| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 433026000 | Tooth selection guide | 13 |
| 20080199826 | Dental Composite - The shade system contains a set of dentin/body shades, and a set of enamel and opaque shades that correspond to the dentin/body shades. The system may also include tints and specialty incisals to provide special effects, if necessary. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080233532 | TOOTH SHADE ANALYZER SYSTEM AND METHODS - The invention relates to a method of determining a tooth shade of at least a portion of a patient's tooth which is to be replaced or restored, by capturing an electronic image of the patient's tooth, the image including color information representative of the patient's tooth shade; storing color information representative of known tooth shades with each known tooth shade representing a different tooth color; calibrating the color information of the patient's tooth and the color information representative of known tooth shades; and comparing the color information of the patient's tooth with the stored color information to identify a single tooth shade or a combination of tooth shades with a color or combined color corresponding to the color of at least a portion of the patient's tooth, such that the patient's tooth may be comprised of a single tooth shade or a plurality of tooth shades. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090233253 | Dental shade guide - A new color shade guide for use in dentistry has two linearly-arranged sets of shade guides. One set includes only conventional ‘M’ hues, the other set includes only conventional ‘L’ and ‘R’ hues. Each of the two sets is arranged with the guides in a single line. Fasteners are attached to one of the sets of shade guides and enables the two sets to be connected together, back-to-back, enabling a practitioner to view all of the tooth shades in the system by simply rotating the attached guides. Blue and violet colored translucent sheets are included in a kit to enable a practitioner to efficiently isolate the ‘value’ component of the Munsell color system by comparing the perceived color of the tooth or teeth as viewed through the colored sheet with the perceived color of the shade guide as viewed through the same sheet. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090246727 | PHANTOM - The referencing or calibration phantom ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100055638 | SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR TOOTH SAMPLES - A supply system for tooth samples for determining brightness, chroma and/or shade of natural and/or bleached teeth, has a plurality of receiving elements ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100173257 | SHADE GUIDE, METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING TOOTH COLORS, ARTIFICIAL TOOTH MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a shade guide, a plurality of shade tabs whose colors are mutually different are arranged regularly based on the colors. The arrangement of the plurality of shade tabs is an arrangement determined based on: S values and V values that are determined according to to which areas, from among areas partitioned by a plurality of straight lines in an L*-C* plane, the coordinates of the colors of the shade tabs belong, and H values that are determined according to to which areas, from among areas partitioned by a plurality of straight lines in an a*-b* plane, the coordinates belong. S groups, each of which is a shade tab group having a common S value, are arranged in the shade guide. V rows, each of which is a shade tab group having a common V value, are arranged in each S group. In each V row, the plurality of shade tabs have mutually different H values and are aligned in an order that is in accordance with the H values. Using this shade guide enables precisely and easily discriminating the color of an evaluation target tooth. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100304323 | Dental Color Key - The invention relates to a dental color key comprising at least two different color patterns or samples with different tooth colors. The entire surface area of the color key ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20120040303 | NOTCHED PONTIC AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING DENTAL APPLIANCE FORUSE THEREWITH - A pontic having a prefabricated notch, channel or slot to physically engage and ensure a secure mechanical lock with the dental appliance. The invention also pertains to a method of fabricating a dental appliance and a kit for facilitating the same. The invention has particular application to thermoformed, removable appliances. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20140255867 | Device and System For Dental Applications and Method Relating Thereto - The present invention relates to various devices, systems, kits and methods having dental applications. For instance, a dental tray is provided for use in taking an impression of a person's teeth. A dental shade chart is also provided and includes a shade sticker for use in determining the shade of a person's tooth. Further, the dental tray and/or the shade chart can be included in a kit. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140272762 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOOTH SHADE - A shade matching device for at least one artificial tooth or crown restoration is disclosed comprising eight shade guides held by three gingival colored holders. The shade guides are grouped by value and arranged within a particular value by chroma. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272763 | SHADE GUIDE KIT FOR MATCHING DENTAL COMPOSITES TO A PERSON'S TEETH - Dental shade guide systems include an elongate holder with a plurality of receptacles for holding a plurality of shade guide sticks, and a plurality of shade guide sticks. Each shade guide stick may include an elongate dentin body portion comprising a dental composite that is relatively opaque so as to be representative of dentin, and an enamel head portion at an end of the elongate dentin body portion, the enamel head portion comprising an outer layer of a dental composite that is relatively translucent so as to be representative of enamel, the outer layer overlaying the dentin body portion at the enamel head portion end of the stick. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150037748 | Dental Color Key - The invention relates to a dental color key comprising at least two different color patterns or samples with different tooth colors. The entire surface area of the color key ( | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160175078 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS AND METHOD RELATING THERETO | 06-23-2016 |
