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SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES
  
HEALTH; LIFE-SAVING; AMUSEMENT
 A61
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
 A61C
DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00;  preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)
 A61C
Subclass index
DENTAL SURGERY 1/00 - 8/00
DENTAL PROSTHETICS; ARTIFICIAL TEETH 9/00 - 13/00
DEVICES FOR CLEANING OF TEETH OR MOUTH 15/00, 17/00
DENTAL AUXILIARY APPLIANCES 19/00
 A61C 1/00 - 
A61C 8/00
Dental surgery
P:50 A61C 1/00
Dental machines for boring or cutting
 A61C 1/02
·  characterised by the drive of the dental tools
 A61C 1/04
·  ·  with treadle or manual drive
 A61C 1/05
·  ·  with turbine drive
 A61C 1/06
·  ·  with electric drive
 A61C 1/07
·  ·  with vibratory drive, e.g. ultrasonic
 A61C 1/08
·  Machine parts specially adapted for dentistry
 A61C 1/10
·  ·  Straight hand-pieces
 A61C 1/12
·  ·  Angle hand-pieces
 A61C 1/14
·  ·  Tool-holders
 A61C 1/16
·  ·  Protecting caps for hand-pieces or angle-pieces
 A61C 1/18
·  ·  Flexible shafts; Clutches or the like (flexible shafts in general F16C; clutches in general F16D)
P:60 A61C 3/00
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)
 A61C 3/02
·  Tooth drilling or cutting instruments; Instruments acting like a sandblast machine
 A61C 3/025
·  ·  Instruments acting like a sandblast machine, e.g. for cleaning, polishing or cutting teeth  [5]
 A61C 3/03
·  ·  Instruments operated by vibration
 A61C 3/04
·  Supports for holding tooth drills in order of use
 A61C 3/06
·  Tooth grinding or polishing discs; Holders therefor
 A61C 3/08
·  Tooth pluggers or hammers
 A61C 3/10
·  Tooth pincettes or the like
 A61C 3/12
·  Tooth saws
 A61C 3/14
·  Dentists' forceps or the like for extracting teeth
 A61C 3/16
·  Dentists' forceps for removing crowns
P:40 A61C 5/00
Filling or capping teeth
 A61C 5/02
·  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)
 A61C 5/04
·  Implements for filling natural teeth; Methods or instruments for medication of tooth nerve channels (composition of the fillings A61K 6/02)
 A61C 5/06
·  Amalgam presses or mixers
 A61C 5/08
·  Tooth crowns; Making same; Securing crowns in the mouth (dental implants A61C 8/00)
 A61C 5/09
·  ·  Composite crowns  [5]
 A61C 5/10
·  ·  Methods or devices for making crowns  [5]
 A61C 5/11
·  ·  Securing crowns to natural teeth  [5]
 A61C 5/12
·  Tooth clamps; Dam holders
 A61C 5/14
·  Lip or mouth protectors
P:30 A61C 7/00
Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by correcting malocclusions
 A61C 7/02
·  Tools for manipulating or working with an orthodontic appliance  [5]
 A61C 7/04
·  ·  plier type  [5]
 A61C 7/06
·  Extra-oral force transmitting means, i.e. means worn externally of the mouth and placing a member in the mouth under tension  [5]
 A61C 7/08
·  Mouthpiece-type retainers  [5]
 A61C 7/10
·  Devices having means to apply outwardly directed force, e.g. expanders  [5]
 A61C 7/12
·  Brackets; Arch wires; Combinations thereof; Accessories therefor (A61C 7/10 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61C 7/14
·  ·  Brackets (A61C 7/28 takes precedence); Fixing brackets to teeth  [5]
 A61C 7/16
·  ·  ·  specially adapted to be cemented to teeth  [5]
 A61C 7/18
·  ·  ·  specially adapted to be fixed to teeth with a band; Bands therefor  [5]
 A61C 7/20
·  ·  Arch wires (A61C 7/28 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61C 7/22
·  ·  ·  Tension adjusting means  [5]
 A61C 7/24
·  ·  ·  Arch wire-enclosing guides  [5]
 A61C 7/26
·  ·  ·  Arch wire attachments  [5]
 A61C 7/28
·  ·  Securing arch wire to bracket  [5]
 A61C 7/30
·  ·  ·  by resilient means (A61C 7/34 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61C 7/32
·  ·  ·  using ligature wires  [5]
 A61C 7/34
·  ·  ·  using lock pins  [5]
 A61C 7/36
·  Devices acting between upper and lower teeth  [5]
P:20 A61C 8/00
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]
 A61C 8/02
·  Means for transfixation of natural teeth  [4]
 A61C 9/00 - 
A61C 13/00
Dental prosthetics; Artificial teeth  [3]
P:70 A61C 9/00
Impression methods specially adapted for dental prosthetics; Impression cups therefor  [3]
P:0 A61C 11/00
Dental articulators, i.e. for simulating movement of the temporo-mandibular joints; Articulation forms or mouldings
 A61C 11/02
·  characterised by the arrangement, location or type of the hinge means  [5]
 A61C 11/04
·  ·  resiliently biased  [5]
 A61C 11/06
·  with incisal guide  [5]
 A61C 11/08
·  with means to secure dental casts to articulator  [5]
P:10 A61C 13/00
Dental prostheses; Making same (tooth crowns for capping teeth A61C 5/08; dental implants A61C 8/00)  [4]
 A61C 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]
 A61C 13/007
·  Prostheses with bases, e.g. palates or plates; Making same  [6]
 A61C 13/01
·  ·  Bases  [4]
 A61C 13/02
·  ·  ·  made by galvanoplastic methods; Surface treatment; Enamelling; Perfuming; Making antiseptic  [4]
 A61C 13/03
·  ·  ·  of metal with a ceramic layer  [6]
 A61C 13/06
·  ·  ·  made by punching  [4]
 A61C 13/07
·  ·  Linings or cushions therefor (characterised by means to improve suction A61C 13/24)  [6]
 A61C 13/08
·  Artificial teeth; Making same (kilns for artificial teeth F27B)
 A61C 13/083
·  ·  Porcelain or ceramic teeth  [4]
 A61C 13/087
·  ·  Artificial resin teeth  [4]
 A61C 13/09
·  ·  Multilayer teeth  [4]
 A61C 13/093
·  ·  characterised by a shape which improves retention  [4]
 A61C 13/097
·  ·  characterised by occlusal profiles  [4]
 A61C 13/10
·  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)
 A61C 13/103
·  ·  connected to base material by additional connecting member, e.g. knob or bar  [6]
 A61C 13/105
·  ·  ·  with the connecting member embedded in base material  [6]
 A61C 13/107
·  Prostheses for temporary restoration; Vestibular masks  [4]
 A61C 13/113
·  Modular prostheses, e.g. using prefabricated bases or having prefabricated sets of teeth  [4]
 A61C 13/12
·  Tools for fastening artificial teeth; Holders, clamps, or stands for artificial teeth
 A61C 13/14
·  Curing devices for plastics prostheses
 A61C 13/15
·  ·  for curing by the action of light  [6]
 A61C 13/16
·  ·  Curing flasks; Holders therefor
 A61C 13/18
·  ·  Presses for flasks
 A61C 13/20
·  Methods or devices for soldering, casting, moulding or melting  [4]
 A61C 13/225
·  Fastening prostheses in the mouth (securing tooth crowns in capping teeth A61C 5/08; bases for prostheses A61C 13/01)  [4]
 A61C 13/23
·  ·  using adhesive foils or adhesive compositions (A61C 13/263 takes precedence)  [4]
 A61C 13/235
·  ·  Magnetic fastening (magnetic implants A61C 8/00)  [4]
 A61C 13/24
·  ·  Fastening by suction
 A61C 13/25
·  ·  ·  including valve or air passageway leading from suction area to lingual cavity  [6]
 A61C 13/263
·  ·  Screwing pinning or gluing of prostheses to natural teeth  [4]
 A61C 13/265
·  ·  Sliding or snap attachments  [4]
 A61C 13/267
·  ·  Clasp fastening  [4]
 A61C 13/271
·  ·  resiliently engaging between, or to, natural teeth  [4]
 A61C 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]
 A61C 13/275
·  ·  Securing prostheses by using bridging bars or rails between residual teeth  [4]
 A61C 13/277
·  ·  Telescopic anchoring  [4]
 A61C 13/28
·  ·  Fastening by spring action between upper and lower parts of prostheses
 A61C 13/30
·  ·  Fastening of peg-teeth in the mouth; Root pins  [4]
 A61C 13/32
·  ·  Stress-breakers  [4]
 A61C 13/34
·  Making or working of models, e.g. preliminary castings, trial dentures; Dowel pins  [4]
 A61C 13/36
·  ·  Orienting or positioning of artificial teeth, e.g. determining precise location or attitude therefor  [6]
 A61C 13/38
·  Tools not otherwise provided for, for use in connection with dental prostheses or the making thereof (implanting tools A61C 8/00)  [6]
 A61C 15/00 - 
A61C 17/00
Tooth-cleaning or mouth-rinsing devices  [3,5]
P:80 A61C 15/00
Devices for cleaning between the teeth
 A61C 15/02
·  Toothpicks  [4]
 A61C 15/04
·  Dental floss; Floss holders  [4]
P:90 A61C 17/00
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]
 A61C 17/00

Note(s)

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]

 A61C 17/02
·  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]
 A61C 17/022
·  ·  Air-blowing devices  [5]
 A61C 17/024
·  ·  with constant liquid flow  [4]
 A61C 17/028
·  ·  with intermittent liquid flow  [4]
 A61C 17/032
·  ·  using pressurised tap-water  [4]
 A61C 17/06
·  Saliva removers; Accessories therefor  [5]
 A61C 17/08
·  ·  Aspiration nozzles  [5]
 A61C 17/10
·  ·  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]
 A61C 17/12
·  ·  Control devices, e.g. for suction  [5]
 A61C 17/14
·  Dental appliances for receiving spittle, with or without rinsing means therefor, e.g. dental basins, spittoons, cuspidors  [5]
 A61C 17/16
·  Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices  [5]
 A61C 17/18
·  ·  Chiselling scalers (A61C 17/20 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61C 17/20
·  ·  using ultrasonics  [5]
 A61C 17/22
·  ·  with brushes, cushions, cups or the like (brush bodies, e.g. arrangements of the bristles, A46B)  [5]
 A61C 17/24
·  ·  ·  rotating continuously (A61C 17/40 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61C 17/26
·  ·  ·  ·  driven by electric motor  [5]
 A61C 17/28
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with rinsing means  [5]
 A61C 17/30
·  ·  ·  ·  driven by hydraulic motor, e.g. water motor  [5]
 A61C 17/32
·  ·  ·  reciprocating or oscillating  [5]
 A61C 17/34
·  ·  ·  ·  driven by electric motor  [5]
 A61C 17/36
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with rinsing means  [5]
 A61C 17/38
·  ·  ·  ·  driven by hydraulic motor, e.g. water motor  [5]
 A61C 17/40
·  ·  ·  orbiting, e.g. nutating  [5]
P:100 A61C 19/00
Dental auxiliary appliances (dental chairs or accessories therefor, working stands whether or not combined with chairs A61G 15/00)
 A61C 19/02
·  Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags
 A61C 19/04
·  Measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry (radiation diagnosis A61B 6/00)
 A61C 19/045
·  ·  for recording mandibular movement, e.g. face bows  [5]
 A61C 19/05
·  ·  for determining occlusion  [5]
 A61C 19/055
·  ·  Paralleling devices  [5]
 A61C 19/06
·  Implements for therapeutic treatment (radiation therapy A61N 5/00)
 A61C 19/08
·  ·  combined with anaesthetising implements (dental hypodermic syringes A61M 5/00)
 A61C 19/10
·  Supports for artificial teeth for transport or for comparison of the colour