Self-etching emulsion dental compositions and methods

US7452924B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• 3M ESPE AG · DE
• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Steven M. Aasen · Lakeland, US
• Ahmed S. Abuelyaman · Woodbury, US
• Hendrik Grupp · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
• Miriam Hansen · Birkenfeld, DE
• Thomas Klettke · Dießen, DE
• Guenther Lechner · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
• Kevin M. Lewandowski · Inver Grove Heights, US
• Thomas Luchterhandt · Pleidelsheim, DE
• Sumita B. Mitra · West St. Paul, US
• Prabhakara S. Rao · Maplewood, US
• Victoria A. Russell · Brooklyn Park, US
• Michael S. Wendland · North St. Paul, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K51/08
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to dental compositions that can be used as adhesives for bonding a dental material to a dental structure surface and/or as a dental restorative material. The dental composition is preferably applied to a dental structure surface under conditions effective to etch the dental structure surface.