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US 7,022,347 B2Granted
Restorative and grafting material for hard tissue defects prepared from animal teeth
OwnerSu-Gwan Kim, Young Guyn Kiminventors
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Abstract
The restorative and grafting material for reconstruction of hard tissue defects and the fabrication method of the same are provided. In particular, the restorative and grafting material of this invention is produced by the steps of cleansing, decoloration (bleaching), burning, and pulverization of collected animal teeth.
Claims4
A restorative and grafting material for hard tissue defects using animal teeth, which is prepared by a method comprising the steps of:
- collecting animal teeth;
- removing soft tissues from the animal teeth;
- sterilizing the animal teeth;
- incinerating the sterilized animal teeth at high temperature;
- pulverizing the incinerated teeth to teeth powder;
- removing impurities and bleaching the teeth powder by treating the teeth powder at high temperature;
- re-sterilizing the teeth powder to provide for the restorative and grafting material in powder form;
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- mixing the re-sterilized teeth powder with a material selected from the group consisting of medical gypsum, concentrated platelets, dental porcelain, acrylic resin and mixtures thereof to attach defect area.
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