摘要:
A dental handpiece (10) of the type having a body (11), a head (13) and a neck (12), is improved by having at least one portion of the handpiece (10) formed by metal injection molding or MIM. The use of MIM allows for improved fabrication and function. According to one aspect of the invention, the head (13) and neck (12) of the handpiece (10) are MIM-formed as a single or unitary piece.
摘要:
A white, substantially non-iron containing dental material formed from Portland cement. The material may be a dental cement, dental restorative or the like.
摘要:
A dental prophylaxis device (10) has a drive unit (11) a removable connecting cable (12) and a removable handpiece (13) which can be employed with an air polishing insert (15) or alternatively, an ultrasonic scaling insert (14). By removing the handpiece (13) from its insert (14, 15) and its cable (12), handpiece (13) can be sterilized in a conventional manner.
摘要:
A dental syringe (10) has a needle (11) affixed to a carpule holder (12), which carpule holder (12) is affixed to a power drive unit (13). A harpoon (20) is provided to affix the drive unit to the carpule plunger (32). The harpoon (20) is made of stainless steel or other hard, corrosion resistant, sterilizable, material. Harpoon (20) has a unique barb geometry and hardened, knife-like edges (21). The syringe (10) may operate to divide the delivery of anesthesia into two phases. According to the method, during the first about 10 seconds of the injection, anesthetic is delivered at an extremely slow rate to maximize patient comfort. The injection rate then automatically increases to the preprogrammed rate associated with the injection type selected.
摘要:
A photopolymerizable material is exposed to light to effect curing. A portion of the material is exposed to light in a conventional manner, while at least one other portion of the material is masked from direct exposure to the light by use of a mask (10) having at least one mask segment (11) which either completely or at least partially blocks the light. In this manner, the polymerization stress associated with the cured materials is limited or minimized due to extended molecular relaxation promoted by this controlled or hybrid curing technique. Also according to the invention, different segments (30, 31) of a material to be cured (22) are exposed to different wavelengths of light energy (21) or one such segment (30, 31) is exposed to light energy while another such segment is not.
摘要:
In a method of restoring a tooth, the present invention provides a technique for the removal of cement after bonding a dental construct to a tooth. The effect of 5 cement removal techniques were determined by means of an in vitro study, using extracted human teeth. The best results in terms of leakage scores and interface contour were obtained by the technique disclosed, comprising the following steps: after placement of the construct on the tooth, removing excess cement with a soft, pointed brush, brushing the dental margins with a photocurable dental resin cement which is the same as or different from the dental cement used to bond the construct to the tooth; and, light curing the photocurable dental resin cement. When using resin or resin ionomer dental cements, the technique of cement removal disclosed yields improved marginal adaptation of the cement and a good marginal seal.
摘要:
The invention provides a dental device comprising thermoplastic polyamide having a Charpy notched impact strength of at least 3.5 ft-lb/in2. Preferably the polyamide comprises at least 10 percent by weight of micro-crystals having a largest dimension less than 750 nanometers. Preferably the device is a Denture base, denture, partial denture, clasp, splint, or night guard. Preferably the polyamide has an opacity of less than 30 percent. The invention provides a metal cartridge container containing particles of thermoplastic polyamide effectively free of pigment. The metal cartridge is used in a method of making a partial dental prosthesis having a substantially transparent clasp. First a substantially transparent thermoplastic is injected into a first portion of a mold cavity of a mold containing an artificial tooth, and then a substantially opaque thermoplastic injecting into a second portion of the mold cavity. The removable partial dental prosthesis formed includes an artificial tooth supported by a base integrally connected to a clasp, wherein the base includes pigment and is substantially opaque, and the clasp is substantially transparent and effectively without pigment.
摘要:
The synthesis of self-adhesive polymerizabe monomers and their application as a water containing and a water free self-adhesive dental/medical composite is described. The dental/medical composite comprises a self-adhesive polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable monomer, an acid-reactive and/or reactive and/or non-reactive filler, a diluent, a polymerization initiator and a stabilizer. As polymerization initiators are used the commonly known thermal initiators, redox initiators and/or photo initiators. The new adhesive dental composite develops adhesion to dentine of about 4 MPa. Fillers of high X-ray absorbance provide radio-opacity values graeter than that of the same thickness of aluminium.