2 results about "Dental cavity" patented technology

A dental apparatus includes a handle, a first dental implement and a second dental implement. The first and second dental implements extend from different portions of a body of the handle. The first dental implement may include an elongated member that is straight, a spear extending from a distal end of the straight elongated member, and a barb connected to the body of the first elongated member, adjacent to the second end of the body of the first elongated member. The second dental implement may include a cone-shaped member having a plurality of nubs protruding from an exterior of the cone-shaped member and pointing generally toward an opening of a dental cavity when the cone-shaped member is inserted in the cavity.

The invention relates to a molded gel body, the production thereof and the use thereof in ultrasonography in the medical or dental field. In particular, the molded gel body is used to detect and localize dental cavities in the jawbone by means of through-transmission alveolar ultrasonography (TAU). The molded gel body has a receptacle for receiving an ultrasound transmitter and / or receiver. The molded gel body and the receptacle are preferably adapted to the shape of the ultrasound transmitter and / or receiver. For easier handling, the molded gel body is inserted into a flexible, biocompatible protective cover which, like the receptacle, can be filled with a non-dimensionally stable ultrasound gel. To produce the molded gel body, cuboids of a dimensionally stable gel of the appropriate size are preferably cut open over the narrow lateral surfaces of the cuboid, but preferably not completely cut through and only over three of the four sides to produce the receptacle or, if not completely cut open, closed or glued on the edges only over two of the four sides.