Kaltenbach & Voigt Gmbh & Co.

Bernd Wagner

Ernst Strohmaier

Stefan Beier

Anton Braun

Franz-Xaver Boeckh

Heinrich Reich

Dieter Hoffmann

Thomas Brunner

Heiner Zinser

Peter Kiess

An arrangement for the carrying of dental implements, consisting of a carrying plate arranged on a supporting member, and which has one side facing upwardly including positioning elements provided for the implements on the upwardly facing plate side thereof. The dental implements which are located on the support plate can consist of hand instruments, for example, probes, mirror, tamping instruments, pincettes or the like. Furthermore, the implements can also be formed of cotton receptacles, medication flasks, waste receptacles, as well as worktool, handpiece and anglepiece supports. The positioning elements for the implements can be arranged directly on the carrying plate or also in flat trays, or can even be formed by the flat trays themselves. As the result of an inclination or supplying relative to the horizontal of the upper surface of the carrying plate, the implements which are arranged thereon can be readily surveyed by the dentist or the assistant, and without having to reach thereover, can be easily directly passed over with the hand or by means of a pincette or forceps, or the like.

Arrangement for carrying dental implements

There is disclosed a dental handpiece which mounts a dental implement at one end thereof, drive means provided in the handpiece to operate the dental implement, a connection piece pivotally connected to an opposite end of the handpiece so as to permit relative rotation between the handpiece and the connection piece, means provided in the connection piece to enable a handpiece-supply line to be coupled therewith, a light source, and a light guide having a light-receiving end arranged to receive light from the light source and a light-emitting end arranged to direct light to a treatment region adjacent to the dental implement. In order to avoid any impediment to operation of the handpiece caused by the presence of the light guide, the light guide is arranged to extend within the handpiece and the connection piece. Further, the light guide is transversely divided into first and second guide portions in the region of the connection between the handpiece and the connection piece, and the first guide portion extends within the connection piece and terminates in the connection region between the handpiece and the connection piece, and the second guide portion extends from this connection region within the handpiece towards the implement end. To provide for transmission of light between the first and second guide portions, despite relative rotation taking place between the handpiece and the connection piece, a pair of light transmitting rings are provided, one being arranged in the connection piece to co-operate with the first guide portion and the other being arranged in the handpiece to co-operate with the second guide portion.

Dental handpiece

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Biberach, Germany

Bernd Wagner