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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred Rueggeberg, Augusta, GA (US);
Don Mettenberg, Evans, GA (US);
John Wataha, Martinez, GA (US);
Frank Caughman, Martinez, GA (US);
George Schuster, Augusta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Augusta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ; A61B 5/00 ; A61B 8/00 ; A01N 4/316 ; A61K 3/135 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ; A61B 5/00 ; A61B 8/00 ; A01N 4/316 ; A61K 3/135 ;
Abstract
A method of topically applying a fluorescing agent to a cut tooth, cut dental restorative material or dentin surface to distinguish between cut tooth or dentin and existing aesthetic restoration material or enamel specifically for the purposes of detection and identification of the tooth tissue dentin.