Method and apparatus for tooth rejuvenation and hard tissue modification

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US 20070160958A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2007/0160958 A1
Belikov et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jul. 12, 2007
(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOOTH Publication Classi?cation
REJUVENATION AND HARD TISSUE
MODIFICATION (51) Int. Cl.
A61C 5/00 (2006.01)
(76) Inventors: Andrei V. Belikov, St. Petersburg (RU);
(52) Us. or. ............................................................ ..433/215
Gregory Altshuler, Lincoln, MA (U S)
Correspondence Address:
(57) ABSTRACT
HOUSTON ELISEEVA
4 MILITIA DRIVE, SUITE 4
LEXINGTON, MA 02421 (US)
The present invention is a number of methods and devices
for tooth rejuvenation and hard tissue modi?cation compris
(21) Appl. No.: 10/596,535
ing applying a layer of a peroxide-free composition to a
(22) PCT Filed: Sep. 29, 2005 tooth surface. The applied composition comprises an aque
ous solution of one or more edible acids. The composition
(86) PCT No.: PCT/US05/34606 has a pH selected from the range of about 0.5 to 5. After the
treatment the composition is removed from the tooth sur
§ 371(c)(1),
face. In various embodiments of the invention the pH of the
(2), (4) Date: Jun. 15, 2006
composition can range between about 0.5 and 3, a narroWer
Related US. Application Data range being between 1 and 1.75. Hard tissue rejuvenation
comprises forming a post-treatment layer having a compo
(60) Provisional application No. 60/514,183, ?led on Oct. sition Which is different from that of the hard tissue of the
24, 2003. Provisional application No. 60/681,630, hard tissue by selectively heating a porous layer on the hard
?led on May 17, 2005. tissue.
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