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Dental adhesive device and method for producing same

US5624745A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249959
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved dental adhesive device to hold prosthetic devices in the human mouth is made as a laminate of webs which are bonded together by deforming a film of thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer. The dental adhesive is produced by continuously applying a film of thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer between moving webs of cellulose acetate fibers and then passing said webs in superimposed relationship between a pair of dry heated calendar rolls for thermoplastically bonding said webs into a unitary structure. A dry water-activated adhesive material, such as sodium alginate, may be employed with the thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer by being dissolved or dispersed in the polymer film. Synthetic fibers are applied to the webs so as to extend transversely through the webs.

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