69 results about "Dental clinic" patented technology

The disclosure encompasses composition, method and apparatus that provide improved and convenient removal of biofilm from surfaces. Surfaces cleaned according to the invention comprise the inner wall of conduits such as those employed in dental clinics, food and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

A combination dental imaging system and dental practice management and charting system includes a web browser based dental practice management software which includes patient charting capabilities and an encapsulated web browser based dental imaging software component. The encapsulated dental imaging software component includes a display of images suitable for diagnostic use. The encapsulated web browser based dental imaging software component is embedded into a disparate dental practice management system software web page. The combination dental imaging system and dental practice management and charting system also includes a communication interface which couples the web browser based dental imaging software component to the web browser based dental practice management system software. The web browser based dental practice management system software graphical user interface is updated with the capability to initiate display of the encapsulated web browser based dental imaging software component.

The present invention relates to a transfer jig for a bracket or a tube to perform an orthodontic operation to an actual tooth of a patient by an indirect attachment using an electronic mold, the transfer jig comprising a fixing unit which has a fixing base including a contact surface corresponding to the actual teeth; and a moving unit which has a first side coupled with the fixing unit and a second side detachably attached to at least one of the bracket and the tube. That is, the fixing unit is manufactured by a small / high precision CNC equipment installed in individual dental clinics. The moving unit is attached to a slot of the bracket or tube in the same direction as the coupling direction of the arch wire. The moving unit is rotatably coupled with the fixing unit.

A portable dental prophylaxis and bleaching system is provided for simultaneous tooth polishing and bleaching. It includes an oscillatory driving handpiece, a dental angle with a disposable rubber cup assembly, a dual-component dispenser, and a disposable mouthpiece. The battery-powered handpiece transforms a continuous rotation through a driving cam into a rotary oscillation which is then transferred through the attached dental angle to the rubber cup with an obtuse angle at its distal output end. The dispenser is operated manually to correctly apportion and mix the dual treatment materials into the rubber cup. In order to provide longer shelf life and effective bleaching action, the treatment materials are maintained at optimal pH values in separate compartments within the dispenser before use. The disposable mouthpiece is shaped for easy access to the user's teeth while protecting the gum surfaces. The system can be used both in dental clinics and at home.

This is an air-sucking, sterilizing and wastewater treatment method for dental clinic bed. It has an air-sucking and sterilizing device, and a wastewater-treating device below a gargle bench of a dental clinic bed. The air-sucking inlet of the air-sucking and sterilizing device is connected above the bench top to an air-sucking pipe that can be bent to form. At the other end of the air-sucking pipe is an air-sucking mask equipped with a clinical lamp. Utilizing the bendable property of the air-sucking pipe, the dentist can adjust the air-sucking mask with the clinical lamp to an optimum position, to collect germ-carrying flying saliva and volatile chemicals produced in the clinical process, or the flying moisture from the tooth grinding machine in the air-sucking and sterilizing device. Inside the air-exhaust valve is a ion device for purifying purpose to enhance hygienic quality of the entire clinical process, and avoid unnecessary contamination of flying saliva. The wastewater-treating device will clean the patient's mouth and chemical solutions and germ-carrying wastewater, filter and sterilize it thoroughly before discharging it, so the discharged wastewater will not pollute river sources.

Provided is a training simulation system which enables a trainee and an instructor to simultaneously exchange voice bidirectionally while watching images for training and is approximated by dental clinics, in such a state that the system can be adapted to the 9 o'clock position. A training table E for trainees having a head model 15, medical care equipment 2, and a liquid crystal display device 45 for images and speech communication and a training table for instructors to which a three-dimensional measurement unit etc. are added are electrically connected to each other so as to be able to communicate information, and images and voices of training conditions of the trainee and those of the instructor are transmitted bidirectionally, and the system is adapted to the 12 o'clock position where the trainee and the instructor are in the side opposite to the existence side of a body model 14 with respect to the head model as well as the 9 o'clock position where they are in the right of the head model 15.

A multi functional implanting suite for an implant utilized in tooth reconstruction, artificial tooth implanting or dental restoration is disclosed. The implanting suite comprises a cap and a fastening member, in which it may be equipped with multi functions including healing abutment, scan jig, mold taking suite, temporary crown or UCLA abutment, so that the dental clinics may merely purchase one dental tool and then solve may tooth reconstruction, artificial tooth implanting or dental restoration situations.

The invention provides a pulp-vitality fluorescence detection device and a detection method, by employing fluorescence for detection, the modulated exciting light after passing through a filter is transmitted by a transmitting fiber, and irradiates the surface of a detected tooth via a probe window and drives the tooth to produce fluorescent radiation, then the modulated exciting light is received and transmitted by a receiving fiber in the probe window, and is transferred to a glimmer detection unit via a receiving filter, and then the modulated exciting light enters into a data processing and control circuit for being controlled and processed. The invention resolves professional difficult problems which include painless detection of dental diseases and particularly the fast synthetic detection of pulp vitality, tooth decalcification and carious dentin, the detection is accurate, and the corresponding data can be directly displayed. By applying the invention, the detection is flexible because one point detection and multi-point detection can be chosen, the detection procedure is capable of rejecting operation mistakes, the detection is rapid, visual and accurate, the detection range is large, and the structure is simple. The invention can be used in places such as stomatological hospitals, dental clinics, etc., in which dental diseases are detected.

The present invention provides a method and compositions for tooth regeneration. Both implants of adipose-derived stem cell and dental pulp stem cell are able to grow self-assembled new teeth in extraction sockets when adding BMP2. The regenerated tooth is not only structurally similar to a normal tooth, but also well-developed in vascular and nervous systems with functions of growth, communication, and sensation. They are natural living teeth derived from this invented implantation method without any engineering procedure. It is ready for clinical testing and may be applied to future dental clinics.

A combination dental imaging system and dental practice management and charting system includes a dental imaging device, a dental practice management and charting system and a bi-directional communication interface which couples the dental imaging system to the dental practice management and charting system. The combination dental imaging system and dental practice management and charting system also includes a code generator, a translator and a correlator. The code generator generates an ADA CDT code. The translator translates the ADA CDT code into at least one property required by the dental imaging system in order to acquire dental images of a specific image type, format and quantity. The correlator correlates the dental images to be acquired by the dental imaging system to the ADA CDT code so that the dental images are acquired by having at least one property set.

The invention relates to a dental clinic and teaching training simulating and tracking system and an evaluation method thereof. The dental clinic and teaching training simulating and tracking system is used for tracking and generating a coordinate state of the operation of an operator and at least comprises a hand tool sleeve barrel, a positioning unit and an optical positioning module, wherein the hand tool sleeve barrel can be used for being combined with a hand tool and is provided with a plurality of positioning points so as to be positioned; the positioning unit is provided with a plurality of making points and used for establishing a coordinate; and the optical positioning module is used for detecting the position and the angel of the hand tool sleeve barrel and the position of the positioning unit so as to track the relative displacement of the hand tool and the positioning unit and establishing evaluation rules, therefore, the purpose of teaching evaluation is achieved.

A dental x-ray radiation protection device / system reduces radiation exposure to patient(s) and the surrounding environment around patient(s) in dental clinics during x-ray radiography procedures. It provides maximum protection for the areas of the patient's body which are not protected with radiation protection (Lead) apron. The invented device / system is adjustable at different angles and directions to target teeth and comprises of two main segments that provide radiation reduction. The device could be attached to a dental x-ray machine as a mount frame or stand frame or even be hung from the ceiling or wall of the x-ray room. Thicknesses of the radiation protection shield for all parts of device are calculated using radiation physics equations by solving for thickness of radiation shield material(s) with respect to x-ray beam intensity, x-ray beam energy, mass or linear attenuation coefficient and density of radiation protection material(s) to get up to 99.9% radiation reduction.

The invention provides a digital management system for a dental clinic, which comprises data collecting devices, a data processing device and a data management device, wherein after the data collecting devices collect the dental information of a patient, the dental information is converted into a uniform data format by the data processing device; and then the data management device is used for carrying out data management comprising image processing and remote exchange on the dental information expressed in the uniform data format of the patient. An oral endoscope adopted by the digital management system is provided with a microminiature CCD image sensor capable of entering teeth to detect so as to be beneficial to detecting the health condition of the surfaces of the teeth. The information collected by different data collecting devices is expressed in the uniform data format so as to be convenient to manage and store the data and helpful for the information exchange among different clinics, thus the problem of repeated examination easy to cause when the patient hospitalizes in different clinics is solved.

The invention discloses a composition for clearing tooth stains, which belongs to the technical field of oral health preparation products. The composition comprises substance capable of generating oxygen radicals, substance capable of forming gel or colloid, stabilizer, pH adjustor, wetting agent, anti-allergic agent, xylitol, flavoring agent and deionized water; and the appearance shape of the composition is gel or colloid. The composition for clearing the tooth stains has the advantages of stable property, difficult decomposition and liquefaction and long-term storage at the normal temperature, and is convenient to store, transport and use, so the composition can be operated and used not only by professional doctors in dental clinics and but also by patients at home.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for recovering and separating anesthetic gas components from waste anesthetic gases to be purged from a healthcare facility. With minimal reliance on the utility infrastructure and supplies of a healthcare facility, the method and apparatus needs only electrical or mechanical power, a source of waste anesthetic gases, and an atmospheric vent in order to operate. A heat exchanger / condenser, which uses a dedicated heat transfer fluid as a refrigerant, is employed to condense anesthetic gas components from the waste anesthetic gases as either liquid condensates or solid frosts. The warmed heat transfer fluid is cooled in a separate refrigeration unit and recycled back to the heat exchanger / condenser. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a self-contained, packaged unit which can be easily accommodated in a physician's office, small animal clinic, dental office or other healthcare facility requiring effective waste anesthetic gas management.

There are provided a method and support device for measuring jawbone mineral density using a jawbone X-ray image. The method for measuring jawbone mineral density includes: obtaining a jawbone X-ray image using a support device for jawbone; defining a region of interest from the obtained jawbone X-ray image; and measuring jawbone mineral density from the defined region of interest. Therefore, the support device for measuring jawbone mineral density may be useful to measure jawbone mineral density with a jawbone X-ray imaging device, which has been widely used in dental clinics, by using the method.

A cordless complex root canal plugger for dental clinics is disclosed. The root canal plugger includes a battery charger; a pen-type vertical spreader having a rechargeable battery unit and a control unit therein; and a gun-type injection device having both a rechargeable battery unit and a control unit therein. The battery charger, the pen-type vertical spreader and the gun-type injection device are provided as a group of complementary products. The cordless complex root canal plugger allows an endodontist to move freely in a dental clinic while executing a root canal plugging procedure using the cordless complex root canal plugger during nerve treatment. Thus, the endodontist can more easily, rapidly and precisely pack a root canal with a filler material and, therefore, the cordless complex root canal plugger induces en-dodontists to buy it.

A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center.

The invention provides a self-control disinfection device for medical wastewater and belongs to the technical field of environment protection equipment. The self-control disinfection device for the medical wastewater is characterized in that a water injection opening is formed in the top of an upper-layer medicine dissolving box and a medicine feeding opening is formed in the upper part of the medicine dissolving box; an emptying opening is formed in the lower part of the medicine dissolving box and a stirring pump is mounted in the medicine dissolving box; an electric control part of disinfection equipment and a medicine feeding pump are mounted in an electric control cabinet; a medicine suction pipe of the medicine feeding pump is communicated with the medicine dissolving box; a medicinedischarging pipe of the medicine feeding pump is communicated with a disinfection box; a high-liquid-level automatic valve is arranged at the upper part of the medicine dissolving box; a low-liquid-level automatic valve is arranged at the lower part of the medicine dissolving box; a sewage water inlet and a processed-water water outlet are formed in the upper part of a lower-layer disinfection box; an emptying opening is formed in the bottom of the disinfection box. The self-control disinfection device provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that the device is small in volume andhigh in automation degree and is suitable for treating wastewater of small medical institutions including community health service institutions, dental clinics and the like. According to the self-control disinfection device provided by the invention, water feeding automation of a medicine box is realized and the problems that medicines move away, water is leaked and the like, caused by the fact that manual guarding is not in time, are prevented; the whole body of the medicine feeding box is made of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride), so that the self-control disinfection device has the characteristicsof corrosion resistance, easiness for transportation, economical and practical performance and the like.

The invention discloses a heavy metal separating device, comprising a dirt-accumulating bucket, a heavy metal collection bottle and a solid filter. The dirt-accumulating bucket is provided with a sewage water inlet which is connected with an oral therapeutic apparatus; the heavy metal collection bottle is provided with a sewage inlet which is communicated with the bottom of the dirt-accumulating bucket and a sewage water outlet which is communicated with a negative pressure suction machine; and the solid filter is disposed in the heavy metal collection bottle, is composed of a filter screen layer and a sand layer, is used for filtering the heavy metal in the sewage into the heavy metal collection bottle and draining the filtered sewage via the negative pressure suction machine. The heavy metal separating device has small product size, is convenient for installation, and is suitable for dental hospitals and private dental clinics, allowing the heavy metal content in the sewage which is produced during oral treatment to be reduced effectively and playing an environment-friendly role.

Disclosed herein is a sterilizer used at dental clinics to sterilize handpieces by the irradiation of ultraviolet rays. When inserting a contaminated handpiece into a sterilizer, an ultraviolet barrier is opened confirming the approach of the handpiece by a sensor. After the insertion of the handpiece, the ultraviolet barrier is closed, then ultraviolet lamps are turned on for a pre-determined time and then turned off, and the ultraviolet barrier is opened again. After the withdrawal of the handpiece, the ultraviolet barrier is closed. The handpiece is not contacted with the outside of the sterilizer, preventing the handpiece from being contaminated again by the sterilizer, and the leakage of the ultraviolet rays is prevented.

The present invention relates to a digital three-dimensional tooth model system. The digital three-dimensional tooth model system includes: an articulator mounted in a scan region of a tooth model scanner that creates virtual 3D tooth model data by scanning a tooth model and having a tooth model to be scanned installed thereon; an output unit connected to the articulator and matching and outputting position data of a tooth model scanned by the tooth model scanner and data storing anatomically ideal positions on an image; a reference mark composed of lines that can be vertically and horizontally analyzed; a tooth model unit composed of an upper jawbone tooth model and a lower jawbone tooth model designed by a digital tooth design program, and having modules each composed of the reference mark and the upper jawbone tooth model and the lower jawbone tooth model, respectively; and a tooth analyzer disposed between the upper jawbone tooth model and the lower jawbone tooth model. Accordingly, it is possible to increase accuracy by accurately positioning a tooth model in a peculiar scan region, using a tooth model scanner required to fabricate a digital three-dimensional tooth model at a dental clinic or a dental laboratory, and to enable smooth mastication and good pronunciation by enabling tooth models to be quickly and accurately engaged at ideal positions through modularization of a digital three-dimensional model and a reference line that enables positioning at anatomically ideal positions.

An orthognathic system using a three-dimensional hybrid image building program according to the present invention comprises: a dental clinic server for preparing basic data for an orthognathic operation on the basis of a CT scan image data scanned by a CT scanning machine and transmitting the prepared basic data to an orthognathic apparatus manufacturing company server, for performing a virtual orthognathic operation by using jawbone incision data received from the orthognathic apparatus manufacturing company server, and for transmitting a virtual orthognathic operation result to the orthognathic apparatus manufacturing company server; and the orthognathic apparatus manufacturing company server for merging the CT data and gum data, extracting the merged data to generate a three-dimensionalimage file of a jawbone, for making an incision on the jawbone in the program by using the generated three-dimensional image file of the jawbone, and transmitting resulting data to the dental clinicserver.

Disclosed herein is an instrument for measuring an endodontic length, which measures and indicates the distance from a pointed tip of a cutting tool to a root apex in order to prevent the pointed tip of the cutting tool from going over the root apex when a root canal is perforated by the cutting tool for an endodontic treatment of a root canal of a tooth. The endodontic length measuring instrument is equipped inside a unit chair system installed in a consultation room of a dental clinic and allows a monitor mounted on the unit chair system to display a measurement result of the endodontic length, thereby making a medical treatment of a root canal easy, easily providing a measurement result of the endodontic length to a doctor, and displaying treatment and measurement results of the root canal in various and precise ways. The measuring instrument provides a scaled-up image of the remaining distance from the pointed tip of the cutting tool to the root apex when the pointed tip of the cutting tool reaches an area which demands a more precise measurement result, thereby increasing safety and accuracy in perforation of the root canal.

Disclosed is a thermal tester for a dental clinic for accurately measuring dental pulp thermal sensitivity by rapidly delivering heat at a predetermined temperature to a tooth. The thermal tester for a dental clinic of the present invention comprises: a tester body having on one side a protruding heat transfer terminal provided with a contact surface that comes into contact with the tooth; and a heating unit for heating the heat transfer terminal, wherein the heating unit includes a first heating element and a second heating element, which, in a mutually electrically insulated state, penetrate the inside of the tester body, and extend to the heat transfer terminal, wherein the respective end portions of the first and second heating elements, which face the contact surface of the heat transfer terminal, closely contact each other to generate thermoelectricity. Accordingly, the present invention as configured above improves treatability by effectively controlling the generated heat and accurately measuring dental pulp thermal sensitivity.

The invention discloses an efficient cleaning machine for dental medical instruments, and belongs to the technical field of medical instrument cleaning equipment. The efficient cleaning machine for the dental medical instruments comprises a base, a motor is fixedly arranged in a groove in the top surface of the base, a cleaning cylinder is arranged above the motor, an output end of the motor penetrates through the bottom surface of the cleaning cylinder, extends into the cleaning cylinder and is connected with a transmission assembly in a sleeved mode, a connecting assembly is arranged at the bottom of a cover plate, and a medicine containing hopper is connected to the top surface of the cover plate in a penetrating mode. Through the arrangement of the cleaning cylinder, the motor is adopted to drive a rotating shaft to rotate, and an inclined surface is formed on an adjusting rod at the bottom of a placing plate so that an L-shaped rod is in contact with the inclined surface, and the placing plate can move up and down driven by the L-shaped rod, the instruments on the placing plate can shake up and down, the problem that the cleaning effect is poor due to the fact that a part clamped by a clamp in a comparison file cannot be cleaned is effectively solved, and the device is small in size, suitable for cleaning fewer dental instruments in a small dental clinic, convenient to carry during out-call, low in manufacturing cost and convenient to promote.

The objective of the present invention is provision of a dental treatment support system and X-ray sensor for the same, which enable a user to take X-ray photograph available to the diagnostic, the treatment, and the like in dental facilities easily. The support system comprises: a dental clinic side terminals 11, 12, DS servers 21, 22, and highly advanced hospital side clients 31, 32, which are communicatively connected over networks 5˜7. The terminals 11, 12 are capable of transmitting medical information including: a partially enlarged X-ray image of a part of teeth and / or a panorama X-ray image of teeth, request information for requesting advice on the diagnosis and / or treatment of a patient, and information designating output extent. The servers 21, 22 are capable of receiving the medical information from the terminals 11, 12, storing the information and transmitting to an authenticated accessor. The clients 31, 32 are capable of receiving the medical information within the extent designated by the output extent from the server 21, 22 after being authenticated, and transmitting medical advice information. The server 21, 22 is further capable of storing and transmitting the medical advice information returned from the client 31, 32 to the terminal 11, 12 which requires it.

The invention relates to a device for acquiring personal health information and a method therefor, the device: easily and periodically acquiring, anytime and anywhere or without regard to place and time, information on ambient temperature / humidity and health information of an individual, such as the state of skin (including hair), a nose, ears, and a mouth associated with an ENT clinic, the teeth associated with a dental clinic, skin moisture, and body temperature, through image information having multiple functions and a multifunctional health care sensor; enabling the acquired health information to be accumulated over in a personal terminal or computer by analyzing, storing, and making the same into data, and continuously managing the periodically accumulated personal health information such that the personal health information can be vised as critical information by which a disease cause and the like can be fundamentally understood during an incidence of disease in the future.

The present invention relates to a digital three-dimensional tooth model system characterized by comprising: an occlusion unit on which a tooth model to be scanned is installed, the occlusion unit being mounted in a scan area of a tooth model scanner for scanning a tooth model and generating virtual 3D tooth model data; an output portion connected with the occlusion unit and configured to output an image obtained by matching position data of the tooth model scanned by the tooth model scanner and data regarding an anatomically ideal position stored therein; a reference portion comprising vertical and horizontal lines in analyzable types; a tooth model portion comprising a maxillary tooth model and a mandibular tooth model designed by a digital tooth design program, each of the maxillary tooth model and the mandibular tooth model constituting a module with the reference portion; and a tooth analysis portion interposed between the maxillary tooth model and the mandibular tooth model. When a digital three-dimensional tooth model is fabricated at a dental clinic or a dental laboratory, the tooth model is accurately positioned in a unique scan area by using a necessary tooth model scanner, thereby improving the accuracy, and the digital three-dimensional tooth model and a reference line that enables ideal anatomical positioning are modularized such that the tooth model engages in the ideal position quickly and accurately, thereby ensuring good occlusion and pronunciation.