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US 2010/0062394 A1Published application
Preformed malleable multilayer dental articles
OwnerTodd D. Jones, Naimul Karim +1inventors
InventorsTodd D. Jones, Naimul Karim, Dwight W. Jacobs
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Abstract
A dental article includes an external layer formed of a self-supporting hardenable preformed material having a dental article shape defined by an external layer surface. The external layer defines an interior volume. An interior material is disposed within the interior volume. The interior material is different than the external hardenable preformed material and the interior material has a yield stress value of 100 dyn/cm2 or greater.
Claims20
A dental article comprising:
- an external layer formed of a self-supporting hardenable preformed material, the external layer having a dental article shape defined by an external layer surface, the external layer defining an interior volume;
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- an interior material disposed within the interior volume, wherein the interior material is different than the external hardenable preformed material and the interior material has a yield stress value of 100 dyn/cm2 or greater.
A method of using a self-supporting hardenable preformed dental article comprising:
- providing a dental article comprising:
- an external layer formed of a self-supporting hardenable preformed material, the external layer having a dental article shape defined by an external layer surface, the external layer defining an interior volume;
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- an interior material disposed within the interior volume, wherein the interior material is different than the external hardenable preformed material and the interior material has a yield stress value of 100 dyn/cm' or greater;
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- pressing the dental article onto a prepared tooth to form a recess in the interior material defined by a recess surface that is complimentary to the prepared tooth surface.
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