Patents Assigned to Dentsply International Inc.
  • ADHESIVE AND METHOD FOR BINDING ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC TEETH
    Publication number: 20130213549
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward an adhesive for and a method for bonding artificial plastic teeth to a denture base. The adhesive employs a number of adhesion promoter monomers, dimers or oligomers and a cure package, as well as methyl acetate as a solvent. The method according to the invention includes exposing a plastic tooth to the adhesive and allowing the plastic to soften (not dissolve). The adhesion promoter chains infiltrate the plastic tooth matrix, such that upon curing a secure bond is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: DENTSPLY International Inc.
  • Integrated Porcelain System for a Dental Prosthesis
    Publication number: 20130209966
    Abstract: An integrated dental porcelain system for making dental prostheses and restorations is provided. The system includes three universal major components: a) opaque porcelain composition; b) pressable dentin ingot; and c) veneering porcelain composition that can be used interchangeably for making restorations. Techniques for making the prostheses and restorations include porcelain fused-to-metal (PFM), press-to-metal (PTM), and either pressed and/or machined all-ceramic methods. The system uses both a hand-layering of veneering porcelain (PFM technique) and a hot-pressing process (PTM and all-ceramic technique) to fabricate the prostheses and restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Chu, Slawomir Banasiak, Victoriya Shtessel-Nemzer
  • TRANSDUCER ACTIVATED TOOL WITH WATER CONDUIT
    Publication number: 20130209955
    Abstract: A device includes a connecting end and a working end. Device has an internal fluid passageway and a bend area. The fluid passageway has a discharge opening or hole, which opening is positioned or located substantially away from the bend area, such that the discharge opening and upstream portions of the passageway will remain unaffected, substantially unaffected, or selectively affected by any deformation thereof due to the bending procedures employed to make the other portions of the tool, such as those conventionally involved in fabricating the bend area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Vicky L. MORAN, Kevin LINT
  • Radical polymerization inhibitors for light-curable dental materials
    Patent number: 8507570
    Abstract: A light-curable dental material is provided, comprising a polymerizable compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond, a photopolymerization initiator for polymerizing said polymerizable compound, and a 1,3-dipolar compound as a polymerization inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventor: Gordan Blackwell
  • LOW STRESS FLOWABLE DENTAL COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130190458
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable and photocleavable (P&P) resin monomer is derived from a reactive photoresponsible moiety via various linkages to form photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Jin, Paul D. Hammesfahr
  • PROCESS AND COMPOSITION OF MAKING POLYMERIZABLE RESINS CONTAINING OXAZOLIDONE
    Publication number: 20130184467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a process and composition to make polymerizable resins containing oxazolidone, in which organic acid-catalyzed and/or thermal annealing process got involved and consequently promoted a unique intramolecular transformation from a linear urethane linkage to a cyclic urethane linkage for those specifically constructed urethane resins containing ?-substituted ?-ketone moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: XIAOMING JIN
  • System and Method for Performing Endodontic Procedures with Lasers
    Publication number: 20130177865
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method of using a laser system or ultraviolet radiation to conduct endodontic procedures, such as root canal procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Calvin D. Ostler
  • TEMPORARILY FOLDABLE CATHETER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130161227
    Abstract: A catheter assembly is disclosed, comprising a catheter and an elongate package accommodating said catheter in a closed condition. The package is provided with an insert opening arranged to releasably receive an end of the elongate package in the closed condition, thereby temporarily retaining said closed package in a folded disposition in which also the catheter is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventor: Evelina GUSTAVSSON
  • BLASTING METALLIC IMPLANTS WITH TITANIUM OXIDE
    Publication number: 20130165020
    Abstract: A method of processing a surface of a metallic implant, such as a dental implant, to provide a desirable surface roughness, comprising subjecting the metallic implant to blasting with particles of one or more titanium oxides, including at least one non-stoichiometric titanium oxide, the particles having a compact morphology and a particle size in the range of from 1 to 300 ?m. The resulting implant surface showed unexpectedly high retention strength after implantation in bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
  • CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH RESEALABLE OPENING
    Publication number: 20130161208
    Abstract: A medical device assembly is disclosed, comprising a medical device, preferably having a hydrophilic surface coating, and a package accommodating said medical device. The package if formed of two sheets of foil material, a first foil of which has been deep drawn into a trough shape, the package further comprising a resealable opening arranged within the bounds of the second foil. The medical device may e.g. be a urinary catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventor: DENTSPLY International Inc.
  • COMPOSITE FILLER PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130158157
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of composite filler particles, comprising: (a) coating a particulate filler having a median particle size (D50) of from 1 to 1200 nm; (b) agglomerating the coated particulate filler, for providing a granulation of the coated particulate filler wherein the granulation contains the coated particulate filler particles whereby the at least one coating layer may be crosslinked by crosslinking groups obtained by reacting the reactive groups and optionally a further crosslinking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Simon STELZIG, Jörg Kempter, Stephanie Noerpel, Joachim E. KLEE, Andreas FACHER, Uwe WALZ, Christoph WEBER
  • MEDICAL DEVICE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130153446
    Abstract: A medical device assembly is disclosed, comprising: a medical device; a fluid and a package forming a storage compartment, which at least partly accommodates the medical device, and a fluid compartment, housing the fluid, wherein a first joint separates the storage compartment and the fluid compartment, the first joint forming a first rupture zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jan Utas, Robert Westman
  • One-component self-etching adhesive
    Patent number: 8466211
    Abstract: A one-part, self-etching dental adhesive having improved performance such as adhesion performance with a simple one-coat application, without the need of separate acid-etching, a priming pre-treatment, or bonding step. The invention provides such improvements due to a function of the pH balance of the system in combination with an acid stable photoinitiating system. More specifically, the performance and pH balance is achieved through the employment of a hydrolytically stable, acidic, high-strength adhesive monomer (such as PENTA), with a stable, bifunctional, hydrophilic monomer (such as AHPMA) that yields greater crosslinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Junjie Sang, Huaibing Liu
  • Radical polymerizable macrocyclic resin compositions with low polymerization stress
    Patent number: 8461227
    Abstract: A composition of macrocyclic oligomer with at least one polymerizable group, (meth)acrylate, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Jin, Paul D. Hammesfahr
  • Method and apparatus for visualizing contraction stress from curable materials
    Patent number: 8443681
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and a method to use such an apparatus for visualizing the contraction stress from curable materials. Particularly, a simple test device has been designed and fabricated and a method of using such a device, which allows a user to easily distinguish the curable materials that can generate contraction stress in different magnitudes. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a simple and effective way to make the complicated contraction stress due to polymerization (curing or setting) visualizable and audible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Jin, Louis Bertrand, Qizhou Dai, Bill Martin, Nils Classen, Nikki Sparacino
  • Dental glass compositions utilizing a glass ionomer and an acidic copolymer
    Patent number: 8440740
    Abstract: A hardening composition comprising a particulate glass, said glass comprising 10-35% by weight of silica, 10-35% by weight of alumina, 3-30% by weight of zinc oxide, 4-30% by weight of P2O5 and 3-25% by weight of fluoride, and an acidic copolymer reactive with the particulate glass under aqueous conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Blackwell, Stefan Brugger, Denise Achilles, Jorg Kempter
  • Dental compositions for coating restorations and tooth surfaces
    Patent number: 8426491
    Abstract: Dental compositions comprising a polymerizable compound, filler system of nanometer-sized silica particles, and polymerization system capable of being activated by light are provided. The compositions further contain a solvent such as a mixture of 1-butanol and acetone and may contain water. The nanometer-sized silica particles, having an average particle size of about 1 nm to about 100 nm, are uniformly dispersed within the resin. The compositions can be applied as a polish, sealant, bleach guard, or other coating material to the surfaces of dental restorations and teeth. Self-etching and non-self-etching compositions are provided. The cured coating forms a protective, durable film that enhances the shine and luster of the restorations and teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Huo, Michael O'Connor, Robert Size
  • Process and device for the wireless transmission of dental process data
    Patent number: 8422413
    Abstract: A dental apparatus and process for the transmission of dental data by means of a transmitter and a receiver in a wireless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Kerstin Buchner, Thomas Ertl, Wigbert Hauner
  • Adjustable dental media holder
    Patent number: D682428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis L. Steward, Jr., Paul McDonough, Thaddeus J. Hartlaub
  • Dental device connection adapter
    Patent number: D687552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Kile, Mark Sprinkle