Patents Assigned to SYMDENT, INC.
  • Dental appliance, dental appliance adhesive and related methods and uses
    Patent number: 8864493
    Abstract: A dental appliance has an auxiliary feature bonded to a polymeric surface of a shell body with a compartment for receiving teeth. The auxiliary feature is bonded with a light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising acrylate base material and photoinitiator. Auxiliary features include colored layers and, decals, reinforcing features and auxiliary dental devices. A light-curable acrylic adhesive may include a thiol monomer and/or a pigment. A dental appliance may have a shell body with a bonding surface adapted for attachment of an auxiliary feature, such as prepared by a pretreatment to mar the surface of to impregnate the surface with a reactive adhesion promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Symdent, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurel Rae Leslie-Martin, Neil Brian Cramer, Charles Couch, Michael Cole
  • DENTAL APPLIANCE, DENTAL APPLIANCE ADHESIVE AND RELATED METHODS AND USES
    Publication number: 20130078594
    Abstract: A dental appliance has an auxiliary feature bonded to a polymeric surface of a shell body with a compartment for receiving teeth. The auxiliary feature is bonded with a light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising acrylate base material and photoinitiator. Auxiliary features include colored layers and, decals, reinforcing features and auxiliary dental devices. A light-curable acrylic adhesive may include a thiol monomer and/or a pigment. A dental appliance may have a shell body with a bonding surface adapted for attachment of an auxiliary feature, such as prepared by a pretreatment to mar the surface of to impregnate the surface with a reactive adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SYMDENT, INC.
    Inventor: SYMDENT, INC.