Patent 8025502 was granted and assigned to Discus Dental on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a light guide for a lamp for dentistry procedures. The light guide provides an optical channel between a light source and a dental substrate. The light guide may be a one-patient use light guide including a recording medium to record the time used. The light guide further provides protection for a patient's soft tissues during treatment.