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Having tool, marker, or coupling or guiding means therefor
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433 - Dentistry
433072000 - Having gauge or guide
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|Having tool, marker, or coupling or guiding means therefor
|DENTAL TOOLS FOR GUIDED SURGERY - Surgical tool for use in guided surgery comprising a distal end portion having a functional element, a shank on the opposite end of the tool, and a substantially circular cylindrical guide portion. The guide portion is located between the functional element and the shank and has at least one visual marker. The at least one marker has at least one recess which is finite in the circumferential direction such that, at the axial location of the recess a section of guide portion having outer radius r is maintained.
|STENT INCLUDING ELASTIC PART USING FOR SURGICAL OPERATION OF IMPLANT - A stent for implant surgery is provided. The stent includes a support part surrounding a buccal side, lingual side and occlusal side of at least one tooth, and a treated part having a through hole through which a drill for drilling alveolar bone passes. The support part extends further from a height of a contour of at least one of the buccal side and the lingual side to surround part of an undercut of the tooth. Further, an elastic part which is elastically deformable is attached to the inner surface of each of the buccal side and the lingual side of the support part.
|STOPPER AND STOPPER SET - A stopper Y is cylindrically formed in its entirety and inserted and attached from a top side of a blade Xc of a drill X having a flange Xa projecting at a shank Xb. The stopper has a through hole to be inserted by the blade Xc of the drill X and includes a drill blade entering depth regulating part Ya and a drill holding part Yb. The drill blade entering depth regulating part Ya has a height regulating a entering depth of the blade Xc of the drill X in a jawbone of the lost tooth part. The drill holding part Yb has a plurality of slits Yba formed along the axial direction of the stopper from an end opposite to the drill blade entering depth regulating part Ya, detachably engages to the flange Xa of the drill X, and holds the drill X by elasticity.
|DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant is provided having an anchoring part for anchoring the dental implant in the bone and an abutment for fastening a superstructure, the abutment being connected to the anchoring part, and the anchoring part and the abutment being based on zirconium oxide. The anchoring part is provided with at least two substantially cylindrical bodies, the center axes of which extend in the same direction and which are integrally connected to one another at upper ends, so as to form the abutment, and which can be inserted into corresponding holes in the jaw bone.
|DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POSITION - An arrangement for determining position and fixation of an element in a vertical direction and a transverse direction in relation to a part in or on a bone or a model of a bone. A sleeve includes an inner surface. An expansion spacer extends through the sleeve and includes an outer sleeve engaging surface and an inner conical expansion surface. The expansion spacer includes a first flange configured to engage a first end of the sleeve and a second flange configured to engage a second end of the sleeve when the expansion spacer is expanded to vertically fix the expansion spacer with respect to the sleeve. An expansion screw extends through the expansion spacer and includes an outer conical expansion surface configured to cooperate with the inner conical expansion surface on the expansion spacer to radially expand the expansion spacer causing the outer sleeve engaging surface on the expansion spacer to engage the inner surface of the sleeve, thereby determining the position of the sleeve relative to the part and fixing the sleeve causing the expansion spacer to engage the sleeve. Radial expansion of the expansion spacer causes an outer surface of the expansion spacer to be positioned substantially parallel to the inner surface of the sleeve. An assembly template is configured to be arranged on soft tissue overlying the bone and includes a through hole extending therethrough, wherein the sleeve is arranged in the through hole.
|APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF DENTAL PROSTHESIS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for facilitating removal of a dental prosthesis. A recess on a dental prosthesis is included and the dental prosthesis is mountable on one or more dental studs. The one or more dental studs are each connected to a dental implant in the jaw of a user. The recess includes a tool engaging surface, and the tool engaging surface has a shape corresponding to a recess engaging surface of a removal tool. The user may apply the recess engaging surface of the removal tool to the tool engaging surface of the recess and apply a force in a direction to remove the dental prosthesis from the one or more dental studs.
|APPARATUS FOR EXPLANTING A DENTAL IMPLANT FROM A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BONE - The subject matter of the invention is an apparatus for explanting a dental implant from a human or animal bone. In one example, the invention may use a trephine bur on the end side of which there is formed a bur bit. In one or more examples, an apparatus by which dental implants can be drilled out accurately is achieved by a guide pin that can be attached to the dental implant and by a guide element attached to the trephine bur, said guide element cooperating with the guide pin so that the trephine bur is guided in the axial direction of the guide pin.
|ARRANGEMENT AND DEVICE FOR USING A TEMPLATE TO FORM HOLES FOR IMPLANTS IN BONE, PREFERABLY JAW BONE - An apparatus includes a template which locates hole positions in a jawbone while the template is separated from the jawbone by gum tissue. The template follows a contour of the gum tissue surrounding the jawbone and has guide holes which receive a cutting tool. Anchoring elements attach the template to the jawbone. A system includes means for scanning an implantation site on a patient's jawbone, simulating the implantation site, and determining nerve-rich areas or nerve paths in the jawbone. A holed template is produced which is separated from the jawbone by at least gum tissue of the patient. Attachment hole positions in the jawbone are located so as to avoid nerve paths. A method of forming holes to attach a dental implant to a patient's jaw bone without surgical intervention in gum tissue of the patient to expose the jawbone is disclosed which avoids impingement on a nerve path.
|Endodontic File With Working Length Adjustment Scale - An endodontic file is provided for use during root canal therapy. The endodontic file has a handle, a blade, and a marker. The marker provides a working length adjustment scale that is integrated with the handle and the blade. After adjustment of the endodontic file to a desired working length, compared to the depth of a subject root canal, the marker is maintained in a substantially static position relative to the blade, which is itself stationary relative to the handle. The endodontic file reduces the chances of unintended complications during root canal therapy, for example if the blade were to penetrate into various tissues located in proximity to the root canal.
|DENTAL HANDPIECE WITH ABUTMENT DEVICE - A dental handpiece carries a drill and drives it in relative motion in a direction of penetration. The handpiece includes a body with a proximal end and a distal end, a removable head connected to the body's distal end, able to hold the drill, abutment means fixed on the dental handpiece by fixation means and able to limit the depth of penetration of the drill in the body of a patient. The abutment means, protruding from the dental handpiece, are fixed and locked on the dental handpiece by locking means which are actuated by the simple movement of joining the head to the body.
|SYSTEM AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCTION AND INSERTION OF A DENTAL BRIDGE STRUCTURE - A system comprises a computer appliance designed to receive, and to present on screen, first information transmitted from identification equipment and based on detection of a jaw bone structure. Modification information which can be introduced into the computer appliance shows a visual dental bridge structure applied on the jaw bone structure with associated teeth and dentine. Orientations for implants are also shown. The computer appliance produces a CAD file which is based on the first information and the modification information. The file is received in a stereolithography machine which issues second information which can be processed in the equipment for production of the physical template which includes through-bores for sleeves which define implant orientation. A working model is produced with the aid of the physical template. The invention also relates to an arrangement of a template produced by stereolithography and by means of information from the computer appliance.
|DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dental implant system and method for inserting a threaded implant in both edentulous and partially edentulous space of a patient's jaw bone in the form of a threaded implant having at least one hole adapted along its longitudinal axis for insertion of an abutment post and a drilling gauge having leg portions adapted for use with the implant. Any one of the leg portions includes a hole equally aligned with thee hole of the threaded implant when placed proximate the gauge. The implant is inserted into the hole drilled in the jaw bone. The hole of the drilling guage marks the location where a hole will be drilled vertically into the jaw bone through which an abutment post would be inserted and screwed into the hole of the implant, for subsequent placement of a prosthetic tooth.
|DENTAL IMPLANT SURGICAL GUIDE - A prefabricated dental implant surgical guide. The implant surgical guide comprises a tooth shaped contour which simulates a natural tooth and the final prosthesis. The tooth shaped contours can be shaped to match any tooth found in the mouth. The system further comprises apical posts which protrude from the apical aspect of the tooth contour of the surgical guide. These apical posts are capable of marking an initial osteotomy site. The apical posts are further able to be placed in to an initial and developing osteotomy site to verify proper implant location, angulation and rotational position prior to implant placement. Significantly the apical post can be attached to the surgical guide and of a fixed length. The apical post can also be adjustable allowing continuous osteotomy site verification and removable allowing an implant surgical drill to pass thru it thereby allowing continuous osteotomy site development and verification. The system further comprises a coronal post aspect to position the surgical guide. The posts can be removed, the tooth contour aspect of the guide hollowed out and then relined and secured to the abutment aspect of an implant thereby functioning as a provisional crown or crowns. The prefabricated dental implant surgical guide can be used to place single implants or multiple side by side implants in a continuous fashion allowing verification of implant location, angulation and rotational position prior to implant placement leading to a more aesthetic, functional and stable prosthesis.
|GUIDE DEVICE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH A NUMBER OF SLEEVES DISPOSED IN A TOOTH TEMPLATE - A guide device is provided that can interact with a number of sleeves of a tooth template. The guide device can include a handle part, a support part, and a guide part. The handle part can include first and second parts. The first part can be connectable to the second part, and the second part can include a space having a variable size. The variable size of the space can be determined by the position of the first part relative to the second part. The supporting part can be sized and configured to engage the space of the handle for allowing selective positioning of the supporting part relative to the handle part. The guide part can be connectable to the supporting part with the guide part being operative to align a tool for use in the dental treatment.
|GUIDED DENTAL IMPLANTATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND METHOD - A dental implantation system is provided, comprising an implantation device adapted to prepare a site within a mouth of a patient for receiving a dental implant. A guidance device is operably engaged with the implantation device and is adapted to operably engage the mouth of the patient. The engagement between the guidance device and the mouth of the patient provides a fiducial marker for guiding the implantation device to prepare the site for receiving the dental implant. An associated method of implanting a dental implant, and associated devices, are also provided.
|PAIRED TEMPLATES FOR PLACING DENTAL IMPLANTS AND ENHANCING REGISTRATION FOR DENTURE PROSTHETICS ATTACHED TO THE IMPLANTS - A denture is registered and secured to implants with the help of paired surgical-prosthetic implants fabricated based on 3D imaging of the patient's mouth and the denture. The surgical template has guide holes that are located and oriented to guide dental instrumentation forming accurately located and oriented osteotomies for the implants. The prosthetic template conforms to the denture and has guide holes that are located and oriented such that connection holes in the denture can be formed through the guide holes in the paired prosthetic template. The connection holes clear the replacement teeth of the denture and line up with the implants. Attachment elements can be inserted through the connection holes in the denture to secure the denture to the implants.
|Implantation Guide Making Method and Guide Block - A highly precise implant implantation guide has been desired for safely and precisely performing a dental implant treatment. A method of producing an implant implantation guide according to the present invention includes the steps of: (1) preparing a guide block including an attachment portion and a processing portion; (2) acquiring CT image data of a patient with the guide block being worn by the patient; (3) determining an implant implantation position and an implant implantation direction through diagnosis based on the CT image data, and transforming information of the implantation position and the implantation direction thus determined into coordinate information based on a processing reference coordinate system; and (4) cutting the guide block through CAD/CAM so as to reflect the coordinate information obtained by the transformation.
|GRS implant drilling guide - A template for drilling channels in a dental alveolar ridge to receive dental implants wherein interchangeable drilling guides are precisely located in a manner that each channel is formed with successive drills that are guided in the same predetermined location, axial inclination and penetration depth in the alveolar ridge.
|SURGICAL TEMPLATE FOR PERFORMING DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY - A surgical template (
|DRILL TEMPLATE ARRANGEMENT - A drilling assembly is provided for drilling a hole into a zygoma of a patient. The assembly can comprise a template, an extension unit, a drill guide unit, and first and second drills. The template can be configured for orientation within a patient's mouth and can comprise a guide sleeve having a longitudinal axis extending towards the zygoma when fitted on the patient. The extension unit can include a central bore and be slideably received within the guide sleeve. The drill guide unit can also include a central bore of a different diameter than that of the extension unit. The first drill can be slideably received within the central bore of the guide sleeve. The second drill can have an outer diameter different than that of the first drill and can be configured to be slideably received with the central bore of the drill guide unit.
|Method for Producing a Guiding Member for Guiding a Surgical Tool, and Guiding Member Produced According to This Method - In order to produce a device for guiding a surgical tool, a support repositionable on a human body is produced. Three-dimensional radiological information delivered by said support and the treatable area of the human body are used for developing a virtual model of the support and the human body treatable area by means of computer assistance. Said virtual model makes it possible to determine at least one axis and to transfer said axis onto the repositionable support, thereby enabling it to be produced directly on a patient's jaw or the model thereof.
|DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR IMPLANTING A DENTAL IMPLANT - Various tools and procedures are provided for implantation of an implant at a target site. The procedure can comprise performing an osteotomy at the target site; placing a guide sleeve into the osteotomy; inserting a coring tool into the guide sleeve; coring the target site up to a depth less than the depth of the osteotomy, the coring tool being configured to collect autogenous bone material from the target site during the coring of the target site; placing the implant at the implant site; and grafting the autogenous bone material into selected portions of the target site.
|DRILL SLEEVE FOR A DENTAL DRILL - Drill sleeve (
|CT-based, Side-loading Surgical and Laboratory Dental Implant Guide System and Methodology of Use - One possible embodiment of the invention could be a dental surgical guide and a methodology of operating same, the dental surgical guide could be comprised of a body with a set of walls, a top portion, and a bottom portion and at least one open-sided channel, the open-sided channel continuously connects an opening of the one of the set of walls to the top portion and the bottom portion; and at least one master grommet, the master grommet having a hollow grommet interior that continuously connects a side opening, a top aperture and a bottom aperture; wherein the open-sided master grommet is placed within a respective open-sided channel to allow a dental tooling head to be placed into the master grommet through the master grommet's side opening.
|DEVICE FOR CENTERING AND GUIDING A DRILL BIT OF A DENTAL HANDPIECE - A device for centering and guiding at least one drill bit of a dental handpiece when drilling a hole in the jaw of a patient in cooperation with a surgical guide equipped with a tubular drill bushing. A support holds a tubular guide sleeve permanently in a coaxial and sliding position with respect to the drill bit. The tubular guide sleeve is able to engage with slight play in the tubular drill bushing. The support insures the engagement of the guide sleeve in the tubular drill bushing at the latest when the drill bit starts to drill in the patient's jaw, thus insuring the centering and guiding of the drill bit.
|METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DENTIST TOOL - Method for producing a dentist tool formed by an overlay to be used by a dentist in removing tooth structure, said method comprising the steps of:
|DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE TARGETING OF A SUBSTANCE TO A BODY PART - The current device and method provides an apparatus for targeting a substance to a patient, such as a dental patient. The apparatus includes a support member including engagement surfaces for engaging portions of a site to which the substance is to be administered. A rotating means is coupled to the support member and a guide is coupled to the rotating means for guiding a substance delivery device into a predetermined position in the patient's body. The rotating means provides pivotal and rotational adjustment of the guide.
|CORDLESS PRE-CALIBRATED TORQUE DRIVER WITH ABUTMENT HOLDER FOR IMPLANT PROSTHETICS AND METHODS OF USE - A cordless pre-calibrated torque driver with a detachable abutment holder for driving prosthetics on dental implants. The main object of the present invention is to provide a portable cordless driver for prosthetics on implants with a pre-calibrate torque. The pre-calibrated torque is achieved by a special embodied mechanism on the motor shaft. Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable pre-calibrated torque driver with a detachable abutment holder, which prevents torque delivery to the implant whenever an abutment is tightened or released from it. The holder also enables easy access to posterior implants and one sole hand practice. For that purpose, the present Invention further provides for an organizing device designed to be used along with a cordless driver that can unload the healing caps from the driver. Using a single hand, a dentist can quickly load and unload healing caps from implants to said organizer and back, and abutments with an attached holder from laboratory model to implants and back and without risking implant stability in the bone by torque delivery from the driver (typically 25 Ncm). These devices and methods significantly reduce chair time needed to restore dental implants and contribute to improve success rates of implants.
|DENTAL INSTRUMENT FOR ELIMINATING BROKEN PIECES USING FLEXIBLE GUIDE PLATE - The present invention provides a broken piece-removing device (
|BONE MODELLING AND GUIDE DEVICE FOR PREPARING BONE SITES FOR IMPLANT SURGERY - A bone modelling and guide device comprises a one-piece cylindrical body arranged and defined by two adjacent and concentric cylindrical bearings, one external and the other internal. The external cylindrical bearing has at least two indexing features adjusting to complementary shapes formed on a band joined to a surgical guide. The internal bearing allows passage and guidance of a shaft of a drilling bit. A bottom end of the external cylindrical bearing is bevelled. The guide device can be locked in depth and in rotation during positioning of a body in the band.
|DENTAL TEMPLATE - To provide a dental template capable of safely, easily forming an embedding hole for a dental implant fixture at a jawbone and being removed easily after drilling of the embedding hole, the dental template is a hard dental template mounted along an alveolar ridge including at least a lost tooth part and provided with a guide hole
|SURGICAL DRILL TEMPLATES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention concerns a drill template, comprising: a base body made by casting or rapid prototyping; at least one reinforced portion made by casting or rapid prototyping; and at least one guiding hole within the at least one reinforced portion made by drilling or milling. furthermore, the present invention concerns a method of manufacturing a drill template, comprising the steps of: forming a base body by casting or rapid prototyping; forming at least one reinforced portion by casting or rapid prototyping; and forming at least one guiding hole within the at least one reinforced portion by drilling or milling.
|METHOD AND TRANSFER ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A SUPERSTRUCTURE AND A CORRESPONDING TEMPLATE - Method for manufacturing an aligning plate (
|SURGICAL GUIDE AND A METHOD FOR POSITIONING A DRILL USING THE SURGICAL GUIDE - Provided is a surgical guide that enables a dentist to visually identify the tip of a drill during dental implant treatment, and does not allow the drill to tilt more than necessary, and enables sufficient cooling water to be provided so as not to cause bone burns, and is compatible with several different types of drills having different diameters. A first wire is embedded in a mockup in a same orientation as the orientation of a fixture of an implant is to be embedded. A guide member of a surgical guide is fitted to a tooth portion of the mockup. An adjusting mechanism adjusts such that an intersection line made by plane-shaped red laser light beam and green laser light beam from line laser modules is located on the first wire. The guide member is removed from the tooth portion of the mockup, and fitted to a tooth portion in the mouth, and the orientation of a drill is aligned with the intersection line. Drilling operation is performed in the aligned condition.
|DENTAL TOOL AND GUIDANCE DEVICES - The present invention is directed to a system of devices and a method for preparing a tooth to receive a restoration. The system includes a dental instrument for removal of portions of a tooth in the mouth of a patent and an overlay for guiding the dental instrument during the step of tooth removal. The overlay is designed for temporary installation into the mouth of the patient to guide the dental instrument to remove tooth material. The overlay has one or more sets of guide walls, with a predetermined configuration capable of contacting one or more guide projections of the dental instrument, and a receptacle capable of receiving and attaching to the dental instrument.
|APPARATUS FOR EXPLANTING A DENTAL IMPLANT FROM A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BONE - Example apparatus for explanting a dental implant from a human or animal bone are disclosed herein. In one example, the apparatus includes a trephine bur on an end side of which there is formed a bur bit. In one or more examples, an apparatus by which dental implants can be drilled out accurately is achieved by a guide pin that can be attached to the dental implant and by a guide element attached to the trephine bur, said guide element cooperating with the guide pin so that the trephine bur is guided in the axial direction of the guide pin.
|DENTAL SURGICAL IMPLANT GUIDE AND PROSTHESIS COMBINATION AND METHOD OF USE - One embodiment of the invention could be a combination dental surgical implant guide/prosthesis and use method, comprising a dental implant surgical guide sandwiched between and enclosed between a prosthesis cover fitted over a prosthetic base; the dental implant surgical guide is comprised of two or more double open-ended hollow master tubes connected together by on or more implant bars; the prosthesis base, manufactured to resemble a patient's gingivae, is penetrated by a set of base apertures that are respectively aligned with one set of open ends of master tubes; the prosthesis cover may be partially penetrated by a set of cover apertures that are also respectively aligned with another set of open ends of master tubes; wherein implant fasteners implants attach to anchored implants passing through the surgical guide and prosthesis base combination to form an attachment point for the prosthesis cover to attach to surgical guide.
|ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE PREPARATION OR EXECUTION OF THE INSERTION OF AN IMPLANT - The invention relates to an arrangement comprising an instrument for the preparation or execution of the insertion of an implant, particularly dental implant, comprising a template, which can be placed on a bone or the tissue surrounding said bone, particularly mucous membrane. The template, or a first sleeve arranged within the template, comprises a through-recess, through which the instrument can be guided at least partially. The arrangement is to be refined in order to provide exact alignment and guidance of the instrument and easy handling. For this purpose, it is proposed to arrange a second sleeve that is axially displaceable on the instrument. Said sleeve is axially fixed in a base position by means of automatically releasable connecting elements with predetermined retaining force such that when the retaining force is exceeded, the connecting elements can be automatically released and the second sleeve can be axially displaced on the instrument. The instrument, together with the axially fixed second sleeve, can be inserted in the continuous recess and is guided and/or aligned in the template via the outer surface of the second sleeve, the surface being adapted to the inner surface of the recess.
|Systems and Methods for Reconditioning Implants in Situ - A system for reconditioning a dental implant in situ comprising a buffer member and a drive member. The buffer member is operable in an open configuration in which the buffer member may be placed over a portion of the implant and a closed configuration in which the buffer member is in contact with the portion of the implant. The drive member is adapted to engage the buffer member such that rotation of the drive member is transferred to the buffer member. Rotation of the drive member with the drive to member engaged the buffer member and the buffer member in the closed configuration causes rotation of the buffer member such that the buffer member abrades at least a portion of the surface of the implant.
|Artificial Tooth Root Implantation Position Determining Instrument, Artificial Tooth Root Implantation Position Determining Method, Guide Member Manufacturing Device, Sensor, Drill, Artificial Tooth Manufacturing Device, Computer Program, and Recording Medium - Dentition three-dimensional data and jaw-bone three-dimensional data are collected from a patient and they are combined. According to the combined data, dental crown data for making up for data on a lost tooth and occlusion data on a dental crown represented by the dental crown data are created. When an occlusion force according to the occlusion data is exerted on the occlusion face of a dental crown, a mechanical evaluation factor is produced in a jaw bone. The mechanical evaluation factor produced near the place where an artificial tooth root supporting a dental crown is to be implanted is calculated. The implantation place is determined so that the mechanical evaluation factor may be smaller and the mechanical load on the jaw bone from the opposed tooth during mastication may be lighter.
|METHOD AND KIT FOR DENTAL IMPLANT DRILLING GUIDES - Method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper orientation to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post device with x-ray visible depth markers in the root socket of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. The post device may additionally be configured to guide the drill at a position and angle that is different from that of the original tooth socket. This post device is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root socket is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures.
|DRILL GUIDE - Drill guide (
|DENTAL DRILL BIT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dental drill is disclosed which allows for an osteotomy to be formed in a shape which closely matches the cylindrical shape of many dental implants. In so doing, the implant engages more tissue of the resulting osteotomy, thus resulting in greater ability for the tissue to penetrate and fuse with the implant while also reducing the chances of infection and reducing the overall recovery time. In addition, by forming the dental drill with a relatively obtuse angulation between the termini of the drill flutes, the cutting forces are spread across a larger cutting area thus reducing wear on the drill itself. Moreover, by spreading the cutting force over a larger area, the heat generated by the drill is reduced and thus the discomfort afforded to the patient is reduced.
|DENTAL PROBE WITH CURETTE - There is described a hand-held dental instrument for detection of carious lesions which includes a handle portion defining a longitudinal axis therethrough and at least a first working end, mounted on the handle portion, which includes a probe body extending from the handle portion and a probe tip disposed at a remote end. The probe tip is configured for exploring teeth and/or periodontal pockets. The probe body is curved and has a curette portion disposed on the probe body between the handle portion and the probe tip, the curette portion having at least two scraping fins each defining a curved blade for removing at least one of biofilm, plaque and tartar from a curved tooth surface.
|SIMPLE LINKING DEVICE - A simple linking device configured to be positioned adjacent to an oral structure. The device provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be viewed in a tomography scan data set and surface scan data set. The dental device may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a master dental file that may be used to determine the appropriate location of a dental implant.
|METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DENTIST TOOL - A method for producing a dentist tool for use in removing tooth structure is provided. The method includes acquiring three-dimensional data relating to a shape of a tooth and part of a neighbouring tooth. The method includes processing the data to determine an overlay fitting the tooth and part of the neighboring tooth. The method further includes processing the data to determine the tooth structure to be removed from the tooth to prepare the tooth for further treatment. The method includes determining first and second guiding edges such that the two edges are spaced apart a distance of at least 0.5 mm and configured to enable a dentist cutting tool to be guided by simultaneously contacting the first and second guiding edges to enable a guided removal of at least partially the predetermined part of tooth structure. The method includes producing the determined overlay having the determined guiding edges.
|SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DENTAL IMPLANTS - A system, apparatus, device, tools and method is provided for the insertion of improved anatomically corrected modular design anterior and posterior dental implants, the apparatus including a root component and a head/abutment component, wherein the root component is inserted into the jawbone using precision surgical guide tools in combination with self-limiting surgical templates and a precision adjustable clamping device.
|GUIDING TEMPLATE FOR DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY - A guiding template for dental implantology is disclosed. The guiding template includes a fixing base and at least one metallic ring. The fixing base has an inner side and an outer side, and the fixing base includes a guiding portion as an entry at the outer side. The guiding portion has a stopper. The metallic ring is disposed on the guiding portion. Besides, the metallic ring contacts against the stopper and penetrates through the fixing base to connect the outer side to the inner side.
|Sleeve for Cutting Bur for Dental Cutting Guide - A dental cutting system for cutting a patient's tooth comprises a cutting guide with a slot to guide a cutting tool. Opposing channels are formed in opposing walls of the slot. A sleeve is slidably disposed in the slot and has an enlarged collar slidably disposed in the opposing channels. The enlarged collar retains the sleeve in the slot with respect to an in-and-out direction and limits the sleeve to movement within and along the slot. The sleeve has a bore removably receiving the cutting tool, with the cutting tool being rotatable in the bore and slidable through the bore in the in-and-out direction, and into and out of the sleeve. The cutting tool has two transverse degrees of freedom, including laterally along the slot, and in and out of the slot and the sleeve.
|SURGICAL DRILLS - A series of drills are provided for creating progressively larger and/or deeper holes in a dental implant procedure based upon a single drill guide. In one embodiment, the drills are monolithic or single-piece drills. In another embodiment, drills are held in drill extensions that provide control of depth independent of drill length. Using the techniques described herein, a kit of drills and/or extensions may be provided for independent control of hole depth and hole diameter during a progressive drilling procedure.
|DEPTH STOP FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - A surgical tool or instrument having a plurality of depth stop positions, settings or locations, allowing for depth adjustment or a limitation of the allowable extension of a working tool coupled to or used in combination with the instrument. In example forms, an appliance or mouthpiece provides a guide to retain the surgical instrument to a particular orientation, and a stop member coupled to the tool or instrument in at least one of the plurality of depth stop positions, settings or locations determines the extension of the working tool therein.
|3D SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING OBJECTS - A method and a 3D guiding system for providing a guided relative movement of a first object and a second object are disclosed. The 3D guiding system comprises a 3D scanner configured for performing a 3D scanning of the second object, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured for at least temporary storing:
|SURGICAL TOOL WITH FLEXIBLE SHAFT - An implant system can include a first rotatable flexible shaft comprising a biocompatible material and configured to be used as an implant for placement in the human body, the implant including an implant driving element positioned at a proximal end; a second rotatable flexible shaft including a cutting drill positioned at a distal end and a drill driving element positioned at a proximal end; and a surgical tool capable of being connected, in the alternative, to the drill driving element for forming a recessed surgical site and to the implant driving element for placing the implant in the recessed surgical site.
|Emergence Profile Guide for a Dental Bur - There are disclosed apparatus and method for obtaining a proper emergence profile for a dental implant. An emergence profile guide may be seated into an osteotomy and a dental bur may be guided onto and along the emergence profile guide. The emergence profile guide may include a pilot, and the dental bur may include a corresponding channel, such that the channel rides onto the pilot. The dental bur is stopped by the emergence profile guide, such that a countersink is created with an optimum depth.
|DENTAL POSITIONING STENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, USING METHOD AND COMPONENTS FOR THE SAME - A dental positioning stent for drilling an implant hole and a manufacturing method, a using method and components for the same are provided. The manufacturing method includes: slicing a tooth mold and a false tooth model along a preset slice plane; fixing two markers in the preset slice plane on two sides of the false tooth model respectively; covering the markers and the false tooth model with a shaping agent to form a positioning stent; putting the positioning stent on the teeth in a mouth to perform tomography imaging to acquire a slice image of the preset slice plane; mounting a positioning aid having a positioning hole in the positioning stent according to the slice image pasted up on the tooth mold to guide an initial drill. A dental positioning stent for tomography imaging, and a manufacturing method, a using method, and components thereof are provided.
|Apparatus for providing implantation sites to be provided in dental surgery, and a method to be performed with such apparatus - An apparatus for providing implantation sites for dental surgery, comprising:
|DRILL BIT FOR REMOVING IMPLANT FASTENING SCREW AND GUIDING SOCKET THEREOF - The present invention discloses a drill bit for removing implant fastening screw which comprises the hole drilling drill bit
|Endosseus implant for use in a jaw cavity and template for making the cavity - An endosseous jaw implant for insertion into a cavity formed in a jaw bone has a central implant body onto which at least one anchor wing is integrally molded. The anchor wing has a wedge-shaped cross section, and at least a front edge and/or a back face or an axis of the center of gravity of the anchor wing extends secantally away from the implant body.
|SET OF DENTAL DRILLS - Set of dental drills having two or more dental drills (
|Components For Use With A Surgical Guide For Dental Implant Placement - The present invention is a surgical guide for guiding the insertion of a dental implant into a desired location in a patient's mouth. The implant includes a non-rotational structure. The surgical guide includes a structure and a master tube. The structure has a negative impression surface to be fitted on and placed over gingival tissue, bone, and/or teeth in the patient's mouth. The structure includes an opening through which the dental implant is placed. The master tube is located at the opening. The master tube includes indicia for alignment with the non-rotational structure on the implant such that the non-rotational structure of the implant is at a known angular orientation with respect to the master tube. The present invention includes kits of various components used with the surgical guide and with the dental surgery using the surgical guide.
|POLYMERIC INSTRUMENT FOR CLEANING CANALS IN ENDODONTIC PROCEDURES - An instrument for cleaning canals during endodontic procedures is presented. The instrument is formed in one piece from a stiff polymeric material. The instrument features a handle, a measuring shaft, and a tapering shank with raised polymeric projections along its length. The present invention is designed without the use of bristles that conventional brushes contain. The raised polymeric projections include fins that may be oriented parallel to or transverse to the axis of the instrument to provide multidirectional cleaning capability. The instrument is stiff enough to penetrate a canal and mechanically scrub and scrape canal surfaces, but flexible enough to negotiate the curves of the canal.
|DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHODS - According to one embodiment, a dental implant system for implanting a dental implant in bone tissue using an implant drill driver includes a shank and a drill guide. The shank is removably coupleable to the implant drill driver and includes an internal passage that has a non-round cross-sectional shape. When coupled to the implant drill driver, the shank is rotatable via operation of the implant drill driver. The drill guide pin includes a bone penetrating end portion and a shank engagement portion. The shank engagement portion includes a notched section having a non-round cross-sectional shape corresponding with the non-round cross-sectional shape of the internal passage of the shank. The notched section of the shank engagement portion is insertable within the internal passage of the shank. Moreover, engagement between the notched section and the internal passage facilitates co-rotation of the shank and drill guide pin.
|METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SUPRASTRUCTURE AND A CORRESPONDING DRILL JIG - The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a suprastructure (
|REFERENCE SUPPORT FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT, A RADIOGRAPHIC AND/OR TOMOGRAPHIC REFERENCE SUPPORT MOUNTING FRAME AND A PROSTHETIC CROWN SOUNDING GUIDE - A reference support for a dental implant, which includes a body defining a first main portion having two free ends, a respective prolonged orthogonal portion projecting from each end, the first main portion and the two prolonged orthogonal portions defining a space, the support further including members for association of another device such as a guide tube positioning apparatus or a prosthetic crown sounding guide or the like.
|DENTAL IMPLANT JIG, SET THEREOF, DRILLING BAR, AND SET THEREOF - The present invention provides a dental implant jig, a dental implant jig set, a drill bar, and a drill bar set, which can safely and easily achieve accurate drilling at low costs. The dental implant jig according to the present invention is provided at a drill bar of a dental hand piece to act as a guide in position and/or direction of drilling for forming an implant fixture embedding hole, is integrated with a shaft interposed between an attachment portion on one side of the drill bar, which is attached to the hand piece, and a blade portion on the other side of the drill bar, rotates around the center of the shaft together with the shaft, and forms a guide portion that is provided on the outer side of the shaft concentrically with the shaft and has a larger diameter than the shaft.
|DRILLING JIG FOR A DENTAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID DRILLING JIG - The invention relates to a drilling jig (
|DRILLING DEVICE - Provided is a drilling device having a simple configuration, and being less likely to cause errors in drilling direction even when the bone density of the cancellous bone to be drilled is non-uniform. A drilling device includes a drill having a central hole formed from a front end along a rotation axis, and a guide pin inserted in the central hole from the front end, wherein the drilling direction thereof is determined by a guide pin embedded either in an embedding hole formed by a pilot hole drilling device or an embedding hole formed by a drill in one previous step.
|System and Method for Dental Implants - Systems and methods are provided that relate to a dental implant procedure. In one example, a dental implant system may include a dental implant having an implant shaft and a thread that wraps in a helical fashion around the implant shaft. An implant shaft socket may be located in the implant shaft adjacent to a proximal end of the implant. The implant may also include a circular lip that extends axially from a distal end of the implant. The circular lip may be configured to seat into a circular implant retention groove at a bottom floor of a predrilled implant hole in a jaw bone.
|Apparatus and Method for Sinus Lift Procedure - An osteotome for sinus lift procedures includes a body interchangeable with various handles. The body includes a shaft that is releasably received into the handle, and a tip portion. The tip portion may be directly utilized for ridge expansion/bone compression, or a succession of tip members may instead be received thereon to provide suitable diameter escalation to create the socket. A conduit in the tip portion interconnects with a conduit in a hydration port and a conduit in a tip member. A hose couples the hydration port to a syringe, to deliver fluid out the tip member to lift the membrane. Graduated syringe markings permit delivery of measured fluid quantities to control the amount of lift. A second hydration port is coupled to a graduated cylinder through a valve, which is opened after lifting is complete, to measure the fluid released. A loss of fluid measured indicates a sinus tear.
|EDENTULOUS SURGICAL GUIDE - A dental surgical drill guide assembly and method includes a surgical guide housing and a base frame that fits to both gum tissue and one or multiple small areas of jawbone. The apparatus may be configured to accurately place dental implants according to planned positions. Such apparatus may increase the stability of the surgical guide by clasping and/or contacting the jawbone, while improving the overall fit and minimizing the need of invasive surgery and flapping by also clasping and/or contacting selected areas of the gum tissue at the same time. Self-locking alignment members aid in easy removal, and re-installation, of the surgical guide housing to the base frame.
|SURGICAL GUIDING DEVICE - A surgical guiding device comprises: an elongate portion comprising a handpiece connection port and a shank connection port, wherein sizes of the handpiece connection port and the shank connection port comply with the ISO1797 standard; a height controlling portion being a hollow cylinder with two end openings, and having a first end portion and a second end portion; and a retaining portion disposed on an outer surface of the height controlling portion to adjust an installation height of the height controlling portion in relation to a surgical positioning device. The present invention comply with the ISO1797 standard and it is not necessary to persistently exchange the different sizes of movable sleeves to simply the implanting process, so as to shorten the time of the surgery and reduce the consumption of the cost. Therefore, the present invention also can reduce the discomfort and pain of the patient in treating process.
|Systems and Methods for Reconditioning Implants in Situ - A system for reconditioning a dental implant in situ comprising a buffer member, a drive member, abrasive material, and a sleeve member. The sleeve member moves between first and second positions relative to the buffer member. The buffer member is in an open configuration when the sleeve member is in the first position. The sleeve member holds the buffer member in a closed configuration when the sleeve member is in the second position. The buffer member is rotated such that the plurality of fingers of the buffer member cause the abrasive material to remove at least a portion of the texture layer on the textured portion of implant outer surface of the second implant portion.
|Parallel drilling
|GUIDE TUBE AND GUIDE TUBE POSITIONING DEVICE - A guide tube to enable the boring of orifices in the bone portion of the maxilla or jawbone of a patient, including at least a first outer tube segment having a first axial through aperture and at least a second inner tube segment having at least a free end and a second axial through aperture, the second tube segment being inserted inside the first axial through aperture of the first tube segment, and wherein an integrated axial prolongation projects from the free end of the inner tube segment.
|Guide Block For A Dental Implant Procedure And Guide Block Assembly, And Implant Procedural Technique Using Same - A guide block for a dental implant procedure, a guide block assembly, and a dental implant procedural technique using the guide block, which enable a dental implant procedure to be accurately performed by allowing one or more surgical holes to be quickly and accurately bored during a boring process in which the one or more surgical holes are bored in an alveolar bone in a dental implant procedure.
|Distance Measuring Apparatus for Dental Implant Insertion - Provided is a distance measuring apparatus for dental implant insertion which has a support frame and a guide frame integrally formed to be bent from the upper part of the support frame and having a plurality of guide holes therein for determining drilling points. According to the distance measuring apparatus for dental implant insertion, a proper determination of drilling points becomes possible without a surgical stent and as well the drilling points can be properly changed when an implant cannot be inserted at an originally planned portion due to an alveolus resorption even in the case of using the surgical stent.
|Universal Template Enabling Drilling and Placing a Dental Implant Into A Patient's Jaw - An apparatus for drilling into a patient's jaw, the apparatus comprising: a gel template; a cylinder embedded in the gel template; and a support arranged to fixate the gel template and the therein embedded cylinder in respect to the jaw, wherein the gel template comprises a gel selected to harden responsive of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the cylinder is arranged to allow drilling into the jaw, and wherein the cylinder is positioned within the gel template such as to enable drilling into the jaw through the cylinder.
|Devices, Kits, and Methods for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Devices, kits, and methods useful in the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) are described. Example devices include a jig, a first needle, a second needle, and a third needle. An example jig comprises a drill guide and a tongue depressor. A first needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a bend and a curve. A second needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a curve. A third needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a curve.
|Oral Implant Placement System and Method - An oral implant system and method. The system comprises a positioning tool, a transfer band, a transfer screw and a transfer drill to provide for accurate placement of a dental implant parallel to other implants and or existing teeth and at predetermined depths. A model is made of the patient's maxilla and mandible. The model is marked for implant position, depth and size. Holes are drilled in the model for implant analogs using the positioning tool. The analogs are installed into the model using the positioning tool and a surveyor. Transfer bands are coupled to the analogs and a surgical stent portion is fabricated. The surgical stent is fitted to the patient's occlusion, secured, and then utilized to accurately drill apertures into the patient's maxilla or mandible. The implants are installed into the apertures and the surgical stent is removed. A final restoration is secured to the implants.
|DENTAL IMPLANT GUIDING DEVICE - A dental implant guiding device is applied in guiding the drill of the drilling apparatus in different dimensions. The device includes a guiding module and a guiding seat. The guiding module contains at least one guiding unit where a sleeve with a cavity is disposed. A guiding hole and a guiding slot, where an opening at a fringe of the guiding unit is defined, are disposed at two sides of the sleeve. The guiding seat forms a first hole. At two sides of the first hole, a first guiding shank and a second guiding shank respectively corresponding to the guiding hole and the guiding slot are disposed. The second guiding shank slides into the guiding slot, which allows the first guiding shank inserting into the guiding hole for the drill to position at the center of the cavity of the sleeve, thereby achieving the fast positioning and friction reduction.
|GUIDED PIN SYSTEM TREPHINE DRILL - A guided pin system (GPS) trephine drill may be used for the placement of a dental implant while simultaneously collecting a substantial volume of autogenous bone that otherwise would have been discarded off during the current method of sequentially enlarging diameter spade drills. A method for preparing a dental implant site may include drilling the site with a pilot drill to a depth about 1 mm deeper than the intended length, in the axial direction, of the implant. The GPS trephine drill may be advanced along a straight axial path created by the pilot drill to a final depth determined by the bottoming out of a protruding pin on the trephine drill.
|Surgical drill guide and index system - A surgical drill guide for installing dental implants with predetermined angular alignment and rotational orientation for a dental prosthesis, formed of:
|DENTAL HAND PIECE PROVIDED WITH A DIRECTION INDICATING UNIT - In a dental hand piece with a direction indication unit in the dental hand piece of the present invention, the front end of a main body is provided with a direction indication unit such as a laser guider in order to generate light beams that are horizontal and vertical respectively from the front end, the horizontal light beam can be aligned with the biting surface of a tooth, while the vertical light beam is for indicating the position of the hole to be drilled on a jawbone, thereby, a dentist can conveniently judge to drill a correct hole that is perpendicular to the biting surface of the tooth for correctly implanting a fixture, thereby to largely increase the rate of success of the operation of tooth implanting.
|Dental tool guide assembly - A dental tool guide assembly includes a master or fixed sleeve having a central bore and a removable sleeve insert having a central bore which fits into the fixed sleeve. The fixed sleeve and removable sleeve insert each have a cut away side section which are alignable when the removable sleeve insert is inserted into the fixed sleeve. The cutaway side sections allow an upright tool to be brought laterally and radially-inward through the outer fixed sleeve and inner removable sleeve and then vertically downward through the bore of the removable sleeve. This design allows easier access to the osteotomy site without requiring the patient to open their mouth by a painful amount. The design also allows the use of longer drills in smaller mouths. The removable sleeves are preferably provided with a variety of inner bore diameters but all having the same outer diameter which closely correspond to the inner diameter of the bore of the fixed sleeve.
|SURGICAL GUIDE SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - Surgical guide system for dental implantology, comprising a plate (
|Dental Drill Platform with Adjustable Drill Bushing - A dental device is provided for guiding a drill bit. The dental device comprises a platform adapted to be mounted on a person's jaw. At least one drill guide is coupled to the platform and adapted for translational and rotational adjustment with respect to the platform. In one embodiment, the platform comprises a single bite registration receiver. In another embodiment, the platform comprises a triangular frame, including a cross-arch receiver provided for stability. A third embodiment provides a platform for guiding four drill bits. In each embodiment, a multi-axis positioning assembly enables setting and adjustment of the entry point and angular orientation of each drill guide and provides a surgeon with ample room to view the procedure as it is performed.
|DENTAL BONE IMPLANT, METHODS FOR IMPLANTING THE DENTAL BONE IMPLANT AND METHODS AND SYTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING DENTAL BONE IMPLANTS - A dental bone implant that comprises a first fitted bone graft sized and shaped to fit tightly to a buccal surface of a periodontal alveolar bone around at least one tooth and to reconstruct at least a portion of one or more periodontal bone defect and a second fitted bone graft sized and shaped to fit tightly to a lingual/palatal surface of a periodontal alveolar bone around at least one tooth and to reconstruct at least an additional portion of at least one periodontal bone defect. The portion and the other portion complementary cover the one or more periodontal bone defects.
|POSITIONING ASSIST DEVICE FOR DRILLING MULTIPLE DENTAL IMPLANT HOLES - A positioning assist device for drilling multiple dental implant holes is disclosed, which includes a main arm unit and an extension arm unit. The main arm unit has an arm body with two opposing ends, in which a reference shaft is pivoted on a first end, and an extension arm unit is pivoted on a second end via a connecting shaft. A drill-guiding portion having a drill-guiding hole is disposed on an external end portion of the second connecting head. The reference shaft is inserted into a first dental implant hole through an axle hole of the first end. The positions and angles of the drill-guiding hole of the extension arm unit can be adjusted to reach other dental implant holes by pivoting on the reference shaft and the connecting shaft, so as to lead a driller to drill other dental implant holes precisely according to the drill-guiding hole.
|Dental Implant Guide - In one embodiment of the present invention, a dental implant guide features a drill base operable to be secured inside of a human mouth. A drill guide is adjustably attached to the drill base. The drill guide is operable to guide the path of a drill bit down a drilling axis.
|DENTAL IMPLANT POSITIONING SYSTEM - A system is disclosed for installing a dental implant in a jawbone of a patient. The system includes a threaded drive shaft rotatable about an axis and guide means for supporting the drive shaft with its axis oriented in a path along which the implant is to be installed. The guide means has a threaded bore for receiving a drive shaft and an opening which extends parallel to the axis of the drive shaft and opens radially outwardly from the bore. The drive shaft can then be engaged with and disengaged from the guide means by radial displacement of the shaft parallel to its axis. A drill is adapted to be releasably coupled to a leading end portion of the drive shaft and may be a self-drilling implant. Means is provided for rotating the drive shaft in a direction to cause the drill to penetrate the jawbone of the patient.
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British designer makes pitch for revamped Jets logo
COULD a design presentation from across the Atlantic hold some clues about the name of Winnipeg's new NHL team?
Whether True North Sports & Entertainment will reignite the Winnipeg Jets name or opt for a new identity and direction is the hottest topic around water coolers, pubs and produce aisles around town.
Fraser Davidson, a London, England-based animator and designer, is one of several hundred people to submit a logo design to True North. He has come up with a full-scale proposal for the team, including uniforms, T-shirts and hoodies and brand applications.
The name? The Winnipeg Jets.
He was approached by Winnipegger Andre Hall, a hockey fan and aspiring artist himself, who saw some of Davidson's work online.
"I told (Davidson) that Winnipeg might be getting an NHL team back and I was wondering if he could put something together and that I would like to submit it to True North and see what happens. He said he was too busy to do any free work, but after the announcement two weeks ago, there was an online contest and he came up with a design," Hall said.
"I was inspired right away."
So inspired that he sent it off to True North.
Hall said Chipman must have been sufficiently impressed, because the hockey club chairman called to talk Wednesday.
"I sent him the brand presentation and we had an interesting phone call and conversation. It was a very positive phone call. I told him, 'If you give me 20 minutes of your time, I guarantee this will be the new logo of the Winnipeg Jets,' " Hall said.
Hall was quick to add Chipman gave him no indication about what the team will ultimately be called.
Scott Brown, director of corporate communications for True North, wouldn't confirm or deny Chipman spoke to Hall. As much as the new team's owners appreciate the input from fans, he said, the NHL has a company that designs logos for its franchises.
"We've received more than 250 or 300 logos from the public," he said.
Davidson said he was flattered that his work was attracting so much attention on a number of websites and chat boards.
"We thought we may as well put together a professional presentation. We just posted it on Tuesday. We've had a reasonable profile on Facebook and a few websites. I never would have thought it would have got to (the media)," he said.
"It was just for fun, really, a speculative thing."
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Is my pool sinking!!! Help
When the pool company closed my pool they added chemicals for the pool not to freeze. But does that keep the whole pool from freezing. I do not think they did a good job. It seems that the entire pool is frozen. I walked out to unfreeze the pump and noticed that the water was solid frozen. And to make things worse the deck is separated from the pool (higher) by about an inch. I have a call to the pool company that did the closing, but would appreciate any incite sine I am clueless on this before I talk to them. Are they responsible since they closed it?
1) Antifreeze is added to the lines by some in case the plug leaks, not to the pool. Pools freeze. Liner pools, no problem. Pools with tile, the water level must be kept below the tile line to keep tiles from cracking and popping off.
2) I doubt the pool is sinking. I'll bet the deck heaved. water got trapped in the soil. When the ground froze the water expanded and lifted the deck.
3) The company that closed the pool is not responsible based on what has been said so far. The can probably help you though.
Until the ground thaws and the water drains, there isn't anything you can do. It may settle, it may partly settle, or it may stay there.
How old is the pool?
Did you have it built?
Is it a liner pool, concrete, or fiberglass pool?
What is the deck made of?
More importantly, is the gap between the coping and deck sealed with a self leveling sealant to block water penetration?
I have seen a lot of pools built with a foam backer to create a space between the deck and coping to create an expansion joint. Then people let the foam deteriorate, opening the gap and allowing water in.
The foam should be cut down some shortly after the deck cures and the sealant applied.
I live in Southern California and I have the same problem:
one courner of the pool has sunk about an inch
the pool was built in 2005
it is concrete with peb tech
I dont see any cracks in the pool, but the coping is cracked on the oposite end of the pool
5 months ago, I changed the decking as it used to be interlocking pavers. Pool builder said it was a "stand alone" pool and the deck didn't matter concerning the pool
In 5 months, the deck seal is seperating to suggest further movement.
where do I go from here? Who is responsible?


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PHILADELPHIA, March 6 – State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., released the following statement today in response to the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III:
"My staff and I would like to express our deepest sorrow for the brutal murder of Officer Wilson, and offer our condolences to his family. As an eight-year veteran with the 22nd District, we had the opportunity to interact with him and we knew him to be a fine and upstanding officer who was dedicated to closing the gap between the community and the police department. He served the people of this city with courage, integrity and commitment; he will never be forgotten.
"This is the second officer from the 22nd District to be killed in the line of duty in the past three years, and my heart goes out to the entire department for their loss. I don't want to miss this opportunity though to make another call to restrict the illegal access of guns. Officer Wilson was shot as he tried to intervene in an attempted robbery. The two punks who outgunned him both had records, and neither should've had access to a gun.
"That is why I am renewing my cry for an amendment to the Uniform Firearms Act. Cities like Philadelphia, Harrisburg, York and Erie need to have the authority to protect their citizens by enforcing sensible municipal regulations. How many more babies and cops need to die before we are ready to do something about this tragic loss of life?"
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HARRISBURG, March 2 – State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., wrote a letter last week to the Republican chairman of the House Commerce Committee, and to the chairmen of the House Transportation Committee, and urged their cooperation in holding a joint hearing on derailments of trains carrying hazardous fuel sources.
"Accidents are bound to happen, as we saw recently with the derailment of an oil-train in West Virginia," Thomas said. "We need to make sure we are doing everything in our power to prevent accidents, and that we are ready to act if an incident like that were to ever happen in Philadelphia or anywhere in the commonwealth. I believe the best way to do that is by holding a joint hearing of the House Commerce and Transportation committees."
In his letter, Thomas noted a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article that said there are 45 to 80 trains carrying oil through Philadelphia each week and that amount could increase as market forces change. He also cited a data analysis performed by the U.S. Department of Transportation that predicted trains hauling oil and ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades.
"Current estimates anticipate that rail will move nearly 900,000 car loads of oil and ethanol this year, each of which can hold 30,000 gallons of fuel," Thomas said. "If just one accident occurs in a highly populated urban area, like Philadelphia, the result could be devastating in both the human and financial sense."
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HARRISBURG, March 2 – State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., today commended Gov. Tom Wolf on his recent dismissal of Bill Green as the head of the School Reform Commission, but urged him to maintain the momentum by demolishing the School Reform Commission completely.
In February, Thomas wrote a letter to Wolf about the recent decision by the SRC to approve five new charter schools in Philadelphia. Thomas, who has been in contact with the administration about this issue since December, urged Wolf to halt the new charter schools, as many in the state are trying to reform the charter school law and institute a fair funding formula for education.
"I am glad that Governor Wolf understands the educational environment in Philadelphia is in peril, and he seems willing to replace whatever personnel he needs to in order to achieve the change necessary," Thomas said. "It is my hope that the governor will continue his reforms by returning control of the Philadelphia School District to the county and getting it out of the hands of the state."
Thomas also called on Wolf to open a thorough investigation of the SRC's conduct and finances. Thomas believes such a probe will lead to clear and convincing evidence that would support SRC dissolution.
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HARRISBURG, Feb. 26 – State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., said today that he voted against Pennsylvania House Republicans' plan to sell off state liquor stores because it would endanger public safety in Philadelphia and across the state, while destroying thousands of family-sustaining jobs.
"This liquor privatization plan is bound to harm Pennsylvania business, workers and consumers if it becomes law," Thomas said. "While many of my colleagues and I would be interested in discussions about improving the current system, this plan simply would dismantle what is working with little regard for the effect it will have on the public."
Thomas said public safety concerns are more than just speculation. Research from the Centers for Disease Control has concluded that privatization of alcohol sales results in a reduction in enforcement of sales regulations, including enforcement of underage drinking laws.
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"In the 25 years I've been serving my district in Harrisburg, I have never seen a governor make an effort to reach out to every member of the General Assembly like Gov. Wolf has done," Thomas said. "It is encouraging to know that he has the ability to lead because our state currently faces serious challenges, particularly as it comes to education in Philadelphia."
Thomas said he spoke to Wolf about many issues of concern to constituents in his district, but their conversation mainly focused on education and news of the SRC's recent approval of five new Philadelphia charter schools.
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HARRISBURG, Jan. 6 – State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., today began his 14th term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he will continue to serve as Democratic chairman of the House Commerce Committee. "With the multibillion dollar budget deficit and other issues facing us in the areas of public education and community development, there is a lot to get done this session," Thomas said. "I look forward to working with Gov.-elect Tom Wolf to resolve these problems and to put Pennsylvania on the path for a productive future for all." Thomas also returns to another term as Democratic chairman of the Commerce Committee, where he helps guide legislation and policy involving the banking and financial services industries. As chair of the Commerce Committee, Thomas said he is particularly focused on job creation, retention and stabilization and moving Pennsylvania from 47th in the nation in terms of job growth to first. Thomas' constituent service office is located at 530 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia. The phone number is 215-560-3261. Thomas also invites residents to visit his website –www.pahouse.com/Thomas – which has links to information on state services and includes a form that allows constituents to email him. The swearing-in ceremony in the House chamber marked the beginning of the 199th legislative session. The state constitution mandates that the legislature convene at noon on the first Read more
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