Metformin-containing dental materials
AssigneeUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
InventorsHuakun XU, Su-Ping WANG, Mark A. REYNOLDS, Abraham SCHNEIDER
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Abstract
The present invention provides metformin-containing dental materials that can be widely applied in a variety of dental applications. The metformin-containing dental materials of the invention include metformin-containing dental primers, metformin-containing dental adhesives, metformin-containing dental resins, metformin-containing dental composites, metformin-containing dental bonding systems and the like, as well as metformin-containing dental cements, metformin-containing dental sealants, metformin-containing dental bases and metformin-containing dental liners.
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A metformin-containing dental material comprising (i) metformin in an amount of about 0.01% to about 40% of the mass of the dental material and (ii) one or more resins in a combined amount of about 20% to about 99.99% of the mass of the dental material.
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