Abstract:
The document proposes a diagnostic chewing gum for identifying the presence of inflammatory tissues in the mouth, in particular in or adjacent to the mandible, the maxilla, an implant or the teeth of a user, comprising a base material or particles (3) embedded and/or attached to the base material; an element (1, 5-7), like e.g. a releasable flavor molecule, attached to the base material and/or the particles, for the generation of a change in the chewing gum directly detectable by the user; wherein the element (1, 5-7) generates the change upon direct or indirect contact with a marker (4), e.g. a proteolytic enzyme, which is released by inflammatory tissue in response to bacterial mediators.
Abstract:
A brace that includes a chin support for stabilizing a patient's chin in a fixed relative position. More specifically, the chin support is maintained in a fixed position through the use of additional mechanisms such as a chest plate, an articulating arm, or a telescoping arm. The brace is used to stabilize a patient's chin when the patient's chin is placed upon the chin support.
Abstract:
Methods for modifying a physical characteristic of finished endodontic instruments made from one or more superelastic alloys is described which include heat treating one or more finished endodontic instruments in a salt bath for a specific time (e.g., from about four hours to about six hours), at a specified temperature (e.g., from about 475° C. to about 550° C.), and preferably at a specified pH range.
Abstract:
A method that includes: (a) ceramic injection molding a granulated mixture of yttria-stabilized zirconia powder and a thermoplastic organic binder resulting in an injection molded ceramic body; (b) heat treating the injection molded ceramic body under conditions sufficient for removing the thermoplastic organic binder from the injection molded body; (c) applying a solution to the injection molded ceramic body, the solution comprising a tantalum-containing material, a niobium-containing material, or a mixture of a tantalum-containing material and a niobium-containing material and penetrating at least a portion of the injection molded ceramic body with the solution; (d) sintering the injection molded ceramic body; and (e) hot isostatically pressing the sintered injection molded ceramic body.
Abstract:
Medical devices have a polymeric nanocomposite treatment portion configured for contact with a treatment site within an oral cavity of a user and configured for operative communication with a controller. The polymeric nanocomposite treatment portion has a mucosal contact layer comprising a biocompatible polymer and defining a plurality of pores therethrough; a continuous support layer comprising a biocompatible polymer; an electronic network layer between the mucosal contact layer and the continuous network layer; and a means for applying pressure to the treatment site. The electronic network layer has carbon nanostructures and has a quantum micro-chiplet QMC or an octagonal quantum micro-chiplet integrated with a photonic integrated circuit. The electronic network layer is in operative communication with the controller and the power source. A pressure sensor that measures growth pressure is present and is positioned at the treatment site.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mouthpiece and method for antibacterial treatment of intraoral surfaces. The mouthpiece comprises a body made of light-guiding material, the body comprising facial and lingual outer surfaces and facial and lingual inner surfaces adapted to face facial and lingual surfaces of teeth, respectively. A light source is attached to the body and adapted to deliver light to surfaces of teeth, the light source being positioned on at least one of said outer surfaces and adapted to deliver said light via said inner surfaces to both the facial and lingual surfaces of the teeth, wherein a portion of light is adapted to travel through said body from the facial side to the lingual side, or vice versa.
Abstract:
To provide a ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining in which cracks or chips are not caused on the outer edge of the ceramic mill blank even if attaching to and detaching from a dental milling machine are repeated and it is possible to machine the vicinity of the outer edge of the ceramic mill blank. To provide a ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining, wherein, the ceramic mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprises a ceramic portion to be cut and machined and one or more seal members, the ceramic portion consists of a ceramic material which is not finally sintered, the ceramic portion has an outer peripheral surface which is engageable with a holding tool, the one or more seal members are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the ceramic portion, and a length of the one or more seal members is 50% or more of a length in a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface provided with the one or more seal members.
Abstract:
A system for repositioning teeth a patient from an initial tooth arrangement to a final tooth arrangement includes a plurality of incremental position adjustment appliances, each having an arrangement of cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth of the patient. The cavities in at least one appliance in the system have a different geometry than that of at least one other appliance in the system. At least some of the appliances in the system are successively worn by the patient to exert force on at least one tooth and move the teeth of the patient from a first arrangement to a successive arrangement different from the first arrangement. The system includes a first multilayer shell with a bending stiffness factor less than about 0.1 GPa*mm3 and an elastic modulus no greater than about 1.5 GPa; and a second shell with a bending stiffness factor greater than 0.1 GPa*mm3.
Abstract:
A temporary alignment system and method for holding a dental coping to an implant abutment using the same threads in the abutment that are used for definitive attachment are disclosed. The disclosed temporary fasteners initially orient and hold a coping against an abutment with a force along the same axis as the semi-definitive screw. The aligned coping can be picked-up in a closed-tray impression process without unscrewing the temporary fastener. Embodiments include threaded posts that release copings from the abutment through axial forces. Some embodiments include a threaded post with separable cap that is picked-up with the coping. Methods for converting an existing prosthesis for screw attachment to implants in a single visit and digital capture of the converted prosthesis are described.
Abstract:
A jaw implant (1) having at least one approximately U-shaped hole strip (2), which carries fixing holes (3) spaced apart from one another. In the jaw implant (1), in the space between adjacent fixing holes (3) there are provided cross-sectional weaknesses (4) for cutting the at least one hole strip (2) to length. The at least one hole strip (2) has, in a partial region (8) situated at a distance from the free ends (6, 7) of this hole strip (2), in the region of every fixing hole (3) having an internal screw thread for fixing a dental prosthesis, a cross-sectional widening (9) which increases the longitudinal extension of this fixing hole (3).