Probe for measuring periodontal pocket depth

Details Probe for measuring periodontal pocket depth Probe for measuring periodontal pocket depth

1997-06-23

1999-04-27

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...

600590, 433 29, 33514, A61B 5103

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058975098

ABSTRACT:
A probe for measuring a depth of a periodontal pocket includes an emitting device for emitting, from a position at a distance from the periodontal pocket, a light beam toward the periodontal pocket, a receiving device for receiving, at a position at another distance from the periodontal pocket, the light beam after being reflected on a bottom of the periodontal pocket, and an analyzing device for displaying the depth of the periodontal pocket after a calculation thereof on the basis of an analysis of the light beam received at the receiving device.

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