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Dental veneers and methods of manufacture

a technology of dental veneers and manufacturing methods, applied in the field of dental veneers, can solve the problems of needing laboratory work with a considerable expense of time and money, and producing new dental veneers, and achieve the effect of reducing the amount of natural dental tissu

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-01-19
COLTENE WHALEDENT AG
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Benefits of technology

The invention is about dental veneers that can be placed on a tooth stump or prepared tooth to improve their appearance. These veneers are made from composite materials that can be adjusted in size and shape on the dentist's visit to the patient. They can be customized to match the natural look of human teeth and are more flexible and durable than ceramic veneers. The dental veneers can be made using a molding process and have increased strength and hardness compared to ceramic veneers. They are less hard and brittle, have increased toughness, and can be easily adjusted to fit the patient's tooth or teeth. The dental veneers can also be altered to have a more natural appearance compared to ceramic veneers.

Problems solved by technology

In the event the dental veneer was not produced with sufficient diligence, a new dental veneer must be produced, because an adjustment to the conditions in the mouth of the patient by the dentist is not possible on site.
Additionally, this leads to the need of lab work with a considerable expense of time and money.

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[0024]Disclosed herein are dental veneers made from composite materials comprising one or more types of organic binder and one or more types of solid particulate filler.

[0025]With regards to their shape, dental veneers of this type can be processed on site by the dentist using the common tools of his / her practice and thus be adjusted to the conditions given in the patient. This eliminates the necessity of producing the dental veneers in a lab.

[0026]Similar to prior veneers, the dental veneers according to the invention have solid bodies, which may be placed upon a tooth stump and / or tooth prepared in manners known in the prior art, in order to appropriately cover the front of a discolored and / or damaged tooth and optically improve it. In one or more embodiments of the invention, dental veneers have solid bodies which are at least partially shaped in a curved cup-like fashion. Primarily due to the solid particles used as fillers, the dental veneers according to the invention also hav...

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Abstract

A dental veneer made from a composite comprising at least one organic binder, preferably with methacrylate, and inorganic solid particles as fillers.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 730,946, filed Dec. 29, 2012, which is a continuation-in-part of International Patent Application No. PCT / AT2011 / 000285, filed Jun. 29, 2011, which claims the benefit of Austria Patent Application No. A 1124 / 2010, filed Jul. 2, 2010.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of Invention[0003]The present invention relates to dental veneers and methods of manufacturing dental veneers.[0004]2. Technology Review[0005]Dental veneers are known in the art and are frequently simply called “veneers”. They usually represent cup-shaped solid bodies, which are placed as faces upon perhaps previously ground teeth and / or tooth stumps, in order to provide a discolored tooth with the desired look. Here, they generally replace the natural front of the respective tooth.[0006]Dental veneers are typically custom-made for a particle from a ceramic. First the required geometry of the dental veneer is determ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61C5/10A61K6/00A61K6/083A61C5/00A61C13/087A61C5/20A61C5/70A61C5/77A61K6/884
CPCA61C5/10A61C5/002A61C13/087A61K6/0005A61K6/0091A61K6/0008A61K6/083A61C5/00A61C5/20A61C5/70A61C5/77A61K6/16A61K6/77A61K6/17A61K6/30A61K6/887C08L33/10
Inventor LAMPL, STEPHAN
Owner COLTENE WHALEDENT AG
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