US Patent Class 433
DENTISTRY
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| and Services |
| DF | CLASS NOTES | |
| 1 | DF | VETERINARY DENTISTRY |
| 2 | DF | ORTHODONTICS |
| 3 | DF | .~ Tool |
| 4 | DF | .~.~ Plier type |
| 5 | DF | .~ Including extra-oral force transmitting means |
| 6 | DF | .~ By mouthpiece-type retainer |
| 7 | DF | .~ By device having means to apply outwardly directed force (e.g., expander) |
| 8 | DF | .~ Bracket |
| 9 | DF | .~.~ Cemented to tooth |
| 10 | DF | .~.~ Having means to secure arch wire |
| 11 | DF | .~.~.~ Resiliently biased clamping member |
| 12 | DF | .~.~.~ Tension adjustment nut |
| 13 | DF | .~.~.~ Separable securing means |
| 14 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Lock pin |
| 15 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Ligature wire |
| 16 | DF | .~.~ Having adjustable or angular arch wire guide |
| 17 | DF | .~.~ Having arch wire enclosing guide (e.g., buccal tube) |
| 18 | DF | .~ Means to transmit or apply force to tooth |
| 19 | DF | .~.~ Acting between upper and lower teeth |
| 20 | DF | .~.~ Arch wire |
| 21 | DF | .~.~ Metallic spring |
| 22 | DF | .~ Arch wire attachment |
| 23 | DF | .~ Band |
| 24 | DF | .~ Method of positioning or aligning teeth |
| 25 | DF | APPARATUS |
| 26 | DF | .~ Tooth selection guide |
| 27 | DF | .~ Having condition sensor to transmit signal to regulate indicating device or controller |
| 28 | DF | .~.~ Switch or valve controlled by presence of device on support |
| 29 | DF | .~ Having means to emit radiation or facilitate viewing of the work |
| 30 | DF | .~.~ Mirror |
| 31 | DF | .~.~.~ Combined with other device |
| 32 | DF | .~ Having heater or electrode |
| 33 | DF | .~ Having support for patient or operator |
| 34 | DF | .~ Having static product shaping surface (e.g., mold) |
| 35 | DF | .~.~ Having cooling means |
| 36 | DF | .~.~ Having settable material dispenser or fill openings |
| 37 | DF | .~.~ Intra-oral |
| 38 | DF | .~.~.~ Comprising frame and flexible bib |
| 39 | DF | .~.~.~ Deformable or flexible band (e.g., matrix) |
| 40 | DF | .~.~.~ Single tooth |
| 41 | DF | .~.~.~ Adjustable |
| 42 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Upper section relative to lower section |
| 43 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pivotally connected sections |
| 44 | DF | .~.~.~ Having positioning means or gauge |
| 45 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means to facilitate assembly or disassembly |
| 46 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Detachable handle |
| 47 | DF | .~.~.~ Including release facilitating means |
| 48 | DF | .~.~.~ Mold material |
| 49 | DF | .~ Work support |
| 50 | DF | .~.~ Including tool, marker, or coupling means therefor |
| 51 | DF | .~.~.~ Abrading tool or cutter |
| 52 | DF | .~.~ Including motor or power transmitting means |
| 53 | DF | .~.~ Including means to support plural workpieces for relative movement |
| 54 | DF | .~.~.~ Articulator or attachment therefor |
| 55 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having visual indicator or recorder |
| 56 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including gauge or means for removably mounting gauge on support |
| 57 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including hinge having parts which cooperate in a manner allowing relative movement |
| 58 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ And resiliently biased |
| 59 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including adjustable incisal guide |
| 60 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including means to secure workpiece or articulator |
| 61 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having pivot and additional adjustment between workpiece supporting means |
| 62 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Additional pivot |
| 63 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Rectilinear adjustment |
| 64 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Ball-and-socket |
| 65 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Rectilinear adjustment only between supporting means and pivot |
| 66 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having lock or adjustable stop for pivoted work holder |
| 67 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Workpiece supporting means between adjustable stop and pivot |
| 68 | DF | .~ Having means to record or indicate jaw movement or position or dental occlusion |
| 69 | DF | .~.~ Jaw movement |
| 70 | DF | .~.~ By transfer of material to teeth |
| 71 | DF | .~.~ By deformation of material |
| 72 | DF | .~ Having gauge or guide |
| 73 | DF | .~.~ Condylar referencing means (i.e., face bow) |
| 74 | DF | .~.~ Dowel pin or positioner therefor |
| 75 | DF | .~.~ Having tool, marker, or coupling or guiding means therefor |
| 76 | DF | .~.~.~ Parallel drilling |
| 77 | DF | .~ Having storage or nonuse supporting means (e.g., tray, rack, cabinet, etc.) |
| 78 | DF | .~.~ Including hose retractor |
| 79 | DF | .~.~ Movably mounter tray or holder |
| 80 | DF | .~ Having intra-oral dispensing means |
| 81 | DF | .~.~ Endodontic |
| 82 | DF | .~.~ Combined with or attachment for work contacting tool or handpiece therefor |
| 83 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means to compact dispensed material |
| 84 | DF | .~.~.~ Power-driven tool having fluid control valve for dispensed material |
| 85 | DF | .~.~.~.~ On or adjacent handpiece or handle |
| 86 | DF | .~.~.~ Ultrasonic tool |
| 87 | DF | .~.~.~ Dispenser externally mounted on tool or handpiece |
| 88 | DF | .~.~ Dispensed material discharged by fluid current |
| 89 | DF | .~.~ Hand-held implement with material supply |
| 90 | DF | .~.~.~ Single charge device having plunger-type ejector |
| 91 | DF | .~ Having suction orifice |
| 92 | DF | .~.~ And suction pump or material separator |
| 93 | DF | .~.~ And mouth prop, tongue guard or depressor, or cheek spreader |
| 94 | DF | .~.~ And clamp or positioner |
| 95 | DF | .~.~ And control valve for suction |
| 96 | DF | .~.~ In flexible conduit or eduction tube |
| 97 | DF | .~ Having receptacle (e.g., cuspidor) |
| 98 | DF | .~ Including activator or regulator for controller or drive |
| 99 | DF | .~.~ In handpiece |
| 100 | DF | .~.~.~ Fluid control valve |
| 101 | DF | .~.~ Foot operated |
| 102 | DF | .~ Broach |
| 103 | DF | .~ Having motor or means to transmit motion from motor to tool (e.g., "engine") |
| 104 | DF | .~.~ Including lubricating or apparatus cooling means |
| 105 | DF | .~.~ Including clutch or variable transmission |
| 106 | DF | .~.~ Including braking means |
| 107 | DF | .~.~ Including means to apply counter force to counteract tool weight or movement |
| 108 | DF | .~.~ And means to retain standard, arm, or handpiece in adjusted or stored position |
| 109 | DF | .~.~.~ Pivotally adjustable |
| 110 | DF | .~.~ Endless belt transmission |
| 111 | DF | .~.~.~ Having tensioning means |
| 112 | DF | .~.~ Flexible shaft transmission |
| 113 | DF | .~.~ Having treadle |
| 114 | DF | .~.~ Hand-held tool or handpiece |
| 115 | DF | .~.~.~ Having seal |
| 116 | DF | .~.~.~ Having cover or guard |
| 117 | DF | .~.~.~ Including shock absorbing or vibration dampening means |
| 118 | DF | .~.~.~ Having reciprocating, vibrating, or oscillating output |
| 119 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Ultrasonic |
| 120 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Fluid motor |
| 121 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Impact by sudden release of spring |
| 122 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having rotating cam or eccentric |
| 123 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ And adjustment for stroke, intensity, or position of tool |
| 124 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Angularly offset tool |
| 125 | DF | .~.~.~ Having abrading or polishing means |
| 126 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means facilitating assembly or disassembly of tool or handpiece |
| 127 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Means to releaseably grip tool |
| 128 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Comprising locking means extending into groove or recess |
| 129 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Including axially movable collect to cam fingers |
| 130 | DF | .~.~.~ Having adjustable head |
| 131 | DF | .~.~.~ Having motor |
| 132 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Rotary fluid turbine |
| 133 | DF | .~.~.~ Contra angled handpiece |
| 134 | DF | .~.~ Arbor |
| 135 | DF | .~.~.~ Screw actuated clamp for apertured tool bit |
| 136 | DF | .~ Having absorption means or means to isolate tooth or mouth from adjacent area (e.g., bib, dam, etc.) |
| 137 | DF | .~.~ Bib |
| 138 | DF | .~.~ And discrete oral fastening or positioning means |
| 139 | DF | .~.~.~ Tooth clamp |
| 140 | DF | .~ Jaw, cheek, lip, or tongue positioner |
| 141 | DF | .~ Hand manipulatable implement |
| 142 | DF | .~.~ Having abrading or polishing means |
| 143 | DF | .~.~ Scaler |
| 144 | DF | .~.~ Having cutter |
| 145 | DF | .~.~.~ Including force multiplier |
| 146 | DF | .~.~ Having means facilitating assembly or disassembly |
| 147 | DF | .~.~.~ Removable tool element |
| 148 | DF | .~.~ Separator |
| 149 | DF | .~.~.~ Comprising tooth contacting wedge or wedge actuator |
| 150 | DF | .~.~ Impacting means |
| 151 | DF | .~.~.~ By sudden release of spring |
| 152 | DF | .~.~ Including work penetrating portion to secure tool to work |
| 153 | DF | .~.~ Having relatively movable work engaging surfaces |
| 154 | DF | .~.~.~ Three or more relatively movable coacting surfaces |
| 155 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Work accommodating slot or opening through surface (e.g., matrix clamp) |
| 156 | DF | .~.~.~ Including contoured work shaping surface |
| 157 | DF | .~.~.~ Pivoted |
| 158 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having actuating screw |
| 159 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having handles to pivot surface (e.g., pliers) |
| 160 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Plural pivots |
| 161 | DF | .~.~.~ Screw actuated |
| 162 | DF | .~.~.~ Resiliently biased |
| 163 | DF | .~.~ Work carrier |
| 164 | DF | .~.~ Plugger |
| 165 | DF | .~ Tool bit |
| 166 | DF | .~.~ Abrading or polishing |
| 167 | DF | PROSTHODONTICS |
| 168.1 | DF | .~ Denture liner or cushion |
| 169 | DF | .~ Stress breaker |
| 170 | DF | .~.~ Between tooth engaging clasp and denture |
| 171 | DF | .~ Prefabricated denture |
| 172 | DF | .~ Holding or positioning denture in mouth |
| 173 | DF | .~.~ By fastening to jawbone |
| 174 | DF | .~.~.~ By screw |
| 175 | DF | .~.~.~ Shape of removed tooth root |
| 176 | DF | .~.~.~ By blade |
| 177 | DF | .~.~ By resiliently biased means |
| 178 | DF | .~.~.~ Tooth engaging clasp |
| 179 | DF | .~.~.~ Acting between upper and lower denture |
| 180 | DF | .~.~ By cement or adhesive |
| 181 | DF | .~.~.~ Including mating connectors on denture and abutment tooth |
| 182 | DF | .~.~.~.~ And additional member for securing connectors together |
| 183 | DF | .~.~.~ Including crown cemented to existing tooth |
| 184 | DF | .~.~ By suction |
| 185 | DF | .~.~.~ Including valve or air passageway leading from suction area |
| 186 | DF | .~.~.~ Cup or disc |
| 187 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plural cups or discs |
| 188 | DF | .~.~.~ Suction area comprising recess or cavity formed in denture base |
| 189 | DF | .~.~ By magnetic material |
| 190 | DF | .~ Connecting right and left segments of partial denture |
| 191 | DF | .~ Attaching artificial tooth to base or adjacent artificial tooth |
| 192 | DF | .~.~ By cavity in tooth for base material |
| 193 | DF | .~.~ Connected to base by discrete connecting member |
| 194 | DF | .~.~.~ And additional discrete element for securing connecting member to tooth |
| 195 | DF | .~.~.~ Imbedded in base material |
| 196 | DF | .~ Orienting or positioning teeth |
| 197 | DF | .~ Cutting edge shape or arrangement |
| 198 | DF | .~.~ Metallic cutting edge |
| 199.1 | DF | .~ Denture base construction |
| 200.1 | DF | .~.~ Metallic |
| 201.1 | DF | .~ Dental implant construction |
| 202.1 | DF | .~ Tooth construction |
| 203.1 | DF | .~.~ Indicia, tinting, or shading |
| 204 | DF | .~.~ Having means facilitating replacement of tooth portion |
| 205 | DF | .~.~ Having plural piece backing or discrete connecting means for adjacent tooth portions |
| 206 | DF | .~.~ Metallic tooth, tooth portion, or attachment |
| 207 | DF | .~.~.~ Alloy |
| 208 | DF | .~.~.~ Metallic backing |
| 209 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having dovetail, "T", pinhead, or bulbous protrusion extending into congruent recess in facing |
| 210 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having pin extending into facing |
| 211 | DF | .~.~.~ Connecting pin |
| 212.1 | DF | .~.~ Nonmetallic composite |
| 213 | DF | .~ Preliminary casting, model, or trial denture |
| 214 | DF | .~ Impression taking or bite determination |
| 215 | DF | METHOD OR MATERIAL FOR TESTING, TREATING, RESTORING, OR REMOVING NATURAL TEETH |
| 216 | DF | .~ Cleaning |
| 217.1 | DF | .~ By lining or coating |
| 218 | DF | .~ Crown |
| 219 | DF | .~.~ Attachment to natural tooth or adjacent crown |
| 220 | DF | .~.~.~ By post |
| 221 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having surface grooves or ridges |
| 222.1 | DF | .~.~ Composite |
| 223 | DF | .~.~ Method of fabricating |
| 224 | DF | .~ Endodontic |
| 225 | DF | .~ Anchor pin |
| 226 | DF | .~ By filling, bonding or cementing |
| 227 | DF | .~.~ Foil |
| 228.1 | DF | .~.~ By named composition |
| 229 | DF | MISCELLANEOUS |