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AssigneeAmerican Dental Association Health Foundation
InventorFrederick C. Eichmiller
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This invention relates to dental restorative materials and adhesives, and particularly relates to the control of chemical reactions in chemically initiated dental restorative materials. The invention includes a method for controllably affecting the reaction of a chemiclly initiated liquid dental adhesive, resin or restorative material comprising mixing the adhesive, resin or retorative material with an instrument, or in a mixing container, at least a portion of which instrument or container has been impregnated with a reaction affecting compound of predetermined amount to accomplish the intended reaction effect. Devices and kits for use in the inventive methods are also disclosed. The present invention affords both efficiency and greater control in applying dental adhesives, resins or restorative materials, reduces the time necessary for mixing and dispensing solutions and allows the components of the dental adhesive, resin or retorative material to be stored in a more stable form.
A device for controllably affecting the desired chemical setting reaction of a chemically initiated liquid dental adhesive, resin or restorative material, said device comprising an instrument or mixing container that has a reaction affecting compound capable of affecting said desired setting reaction deposited and affixed into or onto the surface thereof, the reaction affecting compound being present in a predetermined amount sufficient to accomplish the intended reaction effect for a single application aliquot of adhesive, resin or restorative material, whereby when the instrument or container with the deposited reaction affecting material is put in contact with the adhesive, resin or restorative material the desired setting reaction takes place.
A kit for performing dental restorative procedures comprising:
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