Sensored Tooth Bud Ablation Probe for Minimally Invasive Agenesis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional surgical removal of third molars is highly invasive, painful, and carries significant risks and complications, with many extractions being unnecessary, leading to substantial healthcare costs and lifelong discomfort, and there is no reliable method to predict which wisdom teeth will cause future pathology.

Innovation Solution

A minimally invasive tooth bud ablation procedure using an ablation probe tip guided by a stent or virtual stent system, which allows precise ablation of tooth buds to prevent their development, minimizing damage to surrounding tissues and reducing the need for later, more complicated extractions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional surgical removal of third molars is performed, then the problematic teeth are removed, but the procedure is highly invasive, painful, and carries significant risks and complications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeffectiveness of removing problematic teethVSAvoidinvasiveness, pain, and complications

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by ablating the tooth bud before the third molar develops into a problematic tooth. This preventive approach eliminates the need for later invasive extraction surgery while avoiding the pain and complications associated with traditional removal procedures. The ablation is performed on the developing tooth bud rather than on a fully formed tooth.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts only the essential problematic element (the tooth bud) using a minimally invasive ablation procedure rather than removing the entire developed tooth. This selective extraction of the bud prevents future pathology while minimizing tissue damage and avoiding the need for complex surgical intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If prophylactic extraction of third molars is performed on all patients, then future pathology is prevented, but many extractions are unnecessary and carry significant healthcare costs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprevention of future pathologyVSAvoidnumber of unnecessary extractions and healthcare costs

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by selectively treating only those tooth buds that show signs of potential pathology or abnormal development. Rather than performing universal prophylactic extraction on all patients, the ablation procedure is targeted at specific high-risk cases identified through clinical assessment, thereby preventing unnecessary procedures and reducing healthcare costs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary ablation of tooth buds that are predicted to develop into problematic teeth, allowing for selective prevention rather than universal extraction. This approach enables early intervention in high-risk cases while avoiding unnecessary procedures on low-risk patients, thereby reducing the quantity of unnecessary extractions and associated costs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If third molars are extracted later in life when they cause problems, then the pathology is treated, but the procedure becomes more complicated and carries higher risks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetreatment of established pathologyVSAvoidcomplexity of extraction procedure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary ablation of the tooth bud before the third molar fully develops and causes pathology. This early intervention prevents the need for complex extraction procedures later in life when the tooth is fully formed and may be impacted or associated with significant pathology.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the complex mechanical extraction procedure with a simpler ablation process. Instead of using forceful mechanical removal of a fully developed tooth that may be embedded in bone and associated with pathology, the ablation method uses energy-based tissue destruction on the developing bud, which is a less complex procedure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The procedure effectively prevents the development of problematic wisdom teeth, reducing the incidence of complications and healthcare costs associated with their later extraction, while avoiding the need for IV sedation and minimizing tissue damage.

Implementation Method 1

tooth bud ablation procedure

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal ablation: Ablation

Implementation Method 2

center of ablation

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal energy: Heating

Data Source

PatentUS12514679B2Therapeutic tooth bud ablation

Publication Date: 2026.01.06 TRIAGENICS INC

AI summary

A system including a sensored ablation probe tip and a virtual stent, said sensored ablation probe tip for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis, said sensored ablation probe tip for use with an ablation probe unit. A system including a sensored ablation probe tip and a stent, said sensored ablation probe tip for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis, said sensored ablation probe tip for use with an ablation probe unit.