Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses (instruments acting like a sandblast machine A 61 C 3/025; tooth polishing discs or holders therefor A 61 C 3/06; devices for cleaning between the teeth A 61 C 15/00); Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle [5]
Note
Cleaning of prostheses using ultrasonic techniques similar to those used for natural teeth is classified in this group. Other ultrasonic cleaning of prostheses is classified in group B 08 B 3/12. [5]
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Rinsing or air-blowing devices, e.g. using fluid jets (combined with receptacles for spittle A 61 C 17/14; combined with power-driven cleaning or polishing devices A 61 C 17/16) [5]
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022
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Air-blowing devices [5]
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024
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with constant liquid flow [4]
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028
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with intermittent liquid flow [4]
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032
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using pressurised tap-water [4]
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06
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Saliva removers; Accessories therefor [5]
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08
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Aspiration nozzles [5]
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with mouth props, tongue guards, tongue depressors or cheek spreaders (mouth opening devices per seA 61 B 1/24; tongue depressors per seA 61 B 13/00) [5]
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Control devices, e.g. for suction [5]
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Dental appliances for receiving spittle, with or without rinsing means therefor, e.g. dental basins, spittoons, cuspidors [5]
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Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices [5]
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Chiselling scalers (A 61 C 17/20 takes precedence) [5]
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using ultrasonics [5]
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with brushes, cushions, cups or the like (brush bodies, e.g. arrangements of the bristles, A 46 B) [5]
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rotating continuously (A 61 C 17/40 takes precedence) [5]
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driven by electric motor [5]
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with rinsing means [5]
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30
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driven by hydraulic motor, e.g. water motor [5]
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reciprocating or oscillating [5]
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driven by electric motor [5]
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with rinsing means [5]
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driven by hydraulic motor, e.g. water motor [5]
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40
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orbiting, e.g. nutating [5]
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Dental auxiliary appliances (dental chairs or accessories therefor, working stands whether or not combined with chairs A 61 G 15/00)
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Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags
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Measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry (radiation diagnosis A 61 B 6/00)
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045
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for recording mandibular movement, e.g. face bows [5]
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05
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for determining occlusion [5]
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055
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Paralleling devices [5]
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06
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Implements for therapeutic treatment (radiation therapy A 61 N 5/00)
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08
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combined with anaesthetising implements (dental hypodermic syringes A 61 M 5/00)
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Supports for artificial teeth for transport or for comparison of the colour
