Self-adhesive dental compositions and methods

US7632098B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Afshin Falsafi · Woodbury, US
• Steven M. Aasen · Lakeland, US
• Ahmed S. Abuelyaman · Woodbury, US
• David K. Cinader, Jr. · Walnut, US
• Bradley D. Craig · Lake Elmo, US
• Reinhold Hecht · Kaufering, DE
• Thomas Luchterhandt · Pleidelsheim, DE
• Sumita B. Mitra · West St. Paul, US
• Joel D. Oxman · Minneapolis, US
• Prabhakara S. Rao · Maplewood, US
• Brian A. Shukla · Woodbury, US
• Markus Watermann · Inning am Ammersee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2004
• Grant date: Dec 15, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 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.