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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Myers, Birmingham, MI (US);
Terry D Myers, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433215 ; 1283031 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for removing incipient carious lesions and/or stain from human teeth. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of aiming a yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser so that its output inpinges upon the lesion and/or stain and thereafter repeatedly activating the laser in pulse mode until the incipient carious lesion and/or stain is removed from the tooth.