Process for providing a dental article
AssigneeStraumann Holding AG
InventorSimon BERNER
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Abstract
A process for providing a sterilized dental article, at least a portion of the surface of which exhibiting a contact angle of less than 45°. The process includes the subsequent steps of a) providing a dental article and b) subjecting the initial dental article to a hydrogen peroxide plasma treatment. It is characterized in that the hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization treatment of step b) is carried out in the presence of a carbon-containing compound, which during treatment is converted to form a carboxylic group attached to the surface of the dental article.
Claims19
A process for providing a dental article, at least a portion of the surface of which exhibiting a contact angle of less than 45°, the process comprising the subsequent steps of
- a) providing an initial dental article and
- b) subjecting the initial dental article to a hydrogen peroxide plasma treatment,
- wherein the hydrogen peroxide plasma treatment of step b) is carried out in the presence of a carbon-containing compound, which during treatment is converted to form a carboxylic group attached to the surface of the dental article.
A method of applying a hydrogen peroxide plasma treatment to improve the hydrophilicity of a dental article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.