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  DF  CLASS NOTES
1  DF  VETERINARY DENTISTRY
2  DF  ORTHODONTICS
3  DF  .~ Tool
4  DF  .~.~ Plier type
5  DF  .~ Including extra-oral force transmitting means
6  DF  .~ By mouthpiece-type retainer
7  DF  .~ By device having means to apply outwardly directed force (e.g., expander)
8  DF  .~ Bracket
9  DF  .~.~ Cemented to tooth
10  DF  .~.~ Having means to secure arch wire
11  DF  .~.~.~ Resiliently biased clamping member
12  DF  .~.~.~ Tension adjustment nut
13  DF  .~.~.~ Separable securing means
14  DF  .~.~.~.~ Lock pin
15  DF  .~.~.~.~ Ligature wire
16  DF  .~.~ Having adjustable or angular arch wire guide
17  DF  .~.~ Having arch wire enclosing guide (e.g., buccal tube)
18  DF  .~ Means to transmit or apply force to tooth
19  DF  .~.~ Acting between upper and lower teeth
20  DF  .~.~ Arch wire
21  DF  .~.~ Metallic spring
22  DF  .~ Arch wire attachment
23  DF  .~ Band
24  DF  .~ Method of positioning or aligning teeth
25  DF  APPARATUS
26  DF  .~ Tooth selection guide
27  DF  .~ Having condition sensor to transmit signal to regulate indicating device or controller
28  DF  .~.~ Switch or valve controlled by presence of device on support
29  DF  .~ Having means to emit radiation or facilitate viewing of the work
30  DF  .~.~ Mirror
31  DF  .~.~.~ Combined with other device
32  DF  .~ Having heater or electrode
33  DF  .~ Having support for patient or operator
34  DF  .~ Having static product shaping surface (e.g., mold)
35  DF  .~.~ Having cooling means
36  DF  .~.~ Having settable material dispenser or fill openings
37  DF  .~.~ Intra-oral
38  DF  .~.~.~ Comprising frame and flexible bib
39  DF  .~.~.~ Deformable or flexible band (e.g., matrix)
40  DF  .~.~.~ Single tooth
41  DF  .~.~.~ Adjustable
42  DF  .~.~.~.~ Upper section relative to lower section
43  DF  .~.~.~.~ Pivotally connected sections
44  DF  .~.~.~ Having positioning means or gauge
45  DF  .~.~.~ Having means to facilitate assembly or disassembly
46  DF  .~.~.~.~ Detachable handle
47  DF  .~.~.~ Including release facilitating means
48  DF  .~.~.~ Mold material
49  DF  .~ Work support
50  DF  .~.~ Including tool, marker, or coupling means therefor
51  DF  .~.~.~ Abrading tool or cutter
52  DF  .~.~ Including motor or power transmitting means
53  DF  .~.~ Including means to support plural workpieces for relative movement
54  DF  .~.~.~ Articulator or attachment therefor
55  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having visual indicator or recorder
56  DF  .~.~.~.~ Including gauge or means for removably mounting gauge on support
57  DF  .~.~.~.~ Including hinge having parts which cooperate in a manner allowing relative movement
58  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ And resiliently biased
59  DF  .~.~.~.~ Including adjustable incisal guide
60  DF  .~.~.~.~ Including means to secure workpiece or articulator
61  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having pivot and additional adjustment between workpiece supporting means
62  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Additional pivot
63  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Rectilinear adjustment
64  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Ball-and-socket
65  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Rectilinear adjustment only between supporting means and pivot
66  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having lock or adjustable stop for pivoted work holder
67  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Workpiece supporting means between adjustable stop and pivot
68  DF  .~ Having means to record or indicate jaw movement or position or dental occlusion
69  DF  .~.~ Jaw movement
70  DF  .~.~ By transfer of material to teeth
71  DF  .~.~ By deformation of material
72  DF  .~ Having gauge or guide
73  DF  .~.~ Condylar referencing means (i.e., face bow)
74  DF  .~.~ Dowel pin or positioner therefor
75  DF  .~.~ Having tool, marker, or coupling or guiding means therefor
76  DF  .~.~.~ Parallel drilling
77  DF  .~ Having storage or nonuse supporting means (e.g., tray, rack, cabinet, etc.)
78  DF  .~.~ Including hose retractor
79  DF  .~.~ Movably mounter tray or holder
80  DF  .~ Having intra-oral dispensing means
81  DF  .~.~ Endodontic
82  DF  .~.~ Combined with or attachment for work contacting tool or handpiece therefor
83  DF  .~.~.~ Having means to compact dispensed material
84  DF  .~.~.~ Power-driven tool having fluid control valve for dispensed material
85  DF  .~.~.~.~ On or adjacent handpiece or handle
86  DF  .~.~.~ Ultrasonic tool
87  DF  .~.~.~ Dispenser externally mounted on tool or handpiece
88  DF  .~.~ Dispensed material discharged by fluid current
89  DF  .~.~ Hand-held implement with material supply
90  DF  .~.~.~ Single charge device having plunger-type ejector
91  DF  .~ Having suction orifice
92  DF  .~.~ And suction pump or material separator
93  DF  .~.~ And mouth prop, tongue guard or depressor, or cheek spreader
94  DF  .~.~ And clamp or positioner
95  DF  .~.~ And control valve for suction
96  DF  .~.~ In flexible conduit or eduction tube
97  DF  .~ Having receptacle (e.g., cuspidor)
98  DF  .~ Including activator or regulator for controller or drive
99  DF  .~.~ In handpiece
100  DF  .~.~.~ Fluid control valve
101  DF  .~.~ Foot operated
102  DF  .~ Broach
103  DF  .~ Having motor or means to transmit motion from motor to tool (e.g., "engine")
104  DF  .~.~ Including lubricating or apparatus cooling means
105  DF  .~.~ Including clutch or variable transmission
106  DF  .~.~ Including braking means
107  DF  .~.~ Including means to apply counter force to counteract tool weight or movement
108  DF  .~.~ And means to retain standard, arm, or handpiece in adjusted or stored position
109  DF  .~.~.~ Pivotally adjustable
110  DF  .~.~ Endless belt transmission
111  DF  .~.~.~ Having tensioning means
112  DF  .~.~ Flexible shaft transmission
113  DF  .~.~ Having treadle
114  DF  .~.~ Hand-held tool or handpiece
115  DF  .~.~.~ Having seal
116  DF  .~.~.~ Having cover or guard
117  DF  .~.~.~ Including shock absorbing or vibration dampening means
118  DF  .~.~.~ Having reciprocating, vibrating, or oscillating output
119  DF  .~.~.~.~ Ultrasonic
120  DF  .~.~.~.~ Fluid motor
121  DF  .~.~.~.~ Impact by sudden release of spring
122  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having rotating cam or eccentric
123  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ And adjustment for stroke, intensity, or position of tool
124  DF  .~.~.~.~ Angularly offset tool
125  DF  .~.~.~ Having abrading or polishing means
126  DF  .~.~.~ Having means facilitating assembly or disassembly of tool or handpiece
127  DF  .~.~.~.~ Means to releaseably grip tool
128  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Comprising locking means extending into groove or recess
129  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Including axially movable collect to cam fingers
130  DF  .~.~.~ Having adjustable head
131  DF  .~.~.~ Having motor
132  DF  .~.~.~.~ Rotary fluid turbine
133  DF  .~.~.~ Contra angled handpiece
134  DF  .~.~ Arbor
135  DF  .~.~.~ Screw actuated clamp for apertured tool bit
136  DF  .~ Having absorption means or means to isolate tooth or mouth from adjacent area (e.g., bib, dam, etc.)
137  DF  .~.~ Bib
138  DF  .~.~ And discrete oral fastening or positioning means
139  DF  .~.~.~ Tooth clamp
140  DF  .~ Jaw, cheek, lip, or tongue positioner
141  DF  .~ Hand manipulatable implement
142  DF  .~.~ Having abrading or polishing means
143  DF  .~.~ Scaler
144  DF  .~.~ Having cutter
145  DF  .~.~.~ Including force multiplier
146  DF  .~.~ Having means facilitating assembly or disassembly
147  DF  .~.~.~ Removable tool element
148  DF  .~.~ Separator
149  DF  .~.~.~ Comprising tooth contacting wedge or wedge actuator
150  DF  .~.~ Impacting means
151  DF  .~.~.~ By sudden release of spring
152  DF  .~.~ Including work penetrating portion to secure tool to work
153  DF  .~.~ Having relatively movable work engaging surfaces
154  DF  .~.~.~ Three or more relatively movable coacting surfaces
155  DF  .~.~.~.~ Work accommodating slot or opening through surface (e.g., matrix clamp)
156  DF  .~.~.~ Including contoured work shaping surface
157  DF  .~.~.~ Pivoted
158  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having actuating screw
159  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having handles to pivot surface (e.g., pliers)
160  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Plural pivots
161  DF  .~.~.~ Screw actuated
162  DF  .~.~.~ Resiliently biased
163  DF  .~.~ Work carrier
164  DF  .~.~ Plugger
165  DF  .~ Tool bit
166  DF  .~.~ Abrading or polishing
167  DF  PROSTHODONTICS
168.1  DF  .~ Denture liner or cushion
169  DF  .~ Stress breaker
170  DF  .~.~ Between tooth engaging clasp and denture
171  DF  .~ Prefabricated denture
172  DF  .~ Holding or positioning denture in mouth
173  DF  .~.~ By fastening to jawbone
174  DF  .~.~.~ By screw
175  DF  .~.~.~ Shape of removed tooth root
176  DF  .~.~.~ By blade
177  DF  .~.~ By resiliently biased means
178  DF  .~.~.~ Tooth engaging clasp
179  DF  .~.~.~ Acting between upper and lower denture
180  DF  .~.~ By cement or adhesive
181  DF  .~.~.~ Including mating connectors on denture and abutment tooth
182  DF  .~.~.~.~ And additional member for securing connectors together
183  DF  .~.~.~ Including crown cemented to existing tooth
184  DF  .~.~ By suction
185  DF  .~.~.~ Including valve or air passageway leading from suction area
186  DF  .~.~.~ Cup or disc
187  DF  .~.~.~.~ Plural cups or discs
188  DF  .~.~.~ Suction area comprising recess or cavity formed in denture base
189  DF  .~.~ By magnetic material
190  DF  .~ Connecting right and left segments of partial denture
191  DF  .~ Attaching artificial tooth to base or adjacent artificial tooth
192  DF  .~.~ By cavity in tooth for base material
193  DF  .~.~ Connected to base by discrete connecting member
194  DF  .~.~.~ And additional discrete element for securing connecting member to tooth
195  DF  .~.~.~ Imbedded in base material
196  DF  .~ Orienting or positioning teeth
197  DF  .~ Cutting edge shape or arrangement
198  DF  .~.~ Metallic cutting edge
199.1  DF  .~ Denture base construction
200.1  DF  .~.~ Metallic
201.1  DF  .~ Dental implant construction
202.1  DF  .~ Tooth construction
203.1  DF  .~.~ Indicia, tinting, or shading
204  DF  .~.~ Having means facilitating replacement of tooth portion
205  DF  .~.~ Having plural piece backing or discrete connecting means for adjacent tooth portions
206  DF  .~.~ Metallic tooth, tooth portion, or attachment
207  DF  .~.~.~ Alloy
208  DF  .~.~.~ Metallic backing
209  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having dovetail, "T", pinhead, or bulbous protrusion extending into congruent recess in facing
210  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having pin extending into facing
211  DF  .~.~.~ Connecting pin
212.1  DF  .~.~ Nonmetallic composite
213  DF  .~ Preliminary casting, model, or trial denture
214  DF  .~ Impression taking or bite determination
215  DF  METHOD OR MATERIAL FOR TESTING, TREATING, RESTORING, OR REMOVING NATURAL TEETH
216  DF  .~ Cleaning
217.1  DF  .~ By lining or coating
218  DF  .~ Crown
219  DF  .~.~ Attachment to natural tooth or adjacent crown
220  DF  .~.~.~ By post
221  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having surface grooves or ridges
222.1  DF  .~.~ Composite
223  DF  .~.~ Method of fabricating
224  DF  .~ Endodontic
225  DF  .~ Anchor pin
226  DF  .~ By filling, bonding or cementing
227  DF  .~.~ Foil
228.1  DF  .~.~ By named composition
229  DF  MISCELLANEOUS