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Method and device for the determination of caries in teeth

US6102704A · kind A · utility

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7References

30Claims

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Assignee

KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Eugen Eibofner
Markus Klotz · Bad Liebenzell, DE
Adrian Lussi · Worb, CH
Manfred Bareiss · Welzheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 1998
Grant date	Aug 15, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/7475
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method and device for the detection of caries in teeth (8). In order, after investigation of a tooth (8), to be able again to find the tooth location with the greatest incidence of caries, the instantaneous measurement value and the peak measurement value--which corresponds to the location with the greatest incidence of caries attack--are displayed. By comparison of the instantaneous measurement value with the peak measurement value the tooth location with the greatest incidence of caries attack can be localised when the instantaneous measurement value coincides with the peak measurement value.

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