Polymerizable composite material

US6353039B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ivoclar AG · LI

Inventors

• Volker Rheinberger · Vaduz, LI
• Ulrich Salz · Gettorf, DE
• Wolfram Höland · Schaan, LI
• Andre Rumphorst · Vaduz, LI
• Kurt Grabher · Feldkirch, AT
• Urs Karl Fischer · Arbon, CH
• Marcel Schweiger · Chur, CH
• Norbert Moszner · Eschen, LI

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 11, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08K9/08
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A composite material is described which contains polymerizable monomers plus a special transparent glass having high release of calcium ions and fluorine ions and, because of this release property and in particular of its optical properties, can be used as a restoration material in dentistry.