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US 8,552,086 B2Granted
Dental compositions including organogelators, products, and methods
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsNaimul Karim, Todd D. Jones, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Bradley D. Craig, Sumita B. Mitra, Jie Yang
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Abstract
A hardenable dental composition that includes a polymerizable component and an organogelator.
Claims18
A hardenable dental composition comprising:
- an organic polymerizable component;
- an organogelator wherein the organogelator is an amino sugar-based compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of the general formula
- wherein:
- R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, C(O)R3, and SO2R4;
- R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group;
- and
- n is an integer from about 2 to about 5;
- and
- a crystalline material or a filler material, wherein the filler comprises nanoscopic particles.
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