Patent ID: 7004903

Claim:
An electronic system for determining the density and structure of bone tissue and stimulating osteogenesis in dentistry, characterized by comprising: a diagnosis system ( 3 ) comprising an ultrasound emitting device ( 12 ) cooperating with a first transducer ( 17 ) to send an ultrasonic signal U(t) to a bone portion ( 7 ), and a receiving device ( 20 ) for receiving the ultrasonic signal picked up by a second transducer ( 18 ) after traveling through said bone portion; said diagnosis system also comprising a signal analyzing device ( 22 ) cooperating with said receiving device ( 20 ) to determine a number of characteristic data items DT (Tv, Vu, Fo, Ap, Np, FFT, BTT) describing physical and structural characteristics of the bone tissue; said diagnosis system ( 3 ) operating under the control of control means ( 24 ) to perform a number of measuring steps to determine and memorize ( 26 ) a set of characteristic data items (DT) relating to different successive times; said set of characteristic data items describing the progress of a bone growth process or a bone repair process following extraction of a tooth and/or placement of a dental prosthesis in said bone portion; and an osteogenesis stimulation system ( 10 ) comprising an ultrasonic pulse generating device ( 30 ) for directing an ultrasonic stimulation signal onto said bone portion ( 7 ) to promote the bone growth and/or bone repair process.