76 results about "Interdental space" patented technology

A camera head of a dental camera for detecting caries in an interdental space has an illuminating device for illuminating a tooth adjacent to the interdental space, which includes an infrared light source. The camera head further includes optics which have an image plane and an object plane, wherein an image sensor is located in the image plane, and the object plane divides the space into two half spaces, wherein a first half space contains the optics and is located in front of the object plane, and a second half space is located behind the object plane, both as seen from the optics. The illuminating device and the optics are designed and arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the illuminating device is arranged in the first half space and infrared light exiting the illuminating device is aimed in the direction of the second half space.

The invention concerns a non rotation-symmetric but root-analogue or tooth socket-analogue dental implant of the same size and shape as the root of the extracted tooth with macro retentions protruding from the implant surface (107, 113, 116).Macro retentions (107, 113, 116) are strictly limited to surface areas of the implant in the interdental space next to spongy and thick bone and in case of the last molar, facing the bone at the end of the tooth row. The diameter of the dental implant in transverse direction next to the thin cortical bone buccal and lingual / palatinal is identical to the alveolar bone or preferably stands back to avoid any pressure induced resorption and fracture of the thin cortical bone layer, respectively, at any cost.

The present invention includes monofilament dental tapes for removing plaque and / or food debris from interdental spaces of a mammal, which dental tapes have a core body with an aspect ratio of greater than about 5:1 and a first cleaning surface and a second cleaning surface opposite the first cleaning surface, where at least one of the first and second cleaning surfaces includes a plurality of ribs disposed along the length thereof, and where the ratio of the width of the dental tape to the thickness of the dental tape is from about 4:1 to about 25:1.

The invention relates to a dental device (1) for dilating the interdental spaces (7, 8). The inventive dental device (1) comprises two interdental matrices (4, 5) for insertion into the interdental spaces (7, 8), two retaining means (2, 3) for the interdental matrices (4, 5) and a spacer device (6, 6', 60, 61, 60b, 61b, 90, 91) for guiding the retaining means (2,3) in parallel and for separating next but one adjacent teeth (111, 112). Unlike conventional wedges, the inventive dental device (1) allows a better access to the mesial and distal tooth surfaces in the area of the interdental spaces (7, 8) and prevents gingival injuries and damages to the dental enamel caused by the pressure. The embodiments relate to interdental matrices (4, 5) with a window (9), embodiments of the retaining means (2, 3) for detachably fixing the interdental matrices (4, 5) and spacer devices with separator screws (6, 6', 60, 61) and guide pins (60b, 61b, 90, 91). The inventive dental device (1) is useful in prophylactic or restorative odontotherapeutical methods.

Methods and apparatus for textured dental floss according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a flexible substrate that may be placed in interdental spaces. In one embodiment, the flexible substrate may comprise at least one node affixed to the flexible substrate to assist in removal of plaque and particulate matter, to massage the gums and / or to deliver one or more additives.

The present invention discloses an interdental brush, the interdental brush of the present invention comprises a handle including a gripping portion, a brush coupling portion provided at a front end of the gripping portion and a bending portion provided on the gripping portion for allowing the brush coupling portion to be bent with respect to the gripping portion in the first direction and for restraining a bending of the brush coupling portion in the second direction which is opposite to the first direction; and a brush portion coupled to the brush coupling portion of the handle. Due to the above structure, the interdental brush of the present invention can clean conveniently and easily an interdental space between molar teeth as well as an interdental space between front teeth. In particular, the brush portion of the interdental brush can be inserted simply and accurately into an interdental space between molar teeth placed in a narrow space.

A retainer for stabilizing a position of teeth of a human dentition, the retainer comprising: an arc that has a parabolic curvature overall so that the retainer is applicable to teeth of an upper jaw or lower jaw of a patient to be treated, wherein the retainer includes a plurality of local shapes that are arranged along a center line of the retainer and that are oriented perpendicular to the center line, wherein the local shapes are respectively adapted to cooperate with interdental spaces between adjacent teeth, wherein the retainer is integrally provided in one piece from a thermoplastic synthetic material which is configured to be processed by a SD pressure method.

The present invention includes coated monofilament dental tapes for removing plaque and / or food debris from interdental spaces of a mammal, which dental tapes have a core body with an aspect ratio of about 5:1 or greater, a first cleaning surface and a second cleaning surface opposite the first cleaning surface, a plurality of ribs disposed along the length of each cleaning surface, and a coating containing about 0.8 milligram per yard of dental tape or more of an abrasive and about 0.8 milligram per yard dental tape or more of sodium bicarbonate.

The present invention includes monofilament dental tapes for removing plaque and / or food debris from interdental spaces of a mammal, which dental tapes have a core body with an aspect ratio of greater than about 5:1 and a first cleaning surface and a second cleaning surface opposite the first cleaning surface, where at least one of the first and second cleaning surfaces includes a plurality of ribs disposed along the length thereof, and where the ratio of the width of the dental tape to the thickness of the dental tape is from about 4:1 to about 25:1.

A dental hygiene device for cleaning, flossing, brushing, massaging the space between the teeth, crowns, and under the gumline includes a combination of a first portion of flexible filament floss to convey flexibility and strength to the filament and a second portion having a thicker and oblong shape where in some preferred embodiments bristles depart from the center of said filament floss. The second portion gradually slopes from the thickness of floss up to its maximum radius approximately located in the center, then gradually down-sloping from the maximum radius in the center down to the radius of floss where the second portion is designed to provide a brushing, cleaning, gum massaging means coupled with the floss. When used said first portion allows insertion in the interdental space especially in more difficult places such as between molars or crown and it can be used as regular dental floss to massage the gums and clean said spaces. The second portion has the principal function of brushing and cleaning the interdental space and massaging the gums. The primary function of said second portion is to deliver the cleaning action in spaces that are other wise difficult to reach such as in between molars, crowns, bleeding gingivas, dental prostheses, and so on by the way of being pulled and pushed forth and back by the user.

An interdental cleaning device (1) for being inserted into an interdental space to clean the interdental space includes a rod-shaped core portion (12); and a soft portion (20) being softer than the core portion (12) and covering the outer surface of at least a part of the core portion (12) including a core front end (P1) as the front end of the core portion (12), wherein the soft portion (20) has a partial length of 0.5 mm or more between the core front end (P1) and a soft front end (P2) as the front end of the soft portion (20).

A toothbrush including a handle with first and second brush heads extending outwardly from one end of the handle. The brush heads are opposed and aligned with each other and the bristles thereon extend toward each other, being separated by a small gap. A detachable floss hoop is snap-fittingly engaged in a channel defined partially in each brush head. Floss from the floss hoop extends between the brush heads. The brush heads maintain tension in the floss. A person's teeth are received into the gap between the ends of the bristles and the floss is received into an interdental space. The toothbrush brushes teeth in an up-and-down motion and not a side-to-side motion. The handle is fabricated in two halves, each including a handle section and one of the brush heads. The handle sections of the two halves are joined together and may be overmolded with an elastomeric material.

Apparatus and method of use which can be used to immobilize maxilla and mandible in dental occlusion utilizing the tissue of the interdental space.

A dental floss product includes a continuous length of dental floss and a plurality of equally spaced apart knots along the continuous length of dental floss, each of the knots sized for maneuvering through interdental spaces. A method for promoting proper dental care may include placing a first finger or finger nail from a first hand of an individual on a first knot of the dental floss, placing a second finger or finger nail from a second hand of the individual on a second knot of the dental floss, the second knot of the dental floss being a nearest neighbor to the first knot, wrapping the dental floss between the first knot and the second knot around a tooth, and rubbing the side of the tooth with the dental floss between the first knot and the second knot.

An orthodontic flossing implement for facilitating positioning and manipulating of a portion of a length of dental floss into the interdental space between adjacent teeth and proximate to and beneath an orthodontic wire which defines an arch extending between adjacent orthodontic brackets on the teeth. An elongated handle dependently supports an elongated, slender shaft formed as a unit with, and extending from a proximal end of the handle. The shaft is dimensionally smaller in thickness than that of said handle and preferably oriented at an acute angle to the handle. A tip, formed as a unit with, and extending from a second end of the shaft, is oriented at an acute angle to the handle, the tip having an aperture formed therethrough sized to just receive a length of dental floss. The tip with the dental floss positioned through said aperture, is manipulable by said handle to pass beneath an arch of the orthodontic wire and to floss the interdental tissue.

Individually packaged coils of dental floss are packed in a succession of separable. The package can be a tubular sheet structure with segments formed between transverse lines of attachment at which the floss is cut and the segments are separable by a lateral perforation. Tearing a separated single segment in half allows the floss to be extended between the free ends of the floss, each captured in the remaining portions of the weld lines at opposite ends of the segment. The segments can be formed from two facing sheets with welds along both lateral edges and across the transverse lines between segments. Alternatively, an integral sheet can be folded to form one lateral edge and attached at the other edge. The sheet material can be polymer coated paper or a transparent plastic.

A trochoid oil pump, which enables the endurance to be increased and the reduction of discharge pulsations and noise to be achieved, and in which those results can be realized with a very simple structure. An interdental space constituted by an inner rotor and an outer rotor having trochoid tooth profile or substantially trochoid tooth profile starts a compression stroke in the location of a partition section between an intake port and a discharge portion, and a linking gap L is composed by the interdental space and a preceding adjacent interdental space realized in a discharge stroke. The linking gap expands gradually from the start of compression stroke to the discharge stroke.

The invention relates to an interdental space direct measurement and oral cavity orthodontics micro-implant positioning implantation method which utilizes any material with the impermeable characteristics to X lines to make a three-dimensional netted structure with basic measurement units, the three-dimensional netted structure is directly attached to an oral orthodontics disease position or a gum positioned at the cheek side or the tongue side of a work model which is to implant an orthodontics micro-implant, and the three-dimensional netted works is also fixed on a tooth occlusion surface by utilizing silastic moulage materials with additivity property; before the materials with the impermeable characteristics to the X lines are not hardened, and an X line sheet holder is firstly prepared to irradiate parallel to the X lines to leave marks on the silastic moulage materials with additivity property so that the check of the X lines is not easy to change positions for the time to come; after the materials with the impermeable characteristics to the X lines are hardened, the three-dimensional netted structure can be taken out from the work model and then placed into an oral cavity of a patient, how many spaces between two interdental spaces can be directly known on an X line sheet by the irradiation check of the X lines, i.e. the position to which the micro-implant is implanted can be immediately determined, and once the position is determined, a sleeve barrel with the dimension equal to that of the basic measurement units or integral multiple of that of the basic measurement units is arranged on the three-dimensional netted structure to lead the micro-implant or a drill to correctly enter the interdental spaces along the sleeve barrel in a right-angled direction.

A motorized interdental toothbrush includes one or more wires having fixed filaments, and a gage disposed on one end portion of the wires and having an outer diameter equals to or smaller than that of the filaments for limiting the wires and the filaments to engage into the selected interdental spaces between the teeth of the user and for preventing the filaments from being inserted and engaged into the interdental spaces having a relatively smaller width and for preventing the user's gum from being injured by the greater filaments, and a moving device may be coupled to move and drive the brush device to move back and forth or in a reciprocating action and to clean the interdental space.

A resin twisting brush, wherein the material of the shaft part of an interdental brush (the twisting brush) is formed of a resin material having shape restorability and elasticity to provide the brush with proper elasticity, shape restorability, and flexibility and prevent the shaft part from being deformed nor broken so that the shaft part can be deformed and easily inserted when the interdental brush (the twisting brush) is inserted into a narrow portion such as a hourglass-shaped interdental space. Thus, an interdental cleaning assisting tool well matching the three-dimensional shape of an interdental part, capable of maintaining straightness without causing permanent deformation when the shaft part is bent despite the fact that the tool can be inserted into the interdental part restricted in the inserting direction, providing less pain and less uncomfortable feeling and providing comfortable feeling when the tool comes into contact with a tooth and a gum during the cleaning operation, and not damaged also by repeated bending can be provided.

An interdental brush (10) for cleaning gaps between teeth and / or dental implants includes a brush head (11, 19, 22) which has a longitudinal bristle carrier (13, 20) and a plurality of bristles (16, 23). The bristles (16, 23) extend away from the bristle carrier (13, 10) in a radially outward manner. To ease cleaning of the gaps between teeth and / or a dental implant, in particular to reduce the risk of injury when using an interdental brush (10), the brush head (11, 19, 22) of the interdental brush (10) is embodied as a single-component injection molded part.

A device for cleaning interdental spaces has a tubular guide element having a first profiled open end to allow its positioning at the entry to an interdental space. A cleaning member mounted movably in the tubular guide element, fixed to a first end of a support member, the support member having a fixed longitudinal direction relative to the axis of the tubular guide element. A gripping member is provided for moving the cleaning member between a first position, in which they are entirely arranged inside the tubular element, and a second position, in which they are arranged entirely outside the first end of the tubular element.

An interdental toothbrush device includes a handle having one or more wires and fixed filaments disposed on each end, and a gage disposed on an outer end portion of the wires and having an outer diameter equal to or smaller than that of the filaments for limiting and guiding the wires and the filaments to engage into the predetermined or suitable or selected interdental spaces between the teeth of the user and for preventing the filaments from being inserted and engaged into the interdental spaces having a relatively smaller width and thus for preventing the user's gum from being hurt or injured by the greater filaments.

There is provided a retainer for maintaining an alignment of a first tooth and a second tooth adjacent to the first tooth. The retainer is configured in a form of a metal wire. The retainer includes: a first contact portion coming into contact with at least a part of a surface of the first tooth; a second contact portion coming into contact with at least a part of a surface of the second tooth; and a spaced portion. The spaced portion extends from the first and second contact portions, is located between the first and second contact portions, and is spaced from the first and second teeth. The spaced portion is located between an embrasure configured between the first and second teeth and an interdental space existing between the first and second teeth, and at least one edge of the spaced portion is a parabola having a small curvature.

An interdental cleaning device that is easy to handle, especially for kids and disabled people, including a frame supporting four zones for removing food and plaque between the teeth. Each zone having a particular thickness combined with cleaning substance and cleaning surface for a thorough teeth cleaning.

A toothbrush and toothbrush head with a bristle carrier, on which a bristle section featuring a multitude of filaments is arranged. At least one filament is provided with a taper on its free end with a shape other than a rotationally symmetrical shape to preserve a high flexural strength of the filament in one direction. The taper is a flat-pressed scarfing such that the filament has a greater flexural strength with respect to a first lateral axis than with respect to a second lateral axis perpendicular to the first lateral axis in the region of the taper. The flat-pressed scarfing at the point of the filament improves penetration into the interdental spaces, while the higher geometrical moment of inertia of the wide side reduces the bending of the filament during use.