IPC 7 English version A61C-A61C 19/10

IPC ⁷ English version

A61C-A61C01910

SECTION A – HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 61

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A 61 C

DENTISTRY; ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (tooth brushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00)

Subclass Index

DENTAL SURGERY

A61C 1/00 to A61C 8/00

DENTAL PROSTHETICS; ARTIFICIAL TEETH

A61C 9/00 to A61C 13/00

CLEANING OF TEETH OR MOUTH

A61C 15/00, A61C 17/00

DENTAL AUXILIARY APPLIANCES

A61C 19/00

Dental surgery

Dental machines for boring or cutting

characterised by the drive of the dental tools

with treadle or manual drive

with turbine drive

with electric drive

with vibratory drive, e.g. ultrasonic

Machine parts specially adapted for dentistry

Straight hand-pieces

Angle hand-pieces

Tool-holders

Protecting caps for hand-pieces or angle-pieces

Flexible shafts; Clutches or the like (flexible shafts in general F16C; clutches in general F16D)

Dental tools or instruments (implanting tools A61C 8/00; tools for fastening artificial teeth A61C 13/12; visual inspection devices, e.g. dental mirrors, A61B 1/24)

Tooth drilling or cutting instruments; Instruments acting like a sandblast machine

025

Instruments acting like a sandblast machine, e.g. for cleaning, polishing or cutting teeth [5]

Instruments operated by vibration

Supports for holding tooth drills in order of use

Tooth grinding or polishing discs; Holders therefor

Tooth pluggers or hammers

Tooth pincettes or the like

Tooth saws

Dentists' forceps or the like for extracting teeth

Dentists' forceps for removing crowns

Filling or capping teeth

Implements for surgical treatment of the roots or nerves of the teeth; Nerve needles; Methods or instruments for medication of the roots (substances for chemical treatment A61K 6/00)

Implements for filling natural teeth; Methods or instruments for medication of tooth nerve channels (composition of the fillings A61K 6/02)

Amalgam presses or mixers

Tooth crowns; Making same; Securing crowns in the mouth (dental implants A61C 8/00)

Composite crowns [5]

Methods or devices for making crowns [5]

Securing crowns to natural teeth [5]

Tooth clamps; Dam holders

Lip or mouth protectors

Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by correcting malocclusions

Tools for manipulating or working with an orthodontic appliance [5]

plier type [5]

Extra-oral force transmitting means, i.e. means worn externally of the mouth and placing a member in the mouth under tension [5]

Mouthpiece-type retainers [5]

Devices having means to apply outwardly directed force, e.g. expanders [5]

Brackets; Arch wires; Combinations thereof; Accessories therefor (A61C 7/10 takes precedence) [5]

Brackets (A61C 7/28 takes precedence); Fixing brackets to teeth [5]

specially adapted to be cemented to teeth [5]

specially adapted to be fixed to teeth with a band; Bands therefor [5]

Arch wires (A61C 7/28 takes precedence) [5]

Tension adjusting means [5]

Arch wire-enclosing guides [5]

Arch wire attachments [5]

Securing arch wire to bracket [5]

by resilient means (A61C 7/34 takes precedence) [5]

using ligature wires [5]

using lock pins [5]

Devices acting between upper and lower teeth [5]

Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools (fastening of peg-teeth in the mouth A61C 13/30) [2]

Means for transfixation of natural teeth [4]

Dental prosthetics; Artificial teeth (preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00) [3]

Impression cups; Impression methods [3]

11/

Dental articulators, i.e. for simulating movement of the temporo-mandibular joints; Articulation forms or mouldings

11/

characterised by the arrangement, location or type of the hinge means [5]

11/

resiliently biased [5]

11/

with incisal guide [5]

11/

with means to secure dental casts to articulator [5]

13/

Dental prostheses; Making same (tooth crowns for capping teeth A61C 5/08; dental implants A61C 8/00) [4]

13/

003

Prostheses without bases, e.g. dental bridges (fastening prostheses in the mouth A61C 13/225); Making same (artificial teeth A61C 13/08) [6]

13/

007

Prostheses with bases, e.g. palates or plates; Making same [6]

13/

Bases [4]

13/

made by galvanoplastic methods; Surface treatment; Enamelling; Perfuming; Making antiseptic [4]

13/

of metal with a ceramic layer [6]

13/

made by punching [4]

13/

Linings or cushions therefor (characterised by means to improve suction A61C 13/24) [6]

13/

Artificial teeth; Making same (kilns for artificial teeth F27B)

13/

083

Porcelain or ceramic teeth [4]

13/

087

Artificial resin teeth [4]

13/

Multilayer teeth [4]

13/

093

characterised by a shape which improves retention [4]

13/

097

characterised by occlusal profiles [4]

13/

Fastening of artificial teeth to artificial base material, e.g. to palates or to adjacent artificial tooth (A61C 13/093 takes precedence; fastening prostheses in the mouth A61C 13/225)

13/

103

connected to base material by additional connecting member, e.g. knob or bar [6]

13/

105

with the connecting member embedded in base material [6]

13/

107

Prostheses for temporary restoration; Vestibular masks [4]

13/

113

Modular prostheses, e.g. using prefabricated bases or having prefabricated sets of teeth [4]

13/

Tools for fastening artificial teeth; Holders, clamps, or stands for artificial teeth

13/

Curing devices for plastics prostheses

13/

for curing by the action of light [6]

13/

Curing flasks; Holders therefor

13/

Presses for flasks

13/

Methods or devices for soldering, casting, moulding or melting [4]

13/

225

Fastening prostheses in the mouth (securing tooth crowns in capping teeth A61C 5/08; bases for prostheses A61C 13/01) [4]

13/

using adhesive foils or adhesive compositions (A61C 13/263 takes precedence) [4]

13/

235

Magnetic fastening (magnetic implants A61C 8/00) [4]

13/

Fastening by suction

13/

including valve or air passageway leading from suction area to lingual cavity [6]

13/

263

Screwing pinning or gluing of prostheses to natural teeth [4]

13/

265

Sliding or snap attachments [4]

13/

267

Clasp fastening [4]

13/

271

resiliently engaging between, or to, natural teeth [4]

13/

273

Locking prostheses to residual teeth by using rotational or sliding-locks or levers (A61C 13/265, A61C 13/277 take precedence) [4,6]

13/

275

Securing prostheses by using bridging bars or rails between residual teeth [4]

13/

277

Telescopic anchoring [4]

13/

Fastening by spring action between upper and lower parts of prostheses

13/

Fastening of peg-teeth in the mouth; Root pins [4]

13/

Stress-breakers [4]

13/

Making or working of models, e.g. preliminary castings, trial dentures; Dowel pins [4]

13/

Orienting or positioning of artificial teeth, e.g. determining precise location or attitude therefor [6]

13/

Tools not otherwise provided for, for use in connection with dental prostheses or the making thereof (implanting tools A61C 8/00) [6]

Tooth-cleaning or mouth-rinsing devices (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 7/16) [3,5]

15/

Devices for cleaning between the teeth

15/

Toothpicks [4]

15/

Dental floss; Floss holders [4]

17/

Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses (instruments acting like a sandblast machine A61C 3/025; tooth polishing discs or holders therefor A61C 3/06; devices for cleaning between the teeth A61C 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 B08B 3/12. [5]

17/

Rinsing or air-blowing devices, e.g. using fluid jets (combined with receptacles for spittle A61C 17/14; combined with power-driven cleaning or polishing devices A61C 17/16) [5]

17/

022

Air-blowing devices [5]

17/

024

with constant liquid flow [4]

17/

028

with intermittent liquid flow [4]

17/

032

using pressurised tap-water [4]

17/

Saliva removers; Accessories therefor [5]

17/

Aspiration nozzles [5]

17/

with mouth props, tongue guards, tongue depressors or cheek spreaders (mouth opening devices per se A61B 1/24; tongue depressors per se A61B 13/00) [5]

17/

Control devices, e.g. for suction [5]

17/

Dental appliances for receiving spittle, with or without rinsing means therefor, e.g. dental basins, spittoons, cuspidors [5]

17/

Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices [5]

17/

Chiselling scalers (A61C 17/20 takes precedence) [5]

17/

using ultrasonics [5]

17/

with brushes, cushions, cups or the like (brush bodies, e.g. arrangements of the bristles, A46B) [5]

17/

rotating continuously (A61C 17/40 takes precedence) [5]

17/

driven by electric motor [5]

17/

with rinsing means [5]

17/

driven by hydraulic motor, e.g. water motor [5]

17/

reciprocating or oscillating [5]

17/

driven by electric motor [5]

17/

with rinsing means [5]

17/

driven by hydraulic motor, e.g. water motor [5]

17/

orbiting, e.g. nutating [5]

19/

Dental auxiliary appliances (dental chairs or accessories therefor, working stands whether or not combined with chairs A61G 15/00)

19/

Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags

19/

Measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry (radiation diagnosis A61B 6/00)

19/

045

for recording mandibular movement, e.g. face bows [5]

19/

for determining occlusion [5]

19/

055

Paralleling devices [5]

19/

Implements for therapeutic treatment (radiation therapy A61N 5/00)

19/

combined with anaesthetising implements (dental hypodermic syringes A61M 5/00)

19/

Supports for artificial teeth for transport or for comparison of the colour