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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7906565 | Tissue conditioner for dental use A mucosal adjustment material comprising a combination of a powdery material (a) and a liquid material (b), characterized especially in that a noncrosslinked (meth)acrylic polymer powder having a Tg in the range of 0-60° C., e.g., polybutyl methacrylate, is used as... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7834066 | Denture adhesive articles The present invention relates to a denture adhesive article comprising: a) a safe and effective adhesive amount of a water soluble denture adhesive component; b) a safe and effective amount of a component selected from the group consisting of a water soluble plastic... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7517920 | Denture fixative composition A denture fixative composition containing lower alkyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymers, water-insoluble and water-swelling polymers, and at least one additional adhesive material which can be used as a denture fixative paste, liquid, powder, aerosol, dissolvi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7435764 | Prepreg and its use The invention relates to a prepreg comprising a base part, said base part comprising fibers and a matrix, said matrix being at least partially uncured. The prepreg is characterized in that it further comprises a surface part consisting essentially of bioactive fille... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425587 | Flowable underfilling material A flowable, light-curing underfilling material that is easily visible and distinguishable from the tooth substance. The underfilling material contains at least one polymerizable monomer, at least one polymerization initiator and also ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7365106 | Cationically curable composition for dental use A cationically curable composition for dental use containing a cationic polymerization initiator (I) and cationically polymerizable monomers (II), the cationically polymerizable monomers (II) containing an oxetane compound and an epoxy compound or an alkenyl ether c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7326753 | Process for the production of crosslinked polymer employing low VOC-producing silane crosslinker and resulting crosslinked polymer A process for crosslinking polymers employs a silane crosslinker which, upon hydrolysis, produces a reduced quantity of volatile organic compound. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312256 | Denture liner, denture liner kit and method for making a denture liner A denture liner which includes a hydrophobic polymer component, a plasticizer component and an adhesive component. A method for making this denture liner and a denture liner kit are also provided. The compositions have improved consistency and are useful in prosthod... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7276545 | N-alkylaziridine prepolymers as a dental material Mixtures of chain-extended N-alkylaziridino prepolymers are disclosed herein. The disclosed mixtures of chain-extended N-alkylaziridino prepolymers can be used in combination with additional materials to make curable formulations that can be used, for example, as de... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275932 | Self-curing system for endodontic sealant applications A two-part self-curing endodontic sealing system comprises a thiourea derivative, such as acetyl thiourea, and a hydroperoxide, such as cumene hydroperoxide. The thiourea derivative is used as a reducing agent and the hydroperoxide is used as an oxidizing agent.... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7226960 | Self-etching primer adhesive and method of use therefor A self-etching, priming dental adhesive composition comprises an olefinically unsaturated monomer having an —SO3 functionality; a copolymerizable multi-functional (meth)acrylate adhesive; and a curing system. The self-etching, priming dental adhesive ma... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7195484 | Oral prosthesis fitment system An oral prosthesis fitment system includes a wax sheet having at least one face coated with a contact or pressure sensitive adhesive. A water activated adhesive is overlaid on the contact or pressure sensitive adhesive and the sheet is contoured by modeling over and... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173074 | Composition containing a polymerizable reducing agent, kit, and method The present invention provides a hardenable (i.e., curable by polymerization, crosslinking, ionic, or other chemical reaction) composition that includes polymerizable urea or thiourea compounds that function as reductants (i.e., reducing agents) in redox polymerizat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157502 | Polymerizable dental barrier material This invention relates to a polymerizable dental barrier material and method of making same including at least one high molecular weight polymer with reactive end groups having a concentration ranging from about 50 to about 99 percent by weight and a polymerization ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148267 | Dye composition for the individual dying of prostheses plastics Kit for the preparation of dental prostheses which contains (i) polymerizable matrix material, (ii) filler and (iii) at least one dye composition in physically separate form. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132462 | Two-component dental materials having a low setting temperature The invention relates to polymerizable materials comprising two components, where component I comprises: (a) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of at least one vinyl ether, (b) from 10 to 89.9% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which is not a vinyl ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115674 | Dental self-curing resin cement compositions The present invention refers to dental self-curing resin compositions having enhanced mechanical and physical properties. In particular, the present invention relates to dental self-curing resin compositions consisting of (i) a Paste A composition containing the mul... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114951 | Method and shaped product-formed from low tack and fluorescing polymerizable dental material The invention provides a method of making a dental appliance by shaping a low ball tack polymerizable material. By including fluorescing agent the surfaces of dental appliances are visually identifiable. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101229 | Adapter for mogul base open fixture lamps A lamp adapter for receiving a lamp having a conductive threaded portion and an extension with a conductive contact electrically insulated from the conductive threaded portion. The lamp adapter has a body with a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion has ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091259 | Dental fillers, pastes, and compositions prepared therefrom The present invention provides a dental paste, methods of making and using the dental paste, and compositions prepared therefrom. The dental paste includes (a) a filler including porous, non-pyrogenic silica having a silane treated surface and being substantially fr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7060696 | Chelated 8-hydroxyquinoline and use thereof in a method of treating epithelial lesions A chelation complex including 8-hydroxyquinoline and zinc mixed with a carrier demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in treating lesions including cancerous lesions, precancerous lesions, cysts and warts. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056961 | Adhesive composition for denture base relining material and dental curable composition An adhesive composition for a denture base relining material which comprises an organic solvent containing no halogen atoms such as ethyl acetate, ethyl formate or acetone, a polymer such as a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate, and a radical po... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7029690 | Oral fluid absorbing compositions and system for application thereof in a method of dental arch treatment Disclosed are articles and oral compositions which enable positioning material(s) which absorb oral fluids into controlled, direct contact with at least one dental arch, or portion thereof, of a subject at the location where teeth emerge from dental arch gum tissue,... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008976 | Denture adhesive compositions The present invention relates to a denture adhesive composition comprising mixed salts of an alkyl vinyl ether-maleic acid or anhydride copolymer and/or terpolymer with isobutylene wherein the mixed salt contains a cationic salt function comprising at least about 1%... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004991 | Aqueous delivery systems for water soluble agricultural actives using polymeric dispersants What is described herein is an aqueous dispersion for coating water-soluble granules of a water soluble active agricultural chemical to substantially increase the rain fastness of the active. The dispersion includes by wt. (a) at l... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6984673 | Dental cement composition One embodiment of the invention provides a dental cement composition which includes (a) an acid group-having polymerizable monomer, (b) a polyalkenoic acid, (c) an ion-leachable glass filler, (d) a polymerizable monomer not having an acid group, (e) water, (f) a per... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982288 | Medical compositions containing an ionic salt, kits, and methods A hardenable medical composition (preferably, dental composition) that includes an ionic redox polymerization system and at least one secondary ionic salt that includes a cation selected from the group consisting of a Group I ion, a Group II ion, an ammonium ion of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6953832 | Dental materials based on polyfunctional amides Dental material containing an amide of the general formula BXn in which B stands for a hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, which can contain one or more of the groups O, S, NH, CO—NH, O—CO—NH and/or NH—CO—NH, and which is substituted n... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939901 | Adhesive composition An adhesive composition comprising (a) an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer; (b) a polymerizable monomer represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group; R | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918765 | Hydrogel dental adhesive composition, product, system, method and dispenser A dental product formed by a process and a method of using a denture including providing a denture having an outer face, applying a readily flowable material to the face. The flowable material comprises volatile material and polymeric material. Volatilizing at least... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916858 | Dental adhesive composition A one-pack type dental adhesive composition that does not require a pre-treatment such as an etching treatment and a priming treatment and can surely adhere a dental restoration material to a tooth structure and keep an adhesive effect over a long period of time, co... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911514 | Relining for prostheses and process for the manufacturing thereof In order to provide a relining for prosthesis and a process for the manufacturing thereof with improving the performance of the relining and the application-technical characteristics of the individual components as compared with the state of the art, it is proposed ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905672 | Compositions and methods to inhibit tartar and microbes using denture adhesive compositions with colorants The present invention relates to compositions comprising: (a) from about 15% to about 70% by weight of the composition of a denture adhesive component; (b) a safe and effective amount of a colorant selected from the group consisting of xanthene dyes, fluorescein dye... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903151 | Wet-stick adhesives, articles, and methods A wet-stick pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises: at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, when homopolymerized, has ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880296 | Photoinitiator system with titanocene initiators A visible light photopolymerizable composition comprising a) an aryliodonium salt and b) a titanocene derivate. These compositions can be used together with an epoxide resin as a dental composition. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6852775 | Polymerizable dental compositions The invention relates to polymerizable dental compositions which contain (a) 10 to 98.999 wt.-% of at least one bi- or higher-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (b) 0 to 88.999 wt.-% of at least one mono... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837711 | Denture adhesive sheet custom cutting system A dental prosthesis adhesive sheet trimming method, for allowing a user to custom trim an untrimmed dental adhesive sheet to create a trimmed dental adhesive sheet which is custom sized to fit the user's dental prosthesis. The dental prosthesis has a ridge recess fo... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6805556 | Silicone rubber resin composite, method for making dentures, and denture comprising the composite material The present invention discloses a silicone rubber with improved adhesive properties; a composite structure in which a base member formed from a synthetic resin or metal is bonded firmly and directly to silicone rubber; a denture in which a biocompatible silicone rub... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6787629 | Dental resin materials, method of manufacture, and uses thereof A dental resin composition is disclosed, comprising a polycarbonate-modified diphenoxy diacrylate having a monomer structure (I): wherein R is CH3 or H; b is one or zero; A is (CH2)nO; n ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6784224 | Paste-like polymerizable composition A paste-like polymerizable composition in which two or three pastes are intimately mixed with each other to polymerize, the pastes do not gel and their polymerization curing times being stable, even when the pastes before the polymerization are preserved for a long ... | 08/31/2004 |
