| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 264019000 | Tooth forming | 26 |
| 20080277814 | Polymerizable compositions with acylgermanium compounds - Composition with at least one polymerizable binder and at least one polymerization initiator, which contains at least one acylgermanium compound according to general Formula (I), | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090001623 | Composite material and method for the preparation thereof - A composite material with a porous inorganic-nonmetallic matrix and a second material, characterized in that
| 01-01-2009 |
| 20090032989 | HARDENABLE SELF-SUPPORTING STRUCTURES AND METHODS - Compositions, particularly for forming dental products, having a hardenable self-supporting structure with sufficient malleability to be subsequently customized into a second shape and then hardened, and methods. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100025874 | PRIMARY PARTICLES COATED WITH A CHROMOPHORIC COMPONENT - The invention relates to primary particles of oxide-ceramic material, wherein the primary particles have an average particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 nm and are coated with a chromophoric component, a process for their preparation and their use in particular in the preparation of ceramic mouldings and dental restorations. The invention further relates to a suspension based on oxide-ceramic material which contains the primary particles, and a process for the preparation of a ceramic mouldings. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100133711 | METHOD OF FORMING A DENTAL ARTICLE - A method of making a dental article including a pressable body possessing a flexural strength of at least 125 MPa and flowable at about 850° C. to about 950° C. The body is composed of at least a glass matrix phase having a composition comprising Li | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110006451 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A DENTAL CERAMIC PRODUCT - Certain embodiments relate to a method of producing a dental ceramic product. In certain methods, a green body made of pressed ceramic powder and a binder is subjected to machining, such as milling, before the green body is sintered. The ceramic powder can contain about 2-6% by weight of a binder and the green body can be shaped to a corresponding shape of at least a part of a tooth to be restored. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120061868 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A POLYMERIC ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - A series of polymeric orthodontic appliances is made by providing a set of tooth analogs, each having a model crown that represents the shape of a corresponding tooth of the patient. The tooth analogs are moved along respective guides as needed in order to bring the associated model crown an incremental step toward or away from its desired position. The polymeric appliance is formed by placing a sheet of polymeric material over the model crowns after at least one tooth analog has been moved to create a desired model tooth arrangement. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120175801 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING LAYERED DENTAL APPLIANCES FROM THE OUTSIDE IN - A system and method for making a layered dental appliance. The system can include a first portion comprising a negative of a first layer of a layered dental appliance, and a second portion comprising a positive shape of a second layer of the layered dental appliance. The method can include providing a mold comprising a negative of an outer shape of a layered dental appliance, and positioning a slurry in the mold, forming a first layer of the layered dental appliance. The method can further include providing a solid structure comprising a positive shape of a second layer of the layered dental appliance, and pressing the solid structure into the slurry in the mold. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120175802 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING LAYERED DENTAL APPLIANCES - A system and method for making a layered dental appliance. The system can include a first mold comprising a negative of a first layer of a layered dental appliance, a second mold comprising a negative of a second layer, and a dental core dimensioned to be at least partially received in the first mold and the second mold. The method can include positioning a first slurry in the first mold, and pressing the dental core into the first slurry to form a first article comprising the dental core and a first layer formed from the first slurry. The method can further include removing the first article from the first mold, positioning a second slurry in the second mold, and pressing the first article into the second slurry to form a second article comprising the dental core, the first layer, and a second layer formed from the second slurry. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120241991 | Process for the Preparation of Dental Restorations - The invention relates to a process for preparing dental restorations, wherein a lithium silicate glass ceramic or a lithium silicate glass is used which contains at least 8.5 wt.-% transition metal oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of yttrium, oxides of transition metals with an atomic number from 41 to 79 and mixtures of these oxides. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120248642 | Lithium silicate glass ceramic and glass with ZrO2 content - Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses are described which can advantageously be applied to zirconium oxide ceramics in particular by pressing-on in the viscous state and form a solid bond with these. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130056892 | METHODS OF MAKING BIOMIMETIC DENTAL APPLIANCES - A method of making a biometric dental appliance. A first article can be formed of a first material based on a first digital surface representation having a desired outer shape of the dental appliance. A portion of the first article can then be removed to form an outer layer of the dental appliance comprising a cavity dimensioned to accommodate an inner layer. A second article can be formed by filling the cavity of the first article with a second material. The second material can have at least one different structural and/or optical property than the first material. The second article can be further processed, as desired. For example, a desired inner shape can be formed in the second article. Such a desired inner shape can be based on a second digital surface representation of a dental object configured to receive the dental appliance. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20140124969 | CASTING JIG FOR CHAIR-SIDE MANUFACTURE OF CUSTOMIZABLE SCULPTABLE ANATOMICAL HEALING CAPS - Casting jigs, methods, and kits that may be used in manufacture of anatomical healing caps. A casting jig may include a body having one or more wells within the body, each well being open at a proximal end thereof and having a negative shape corresponding to an anatomical healing cuff body of a given tooth position. Each respective anatomical healing cuff body negative shape includes an asymmetrical cross-section and an irregular surface so that an anatomical healing cuff body having said shape is configured to provide substantially custom filling of at least an emergence portion of a void where a natural tooth once emerged or should have emerged from the void (e.g., in the case of a congenitally missing tooth). The casting jig may further include a socket at a distal end of each well that is configured to receive therein a dental implant or dental implant analog. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140138864 | KIT AND METHOD FOR INDIRECT CHAIRSIDE PRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE INLAYS - The present invention relates to a kit for indirect production of composite inlays, comprising a polymerizable material for production of a dental model, a polymerizable material for production of an inlay, a polymerizable material for luting of a crosslinked and non-sand-blasted, non-silanized, non-etched, non-primed and non-roughened composite inlay, the surfaces of which have been fully polymerized, in the cavity. Also disclosed is a polymerizable material for increasing the bond strength between the polymerizable material for luting of a crosslinked non-sand-blasted, non-silanized, non-etched, non-primed and non-roughened composite inlay, the surfaces of which have been fully polymerized, in the cavity, and the hard substance of the tooth, and an acid solution for surface etching of the hard substance of the tooth. The invention further relates to methods for producing a composite inlay. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140312517 | Storage Stable Premixed Hydraulic Cement Compositions, Cements, Methods, and Articles - Refrigerated hydraulic cement compositions comprise a mixture of (a) β-tricalcium phosphate powder, (b) monocalcium phosphate comprising monocalcium phosphate anhydrous (MCPA), monocalcium phosphate monohydrate (MCPM), or a combination thereof, wherein a 0.1 g/ml saturated aqueous solution of the monocalcium phosphate has a pH less than 3.0, (c) non-aqueous water-miscible liquid, and (d) an aqueous hydrating liquid. The aqueous hydrating liquid is included in an amount of about 1-50 volume percent, based on the combined volume of the non-aqueous water-miscible liquid and the aqueous hydration liquid, and the refrigerated hydraulic cement composition is storage stable for greater than one day, without setting. Methods of forming hardened cements in vivo and/or for forming implants for use in vivo employ the hydraulic cement compositions. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140319713 | CASTING JIG INCLUDING ELONGATE HANDLE FOR CHAIR-SIDE MANUFACTURE OF CUSTOMIZABLE SCULPTABLE ANATOMICAL HEALING CAPS, AND METHOD FOR FORMING BIS-ACRYLIC CROWN - Casting jigs, methods, and kits that may be used in manufacture of anatomical healing caps. A casting jig may include a body having one or more wells within the body, each well being open at a proximal end thereof and having a negative shape corresponding to an anatomical healing cuff body of a given tooth position. The casting jig includes an opening through the bottom surface through which an elongate handle may be inserted, allowing a temporary abutment to be coupled into the distal end of the elongate handle, so that the abutment is disposed in the well, held in place by the handle, as it is used as a core about which the anatomical healing cuff body is formed. A crown forming jig for forming an inexpensive, chair-side prepared bis-acrylic temporary crown that may be easily and quickly installed over the anatomical healing cuff body is also disclosed. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140327166 | TRANSLUCENT VENEERING FOR A DENTAL PROSTHESIS FORMED BY A PRESS TO METAL PROCESS - A dental prosthesis, typically formed in a press to metal process, includes application of a porcelain composition sufficient to form a veneer on a dental prosthesis supporting metal structure, the composition having an integrated tooth-like translucency providing an aesthetic appearance. The composition is formed of a dentin frit and an enamel frit, typically sintered into a desired ingot shape including an amount of composition sufficient to veneer the prosthesis. The porcelain composition is a component of a kit that includes opaquers, other porcelains and stains useful in finishing to provide an aesthetic prosthesis. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20160128812 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENTAL RESIN BLOCK - Provided is a method for manufacturing a dental resin block where bubbles and cracks are difficult to appear. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160184189 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL TEETH - To provide a method for producing an artificial tooth which is excellent in strength, abrasion resistance, hardness, low water absorption, aesthetic property, functionality, and the like within a short time, especially less than 1 hour, smoothly and simply, without requiring skill using a dental photocurable resin composition. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160250007 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND RELATED METHODS | 09-01-2016 |
| 264020000 | Shaded layer | 6 |
| 20120056343 | DEVICE FOR MOLDING A DENTAL SHADE GUIDE AND A METHOD OF MOLDING THE SAME - In dental crown restoration, a dental shade guide which is selected to match patient's teeth comprises a shade-guide portion and a handle. A molding device for molding the dental shade guide comprises a molding plate having a shade-guide molding portion and a handle-holding groove. The molding plate is closed by a cover. While the handle is held in the handle-holding groove of the molding plate, dental composite resin paste is filled in the shade-guide molding portion and the upper surface of the molding plate is tightly pressed by the inner surface of the cover. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120139141 | SHADED ZIRCONIUM OXIDE ARTICLES AND METHODS - A dental article includes yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline ceramic, and no more than about 0.15 wt. % of one or more coloring agents of one or more of: Pr, Tb, Cr, Nd, Co, oxides thereof, and combinations thereof, whereby the dental article is provided with a color corresponding to a natural tooth shade; and wherein the dental article has a flexural strength of at least about 800 MPa. Corresponding methods are also described. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139142 | Veneered dental restoration with a controlled shade - Method for the manufacturing of a dental restoration including a dental restoration core | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120205828 | Method for producing a dental restoration part and CAD/CAM device - The invention relates to a method for producing a dental restoration part, in which method, geometrical data, in particular data with respect to spatial dimensions, position and/or volume of the restoration part, are determined and stored in order to form a virtual restoration part. In a further process step, the virtual restoration part is provided for the tooth ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20140300014 | Dental Block - A system, method and composition for making a dental ceramics block. The system, method, and composition resulting in natural color matching without drying time between color layers. The system, method and composition also resulting in good color preparation on restorations of about 0.001 mm-1.000 mm thickness. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160000538 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ZIRCONIA BLOCK FOR ARTIFICIAL TOOTH HAVING COLOR GRADIENT - There is provided a method of manufacturing a zirconia block for an artificial tooth having a color gradient. The method includes: preparing colored zirconia-based powder and white zirconia-based powder; preparing a plurality of raw materials in which the colored zirconia-based powder and the white zirconia-based powder are mixed in different weight ratios by mixing the colored zirconia-based powder and the white zirconia-based powder while changing a mixing ratio in order to express a desired color gradient; sequentially injecting the plurality of raw materials into a compression mold or a mold frame to mold in increasing or decreasing order of content of the colored zirconia-based powder of the raw material; and calcining a molding result. According to the present invention, it is possible to express aesthetics of a natural tooth by implementing a color gradient of the natural tooth in the zirconia block itself without using porcelain powder or a liquid color set. | 01-07-2016 |
