Dentistry – Apparatus – Having means to emit radiation or facilitate viewing of the...
Patent
1983-04-26
1984-08-28
Peshock, Robert
Dentistry
Apparatus
Having means to emit radiation or facilitate viewing of the...
A61B 124
Patent
active
044681976
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for detecting interproximal cavities and the like. A high intensity light from an incandescent lamp is transmitted through an optical fiber bundle and is projected onto a tooth. Light passing around or through said tooth is detected by a second optical fiber bundle and is transmitted to a viewer where it is projected through a lense system onto an opaque screen where an image of the tooth can be viewed and any defects therein can be detected.
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Hulse Dale E.
Nydegger Rick D.
Peshock Robert
Workman H. Ross
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