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EP 2079357 A1 20090722 - DIAGNOSIS OF CARIES

Title (en)

DIAGNOSIS OF CARIES

Title (de)

DIAGNOSE VON KARIES

Title (fr)

DIAGNOSTIC DE CARIES

Publication

EP 2079357 A1 20090722 (EN)

Application

EP 07835124 A 20071018

Priority

SE 2007000923 W 20071018
SE 0602214 A 20061018

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2008048170A1] The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence of carious tissue in dentine by identifying by means of infrared spectroscopy any absorption at the wavelength 1740 cm-1.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01)

CPC (source: EP SE)

A61B 5/0088 (2013.01 - EP); A61B 6/51 (2024.01 - SE); A61C 3/00 (2013.01 - SE)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2008048170 A1 20080424; EP 2079357 A1 20090722; EP 2079357 A4 20100217; SE 0602214 L 20080419; SE 530442 C2 20080610

DOCDB simple family (application)

SE 2007000923 W 20071018; EP 07835124 A 20071018; SE 0602214 A 20061018