantograph to a patient via clutches to the bottom teeth of the patient, optically monitoring the bite of the patient by monitoring the relation of the top pantograph to the bottom pantograph during a bite cycle, storing data relating to the actual bite storing patient data including a three-dimensional model including a top teeth model and a bottom teeth model, storing a digital top pantograph model associated with the top pantograph, storing a digital bottom pantograph model associated with the bottom pantograph, digitally pairing the bite data, the top pantograph model and the bottom pantograph model to the patient data, and digitally modeling the bite. | 05-23-2013 |
20130157217 | DENTAL IMPLANT REUSABLE BITE REGISTRATION POST - A bite registration post ( | 06-20-2013 |
20140106294 | MANDIBLE POSITION INDICATOR FOR ANALYZING BITE FUNCTION - A system and method for modeling bite function. A top pantograph is fixed to a patient via clutches to the top teeth of the patient, a bottom pantograph is fixed to a patient via clutches to the bottom teeth of the patient and the actual bite of the patient is optically monitored by monitoring the relation of the top pantograph to the bottom pantograph during a bite cycle and storing a hinge axis. Data is stored relating to the actual bite and the top teeth are scanned to create a top teeth model while the bottom teeth are scanned to create a bottom teeth model. A digital representation of the top pantograph is digitally fitted to the top teeth, a digital representation of the bottom pantograph bottom pantograph is digitally fitted to the bottom teeth, and the relationship of the top teeth model and the bottom teeth model to the hinge axis is recorded. A bite model is digitally created by recording the position of the top teeth model in relation to the bottom teeth model while digitally moving the bottom teeth model with respect to the top teeth model around the hinge axis. | 04-17-2014 |
20150327967 | Occlusion Determination Device - The invention relates to an occlusion determination device ( | 11-19-2015 |
20160058275 | MANUAL JAW OPENING DEVICE WITH FORCE ACTING ON MOLARS - A manual jaw opening device with force acting on molars includes: a manual pivotal rotating device; and a pair of opening arms, respectively formed with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the manual pivotal rotating device and the second end is equipped with a molar engaging seat; when the pair of opening arms are disposed in the mouth of a patient and the two molar engaging seats are respectively abutted against plural upper molars and plural lower molars, an operator is able to separate the pair of opening arms through operating the manual pivotal rotating device thereby allowing the mouth to be opened. | 03-03-2016 |
433069000 | Jaw movement | 5 |
20080261168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING MANDIBULAR MOVEMENT - An apparatus for use in dentistry to obtain positional data related to movement of a mandible about a maxilla comprises a rigid support frame for supporting a maxilla support member, a positionable mandibular member and sensing assemblies. The support member fixedly attaches to the support frame. The mandibular member is positionable proximate the maxilla member. The sensing assemblies attach to the support frame and connect to the mandibular member to obtain positional data related to the movement of the mandibular member. The positional data is collected by a computing device and stored in a data storage medium as time history files. The files can then be transformed into usable information to replicate the mandibular movement in real time either virtually or mechanically. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261169 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPLICATING MANDIBULAR MOVEMENT - An apparatus to replicate and analyze movement of a mandible relative to a maxilla with dental casts thereof includes a base frame, an arm connected to the base frame and a suspension assembly positionable by a plurality of electro-mechanical actuators. The arm connects to the base frame and supports the dental cast of the maxilla in a fixed position relative to the base frame. The suspension assembly, having opposing first and second sides, supports the dental cast of the mandible in working relation to the dental cast of the maxilla. The plurality of actuators each selectively impart movement to the sides of the suspension assembly such that the movement of the mandible obtained during a recording process can be replicated on the apparatus in real time. | 10-23-2008 |
20090053671 | CHEWING DETERMINATION KIT AND CHEWING DETERMINATION METHOD - To provide a chewing evaluation method capable of easily measuring chewing by an easy method without using a special expensive apparatus, together with a chewing determination kit, the chewing determination kit comprises testing food which contains ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and/or ethanol as detection components, and an indicator reacted with the components, based on a fact that there appears a difference in a leaching out state of components for chewing determination depending on a chewing degree when testing food containing the components for chewing determination is used as a factor which is necessary for chewing determination in a wide sense but lacks in the conventional chewing determination method. | 02-26-2009 |
20110318703 | DENTURE GRINDING MACHINE - A denture grinding machine includes: a denture-holding table for holding dentures; a grinding tool for grinding the dentures held on the denture-holding table; a main body for holding the grinding tool; a moving mechanism for causing relative movement between the denture-holding table and the main body; and a driving mechanism for relatively driving the main body and the denture-holding table. The moving mechanism moves relatively the denture-holding table and the main body in three-dimensional coordinate directions based on grinding portion data, and the grinding tool performs grinding of the denture occlusal surface from a direction perpendicular to the occlusal surface. | 12-29-2011 |
20130157218 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING MOVEMENTS OF A LOWER JAW - Apparatus for detecting motions of a lower jaw relative to the upper jaw of a vertebrate, comprising a first holder ( | 06-20-2013 |
433070000 | By transfer of material to teeth | 2 |
20090117515 | INTERPROXIMAL MARKING STRAND - A method and device for marking a natural tooth/bridge, crown or any dental restoration interface to mark high spots on said bridge or crown to be removed during the fitting process using a fiber or filament strand impregnated or otherwise treated with a visual indicating marker material. The marking device may include the use of handheld tool that includes at least one end having a wishbone shaped support for attaching the fiber or filament strand impregnated with the marker material between the wishbone support or having a tool having both ends with wishbone supports, both ends for supporting one or more filaments or strands of material that includes visual markers. | 05-07-2009 |
20090155739 | Dental contact adjustment tool - A dental contact adjustment tool. The novel dental tool includes a handle and a support structure for coupling a marking apparatus to the handle such that the marking apparatus is at an angle appropriate for delivering a marking medium to an interproximal area of a tooth. In an illustrative embodiment, the support structure includes an angled shaft having a first end coupled to the handle and a second end coupled to a retaining mechanism for holding the marking apparatus at a substantially right angle to the shaft. The marking medium is a transferable medium that will transfer from a tooth to an artificial crown upon contact. In the illustrative embodiment, the marking medium is graphite, and the marking apparatus includes a solid piece of graphite held by a retaining body adapted to interface with the retaining mechanism of the support structure. | 06-18-2009 |
433071000 | By deformation of material | 17 |
20080206705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL TOOTH IMAGING - Method and system for managing multiple impressions of a patient's jaw for an orthodontic treatment is provided. The method includes scanning at least a first impression and a second impression of same jaw for the orthodontic treatment; determining if the first jaw impression and the second jaw impression have distortion in different areas; selecting the first jaw impression or the second jaw impression as a base impression; and replacing a distorted tooth data from the base impression with data for the same tooth from a non-base impression. The method also includes scanning at least a first jaw impression for the orthodontic treatment; scanning a bite impression for the orthodontic treatment; matching the scanned first jaw impression with the scanned bite impression; comparing bite information with a tooth occlusal surface; and determining if reconstruction is to be performed on the tooth occlusal surface. | 08-28-2008 |
20090202958 | Occlusion indicator & process - Processes for marking contacts of teeth, utilizing a soft polymer sheet. The sheet clearly marks contacts to facilitate disclosure and adjustment of interferences. An arch ( | 08-13-2009 |
20090233255 | Set of prefabricated and flexible dental arches with adjustable teeth, dental arches kit, denture construction process and method of application of said arches in the denture construction process - The present invention discloses a set of dental arches comprising: an upper arch ( | 09-17-2009 |
20090246729 | INTEGRATED MODULAR DENTAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DENTURES - An integrated modular dental measuring apparatus and method of use for producing edentulous dentures. The apparatus is a set of components including a lower dental tray having a removable modular contact plate with an upwardly extending shoulder surrounding a tapered opening, a ball nut retained in the tapered opening, and a post adjustably secured to the ball nut. A modular striking plate may be removably attached to an upper dental tray or an integrated striking sector on a bottom surface of the upper dental tray is utilized to accurately obtain an established occlusal vertical and centric relation positions. The contact plate and striking plate are each configured as snap-in components to the respective trays. One size contact plate and one size striking plate fit on all sizes of dental trays. Additionally, the contact plate may be utilized as a spacer between the dental trays once the post and ball nut are removed. Finally, the contact plate and striking plate may be removed for functional positioning and esthetic blue printing measurements. | 10-01-2009 |
20100099056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUSAL POSITION MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING - 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. | 04-22-2010 |
20100119988 | DENTAL IMPRESSION FILM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DENTAL IMPRESSION FILM - Attention has been focused on combining two types of dental impression materials of different qualities which has not been considered in conventional combined impression, and a dental impression film and a method of manufacturing the dental impression film are provided for making the two parts joinable. The dental impression film is formed of a polyethylene film and polyethylene/polyester films. The polyethylene film has, laminated by thermal adhesion on opposite surfaces thereof, respectively, the polyethylene/polyester films having bonding capability between a silicone impression material and an alginate impression material. The dental impression film having bonding capability is interposed between the silicone impression material and alginate impression material. This enables joining of the silicone impression material and alginate impression material, no longer requires the timing of hardening of the impression materials to be matched, and allows a precise impression at low cost using a small amount of silicone impression material. | 05-13-2010 |
20100261133 | Devices, systems, and methods for repositioning the mandible - A system and method for making an improved mandibular repositioning device includes a pair of tooth fixation element premolds, a pressure molding cap and at least one adjustment mechanism. The premolds include resin and reinforcing material within a flexible envelope. The pressure molding cap includes a rigid shell and an inflatable bladder. The tooth fixation element premold is placed on the patient's teeth. The pressure molding cap is placed over the premold and the bladder is filled. The pressure of the bladder forms the premold to the patient's teeth. The pressure is released once the resin is set and the formed tooth fixation element may be removed from the patient's teeth. After a tooth fixation element is created for both the top and bottom sets of teeth an attachment mechanism is coupled to both tooth fixation elements to adjustably coupled the tooth fixation elements to each other. | 10-14-2010 |
20100297572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING DENTURE - A dental impression tray assembly includes an upper tray and a lower tray operable with the upper tray, and the lower tray includes a first piece configured to measure jaw relations of a patient's mouth and a pair of second pieces detachably attachable to the first piece. The first piece of the lower tray is inserted into the patient's mouth independently of the pair of second pieces of the lower tray to measure the jaw relations and to obtain a bite registration. After the first piece is connected to the pair of second pieces, the assembly allows a final gum impression of the patient's lower gum to be obtained. | 11-25-2010 |
20100304325 | Elastically Deformable Bite Fork Stabilizer and Associated Methods - Methods and apparatus for stabilizing a bite fork in a patient's mouth. The apparatus may comprise an elastically deformable bite fork stabilizer. The elastically deformable bite fork stabilizer may comprise an elastically deformable layer, an adhesive layer on one side of the elastically deformable layer, and a removable layer adhered to the adhesive layer. | 12-02-2010 |
20120003604 | OCCLUSAL ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - Occlusal-surface shape data and occlusal-surface position data of dentures are acquired on a dentist side, and the data is then transmitted to a grinding data provider side. A maxillomandibular occlusal state data is reproduced from the occlusal-surface shape data and the occlusal-surface position data on the grinding data provider side. A maxillomandibular occlusal adjustment portion is determined by changing a maxillomandibular occlusal vertical dimension by the grinding data provider side. Cutting data including the occlusal adjustment portion data and the occlusal-surface position data are prepared on the grinding data provider side, and the data is transmitted to the dentist side. An occlusal adjustment is carried out by cutting the dentures by a grinding machine based on cutting data on the dentist side. | 01-05-2012 |
20120028211 | OCCLUSION TEMPLATE - The invention relates to an occlusion template having position markers comprising prescribed dimensions, applied to prescribed locations of the template, and recognizable as position marks on an image of the jaw or a jaw area of a patient. In order to be able to analyze locally limited X-ray images, the invention proposes that the template comprises more than three position markers, each disposed in the bite area of the template. | 02-02-2012 |
20120077141 | DENTAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DENTURES - A dental apparatus and method of use for producing edentulous dentures, each including a lower dental tray having a removable modular contact plate with an upwardly extending shoulder surrounding a tapered opening, a ball nut retained in the tapered opening, and a post adjustably secured to the ball nut. A modular striking plate may be removably attached to an upper dental tray or an integrated striking sector on a bottom surface of the upper dental tray is utilized to accurately obtain an established occlusal vertical and centric relation positions. The contact plate and striking plate are each configured as snap-in components to the respective trays. Additionally, the contact plate may be utilized as a spacer between the dental trays once the post and ball nut are removed. Finally, the contact plate and striking plate may be removed for functional positioning and esthetic blue printing measurements. | 03-29-2012 |
20130052609 | OCCLUSAL PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND OCCLUSAL PRESSURE MEASURING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an occlusal pressure measuring device which makes it possible to capture the positional relation between measurement results of the occlusal pressure and the tooth row more easily and more precisely. | 02-28-2013 |
20130244198 | Device for Recording a Bipupillary Axis - A device is disclosed for recording a specific horizontal reference line of a patient that enables the alignment of an upper jaw model to this horizontal reference line. The device serves not only to determine the horizontal reference line with the active communicative aid of the patient but also comprises a bite fork, which can be aligned in accordance with the description and can also be provided by this means. The adjusted bite fork may then be inserted into an articulator and may be fixed in place so that the model of the upper jaw is mounted parallel to the horizontal reference line of the patient. | 09-19-2013 |
20140242540 | METHODS OF MAKING AN IMPRESSION OF DENTAL TISSUE AND DENTAL ARTICLES - Methods of making an impression of dental tissue and dental articles (e.g. suitable for dental impression) are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a hardenable composition, comprising a resin system, a filler system, and an initiator system wherein the hardenable composition is a hardenable self-supporting material having sufficient malleability to be formed into a shape. The method further comprises placing said hardenable composition in contact with dental tissue such that an impression of at least a portion of the dental tissue is formed in the hardenable composition. The method further comprises curing the hardenable composition comprising the impression. | 08-28-2014 |
20160166361 | Metal Bite Strip | 06-16-2016 |
20160184068 | DISPOSABLE SURGICAL INTERVENTION GUIDES, METHODS, AND KITS - The present invention relates to devices, kits, and methods for planning and carrying out surgical interventions and/or radiographic imaging, particularly dental implant radiographic imaging or surgical interventions. | 06-30-2016 |