An intra-oral dental irradiation device for use in dental procedures for whitening
teeth, imaging teeth, and making impressions of tooth structures of a patient.
The device features one or a plurality of LED devices mounted to an arched shaped
structure which project light upon or through teeth. In the whitening mode the
light of the proper spectrum to activate enamel whitening material is projected.
In the imaging mode light projected by the LED devices is received by a charged
coupled device which communicates the image of the light passing through the teeth
from the LED devices, to a computer. In making dental impressions, the device projects
light in a spectrum that provides the catalyst to material that hardens when exposed
to that spectrum thereby hardening dental impression material when inserted over
the teeth of a patient.