A61C 3/00
Dental tools or instruments
Official title: Dental tools or instruments (implanting tools A61C8/00; tools for fastening artificial teeth A61C13/12; visual inspection devices, e.g. dental mirrors, A61B1/24)
A61C3/00 (Dental tools or instruments) appears on 1,520 US grants and 1,652 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 1,520
- Published applications
- 1,652
- Assignees
- 633
- Inventors
- 2,553
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 42 | 0 |
| 2001 | 61 | 11 |
| 2002 | 34 | 32 |
| 2003 | 25 | 41 |
| 2004 | 30 | 69 |
| 2005 | 23 | 44 |
| 2006 | 28 | 64 |
| 2007 | 20 | 67 |
| 2008 | 20 | 66 |
| 2009 | 11 | 53 |
| 2010 | 20 | 59 |
| 2011 | 25 | 67 |
| 2012 | 26 | 65 |
| 2013 | 36 | 82 |
| 2014 | 44 | 75 |
| 2015 | 47 | 82 |
| 2016 | 48 | 87 |
| 2017 | 71 | 72 |
| 2018 | 67 | 95 |
| 2019 | 70 | 94 |
| 2020 | 56 | 80 |
| 2021 | 61 | 70 |
| 2022 | 55 | 65 |
| 2023 | 43 | 64 |
| 2024 | 57 | 62 |
| 2025 | 45 | 55 |
| 2026 | 33 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61C 3/02Tooth drilling or cutting instruments713
- A61C 3/06Tooth grinding or polishing discs164
- A61C 3/005Brushes for applying dental compositions99
- A61C 3/16Dentists' forceps or clamps for removing crowns97
- A61C 3/14Dentists' forceps or the like for extracting teeth72
- A61C 3/04Supports for holding tooth drills in order of use69
- A61C 3/08Tooth pluggers or hammers47
- A61C 3/10Tooth pincettes or the like45
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Recent patents
- Selecting tool heads for a tooth preparation6 Oct 2026US 12,751,793 B2Exocad GmbH
- Dental extraction kit, assembly and process for removing an embedded root of any broken tooth, crown or molar6 Oct 2026US 12,751,794 B1Richard M. Golden Family LLC
- Clinical dispenser and applicator22 Sep 2026US 12,740,637 B2Wojtek Products, LLC
- Zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining and preparing method thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,740,847 B2Shofu Inc.
- Pharmaceutical formulation22 Sep 2026US 12,740,923 B2
- Dental air-abrasion handle capable of illumination8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306214 A1Guilin Woodpecker Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Dental devices and related methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294585 A1
- Device for tooth extration10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263191 A1Helmut Zepf Medizintechnik GmbH
- Tooth extraction device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256543 A1Helmut Zepf Medizintechnik GmbH
- Dental micro-abrasive delivery device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224328 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Custom orthodontic appliance forming apparatus672US 5,683,243 AOrmco Corporation · 1997
- Apparatus, method and expedient materials for ultrasonic preparation of human and animal hard or soft tissues and of dental or bone replacement materials as well as object obtained thereby585US 6,139,320 A2000
- Method and apparatus for site treatment of an orthodontic patient585US 6,315,553 B1OraMetrix, Inc. · 2001
- Orthodontic appliance debonder510US 5,645,421 AGreat Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. · 1997
- Process and apparatus for treating teeth498US 4,478,580 A1984