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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co., Biberach am Riss, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 29 ; 128665 ;
Abstract
A device for the recognition of caries, plaque or bacterial infection on teeth, which includes a light source for generating an excitation radiation which is to be directed onto a tooth to be investigated and producing an fluorescence radiation at the tooth. Also included is a detection device for detecting the fluorescence radiation of the tooth, and a spectral filter arranged in front of the detection device, wherein the wavelength of the excitation radiation emitted from the light source lies within the range of between 640 and 670 nm.