Patents Assigned to Shofu, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20220401312
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental photocurable composition which has sufficient mechanical property and whose rheological property is not deactivated even after long-term storage. [Solution] The dental photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (D) photopolymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (D1) aliphatic tertiary amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and the dental photocurable composition comprises (E1) hydrophobized silica fine particle having an average diameter of primary particle of 1 to 40 nm as the (E) filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Hideto KASABA, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220387264
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental curable composition having good mechanical property and good storage stability before and after curing. Solution The dental curable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (BC) polymerization initiator, (D) polymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the (BC) polymerization initiator comprises (B) photopolymerization initiator and/or (C) chemical polymerization initiator, the (B) photopolymerization initiator comprises (B1) photosensitizer and (B2) photoacid generator, the (C) chemical polymerization initiator comprises (C1) organic peroxide, the (E) filler comprises (E1) surface-treated basic filler, and the (E1) surface-treated basic filler is treated with (F1) surface treatment agent represented by the formula (1) and/or condensate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIYATA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA
  • Publication number: 20220387263
    Abstract: To provide a dental photocurable composition having good storage stability of a matrix containing a polymerizable monomer and a polymerization initiator, etc. and excellent mechanical strength of a dental photocurable composition comprising a mixture of the matrix and a filler. The dental photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises a matrix containing (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator and (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (A1) polymerizable monomer having an acidic group as the (A) polymerizable monomer, and the dental photocurable composition comprises (D1) tertiary aliphatic amine compound having Log P of 2 or more and pKa of 10 or less as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Naoya KITADA, Rei NISHIMURA, Daisuke HARA, Kenzo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11504306
    Abstract: A dental glass ionomer cement composition that exhibits high mechanical properties. In particular, the dental glass ionomer cement composition of the present disclosure comprising (a) non-crosslinked polyalkenoic acid, (b) water, (c) crosslinked polyalkenoic acid: 0.01 to 10 wt. %, and (d) acid-reactive glass powder, exhibits extremely high compressive strength by including the crosslinked polyalkenoic acid in the specified content range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Shuji Sakamoto, Shun Shimosoyama, Katsuya Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11478408
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a two-paste type dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition which exhibit high surface curability even under wet conditions, which makes difficult for the surface to become cloudy even if moisture comes in contact with at the initial stage of curing, exhibits high mechanical properties, low water absorption expansion and excellent coloring resistance in the set product and is also excellent in storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Jun Uchida, Tomohiro Kumagai, Ken Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20220287921
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental photocurable composition having sufficient mechanical property and being excellent in color tone selectivity because of having a small color difference between before curing and after curing. [Solution] To provide a dental photocurable composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator, (D) photopolymerization accelerator and (E) filler, wherein, the dental photocurable composition comprises (B-1) ?-diketone compound as the (B) photosensitizer, and the dental photocurable composition comprises, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) polymerizable monomer, 0.15 parts by mass or less of the (B-1) ?-diketone compound, 0.5 parts by mass or more of the (C) photoacid generator, and 100 parts by mass or more of the (E) filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Hideto KASABA, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220287919
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a photocurable composition having a high curing depth. [Solution] To provide a photocurable composition of the present disclosure comprises (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator, and (D) photopolymerization accelerator, wherein, the photocurable composition comprises (D-1) amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator. (In the formula (1), R1 is a substituent represented by formula (2), and R2 and R3 are substituents represented by formula (2) or substituents selected from —OH group, —O— group, —S— group, —NH—C(O)—NH— group, —C(O)—O— group, —OC(O)— group, —OC(O)—NH— group, —NH—C(O)—O— group, halogen, an organic group which may have an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring which may have a substituent and an alicyclic heterocycle which may have a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220287918
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental adhesive composition having excellent storage stability and adhesive strength. [Solution] To provide a dental adhesive composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (D) photopolymerization accelerator, and (F) volatile organic solvent, wherein, the dental adhesive composition comprises (A-1) polymerizable monomer having an acidic group as the (A) polymerizable monomer, and the dental adhesive composition comprises (D-1) aliphatic tertiary amine compound represented by formula (1) as the (D) photopolymerization accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20220287920
    Abstract: To provide a dental photocurable composition which can exhibit excellent mechanical characteristics even after returning from a low temperature to room temperature. To provide a dental photocurable composition, comprising (A) polymerizable monomer, (B) photosensitizer, (C) photoacid generator and (D) photopolymerization accelerator and the (C) photoacid generator may include only (C-1) iodonium salt-based compound of an anion having log S of ?4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA, Shunsuke MIYATA
  • Patent number: 11414340
    Abstract: To provide An Al2O3-free dental lithium silicate glass composition comprising the following components: SiO2: 60.0 to 80.0% by weight Li2O: 10.0 to 17.0% by weight K2O: 0.5 to 10.0% by weight a nucleating agent: 1.0 to 6.0% by weight a colorant: 0.0 to 10.0% by weight, and, a metal oxide Me(tetravalent)O2: 5.0 to 10.0% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamamoto, Daisuke Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11400029
    Abstract: To provide a dental porcelain paste which can maintain maintaining the paste state and have excellent application property for a long period of time and hardly causes carbonization or bubbles due to the influence of an organic component or a polymer component during firing. The present invention provides a dental porcelain paste for preparing a dental prosthesis device, comprising: 50.0 to 80.0 wt. % of a glass powder (a) having a maximum particle diameter of 100 ?m or less and an average particle diameter of 1 to 20 ?m, 0.5 to 10.0 wt. % of a hydrophobized fine particle silica (b) having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, and 10.0 to 49.5 wt. % of an organic solvent (c) having a boiling point it is within (bp) of 100 to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Keita Kawata, Kenji Kono
  • Publication number: 20220202544
    Abstract: [Problem] A technique for imparting high translucency which is similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to a zirconia sintered body, has been required. [Solution] To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, containing, an yttrium compound and an indium compound as stabilizers, wherein, an amount of the yttrium compound is within a range of 3.0 mol % to 6.0 mol % in terms of oxide, an amount of the indium compound is within a range of 0.2 mol % to 3.0 mol % in terms of oxide, and a total amount of the yttrium compound and the indium compound is within a range of 5.5 mol % to 7.0 mol % in terms of oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220202656
    Abstract: To provide a liquid for improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body which may impart high translucency which is similar to an enamel of a natural tooth to a zirconia sintered body and a method for using thereof. The liquid for improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body of the present disclosure contains a solvent and an indium compound, wherein a content of the indium compound based on the total amount of the liquid improving translucency for dental zirconia calcined body is within a range of 2.0 wt. % to 20.0 wt. % in terms of indium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11324669
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition which exhibit high surface curability even under wet conditions, which makes it difficult for the surface to become cloudy even if moisture comes in contact with at the initial stage of curing, exhibits high mechanical properties, low water absorption expansion and excellent coloring resistance in the set product and is also excellent in storage stability. The dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition consisting of a powder material and a liquid material, wherein the powder material contains (a) acid-reactive glass powder, the liquid material contains (b) water, (c) polymer of acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (d) hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer and (e) tri or more functional (meth)acrylamide-based polymerizable monomer, and at least one of the powder material and the liquid material contains (f) polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Jun Uchida, Katsuya Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11311350
    Abstract: To provide a resin cured body for dental cutting processing used for cutting and machining using a dental CAD/CAM system, wherein the resin cured body consists of the cured body of a composition comprising: (a) an inorganic filler containing 55 wt. % or more of an element belonging to group II and/or group XIII of the periodic table in terms of an oxide, (b) a polymerizable monomer, and (c) a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru Hosokawa, Toshio Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20220023155
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a dental adhesive composition realizing excellent durable adhesive strength with respect to various dental restorative materials for cutting and machining such as glass ceramics containing lithium disilicate, a dental resin for cutting and machining, and a dental resin for cutting and machining made of a glass fiber reinforced resin in particular and with respect to a tooth substance, and having excellent storage stability simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo YAMAMOTO, Daisuke HARA, Yasuhiro NISHINO, Naoya KITADA
  • Publication number: 20210401553
    Abstract: [Problem] To support the metal without segregation on the zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which has been adjusted to a hardness that enables to cut and machine by calcining at a low temperature. [Solution] A zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining is prepared by A preparing method of a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining, comprising an impregnation step of impregnating a porous zirconia molded body with an impregnating solution containing at least one metal ion and at least one precipitant, and a deposition step of decomposing the precipitant in the porous zirconia molded body to deposit a metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210401552
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining which may impart reproducibility of color tone similar to a natural tooth and high strength to a zirconia perfect sintered body without a special sintering method such as HIP treatment. [Solution] A zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining comprises at least two intermediate layers LA and LB which satisfy the following Formula (1) and Formula (2), wherein the layer LA is contained in a section A in which a distance from one plane of two planes is within 40% of the distance between the two planes and the layer LB is contained in a section B in which a distance from the other plane is within 40% of the distance between the two planes, wherein in a case in which, a sintered body prepared by sintering at 1550° C. a test specimen cut out from the layer LA is defined as sintered body SA, a sintered body at 1550° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Mitsuji TERAMAE
  • Patent number: 11207247
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a dental composition that can exhibit sufficient curability even in a state where moisture is excessive as in the oral environment. The dental composition of the present disclosure contains component (a): monomer containing (meth)acrylamide group represented by formula (1): (In formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and Rs may be the same or different from each other. R2 is an alkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and R2s may be the same or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei Kadobayashi, Hiroshi Yaana, Jun Uchida, Yuji Sadakane
  • Patent number: 11141247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material which can be used as a dental prosthesis device (crown, bridge), and specifically, relates to a composite material including a curable resin and a fiber material, and more specifically relates to a block-like composite material for dental cutting and processing characterized by having a multilayered structure including at least two layers having different transparencies. There are no technical information relating to a color tone and a transparency of the fiber material. To provide a block-like composite material for dental cutting and processing, wherein the block-like composite material has a multilayered structure including at least two layers having different transparencies, and the each layer includes a curable resin and a fiber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuji Teramae, Masanori Goto