Patents Assigned to Shofu, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11806202
    Abstract: A mill blank for dental CAD/CAM for preparing a dental restoration by being installed in a CAD/CAM device, wherein, the mill blank for dental CAD/CAM has a columnar shape, has at least two recesses which includes a first recess opening to an upper surface of the mill blank and a second recess opening to a bottom surface of the mill blank and at least one notched portion in a circumference portion, the first recess and the second recess respectively include a first surface which is parallel to the upper surface and the bottom surface and a second surface which is a circumferential face concentric with the circumferential face of the mill blank and is vertical to the first surface, and the notched portion is composed of a surface parallel to the center axis of the columnar shape of the mill blank and contacts with the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei Kadobayashi, Masako Shigezawa
  • Patent number: 11767411
    Abstract: To provide a dental curable composition having excellent curability and storage stability. The dental curable composition contains (a) transition metal adsorbent in which a transition metal compound of the period 4 in the periodic table is adsorbed on an inorganic particle which is non-reactive with a transition metal of the period 4 in the periodic table, (b) thiourea derivative, (c) organic peroxide having a hydroperoxide group, and (d) polymerizable monomer, wherein the (d) polymerizable monomer contains (d-1) acidic group-non-containing polymerizable monomer, and wherein a pore volume of the inorganic particle which is non-reactive with a transition metal of the period 4 in the periodic table is 0.2 cc/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Kenzo Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishino, Kazuya Shinno
  • Patent number: 11759299
    Abstract: To provide a dental stereolithography-type three-dimensional printing material in which the total preparing time required from modeling with using a 3D printer to a final curing is short, work efficiency is excellent, temporal shrinkage deformation of a dental three-dimensional modeled object is suppressed and a dimensional accuracy is excellent. The dental stereolithography-type three-dimensional printing material of the present invention comprises at least one or more (a) monofunctional acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring and (b) photopolymerization initiator, wherein an electronegativity difference between adjacent atoms which are bonded by covalent bond in all atoms constituting the (a) monofunctional acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring is less than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Namiki Niwa, Hidefumi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 11744781
    Abstract: To provide a dental photopolymerizable composition which can prepare a dental restoration with excellent aesthetic and mechanical properties by optical three-dimensional modeling method (stereolithography). The dental photopolymerizable composition for 3D printer of the present invention comprises: a (a) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer consisting of a (a1) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer containing a urethane structure and a (a2) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer not containing a urethane structure, a (b) cohesive inorganic filler, and a (c) photopolymerization initiator, wherein; a ratio of the (a1) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer containing a urethane structure and the (a2) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer not containing a urethane structure in the (a) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer is 51 to 80: 49 to 20 pts.wt., a ratio of the (a) (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer and the (b) cohesive inorganic filler is 50 to 91: 50 to 9 pts.wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru Hosokawa, Hidefumi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 11737957
    Abstract: A dental curable composition capable of use as a dental material that can substitute part or all of a natural tooth, in particular, a resin material for dental cutting and machining in the field of dental care. When a block shape usable as the resin material is produced, while mechanical properties and aesthetic properties required for a crown prosthetic appliance are maintained, the dental curable composition can be molded and processed with pressure and heating while strain generated in the block is reduced and no cracks and chipping occur. The dental curable composition includes (a) a polymerizable monomer and (b) a filler in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 70:30, and 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of (c) a polymerization initiator and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of (d) a chain transfer agent being a terpenoid compound based on 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable monomer (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Toshio Kitamura, Masanori Goto, Tomohiro Kai, Satoshi Takano, Yoshiyuki Jogetsu
  • Publication number: 20230255857
    Abstract: To provide a dental composition wherein the acid buffering capacity can be attained and the acid resistance of the tooth substance can be improved while maintaining very high foul breath inhibition capacity. A dental composition including: ion sustained-release glass; and a carrier for supporting the ion sustained-release glass, wherein the ion sustained-release glass is fluoroaluminoborosilicate glass having a composition range of: 15% to 35% by mass SiO2; 15% to 30% by mass Al2O3; 5% to 20% by mass B2O3; 20% to 45% by mass SrO; 5% to 15% by mass F; and 0% to 10% by mass Na2O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Yuji SADAKANE, Katsura ISHIKAWA, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Shuji SAKAMOTO, Akihiro NAGAFUJI, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230255734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank having high relative density for preparing a dental restoration. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank which consists of a zirconia ceramics used for the cutting with the CAD/CAM system in the dental field, a semi-sinter zirconia blank (pre-sintered body) of which has high relative density, and which can provide a prosthesis device having high aesthetics after sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio KITAMURA, Rieko AIBA
  • Patent number: 11696874
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Hideto Kasaba, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Patent number: 11660172
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank having high relative density for preparing a dental restoration. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a dental cutting zirconia blank which consists of a zirconia ceramics used for the cutting with the CAD/CAM system in the dental field, a semi-sinter zirconia blank (pre-sintered body) of which has high relative density, and which can provide a prosthesis device having high aesthetics after sintering. There is provided a dental cutting zirconia blank wherein the dental cutting zirconia blank has at least one layer consisting of zirconia powder containing 4 to 15 mol % of yttria or erbium oxide as a stabilizer, a relationship among pre-sintering density, final-sintering density and relative density satisfies the following relation: 54?Relative density(%)={(Pre-sintering density)/(Perfect-sintering density)}×100?70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Rieko Aiba
  • Patent number: 11648184
    Abstract: To provide a dental composition wherein the acid buffering capacity can be attained and the acid resistance of the tooth substance can be improved while maintaining very high foul breath inhibition capacity. A dental composition including: ion sustained-release glass; and a carrier for supporting the ion sustained-release glass, wherein the ion sustained-release glass is fluoroaluminoborosilicate glass having a composition range of: 15% to 35% by mass SiO2; 15% to 30% by mass Al2O3; 5% to 20% by mass B2O3; 20% to 45% by mass SrO; 5% to 15% by mass F; and 0% to 10% by mass Na2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Yuji Sadakane, Katsura Ishikawa, Hidefumi Fujimura, Shuji Sakamoto, Akihiro Nagafuji, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11622916
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Patent number: 11622917
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yamamoto, Daisuke Hara, Shunsuke Miyata
  • Patent number: 11622840
    Abstract: To provide a liquid material which can only adjust transparency by applying on a part of a zirconia crown having high transparency, without coloring. The present disclosure provides an opaque imparting liquid used for a prosthesis device cut and machined from a dental zirconia for cutting and machining, comprising; (a) 10 to 39 wt. % of a water-soluble aluminum compound and/or a water-soluble lanthanum compound, (b) 60 to 89 wt. % of water, and (c) 1 to 20 wt. % of an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Shuhei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230082975
    Abstract: [Problem] A technique for improving translucency in order to prepare a zirconia sintered body having high translucency without using special equipment, has been required. [Solution] To provide A sintering method for a dental zirconia calcined body containing 5.5 mol % to 7.0 mol % of a stabilizer, wherein the method satisfies the following (a) to (c). (a) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from room temperature to 1300° C. is 9° C./min or more. (b) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from 1300° C. to 1400° C. is 0.6° C./min or more and 3° C./min or less. (c) an average rate of temperature increase in the section from 1400° C. to the maximum temperature of the sintering process is 0.5° C./min or more and 2.5° C./min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Kazumichi NONAKA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11602490
    Abstract: To provide one liquid type dental adhesive composition that exhibits excellent adhesive property to glass ceramics, oxide-base ceramics and tooth substance, and has excellent storage stability, which are contrary features. One liquid type dental adhesive composition contains (a) silane coupling agent represented by general formula (1), (b) acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (c) volatile organic solvent, and (d) water. (In the formula, R1 represents an organic group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a vinyl group and an epoxy group, R2 represents C4-C8 linear alkyl group, R3 represents C1-C8 alkyl group, and n is integer selected from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Kitada, Rei Nishimura, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenzo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11559471
    Abstract: To provide a dental composition wherein the acid buffering capacity can be attained and the acid resistance of the tooth substance can be improved while maintaining very high foul breath inhibition capacity. A dental composition including: ion sustained-release glass; and a carrier for supporting the ion sustained-release glass, wherein the ion sustained-release glass is fluoroaluminoborosilicate glass having a composition range of: 15% to 35% by mass SiO2; 15% to 30% by mass Al2O3; 5% to 20% by mass B2O3; 20% to 45% by mass SrO; 5% to 15% by mass F; and 0% to 10% by mass Na2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Yuji Sadakane, Katsura Ishikawa, Hidefumi Fujimura, Shuji Sakamoto, Akihiro Nagafuji, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11547541
    Abstract: [Problem] To select a dental cement or a trial test material for easily obtaining high color tone adaptability to peripheral tooth substances, in mounting of or trial test of a prosthesis device [Solution] To provide a dental cement set consisting of a plurality of dental cements having color tones including color tones of 3 to n colors for selecting and using a dental cement from the plurality of dental cements having the color tones including the color tones of the 3 to n colors after trial test with trial test materials for the dental cement to be used from the plurality of dental cements having the color tones including the color tones of the 3 to n colors, wherein: the amount of information loss Pin with regard to first principal component determined by principal component analysis is less than 2, and. the dental cement set satisfies following Formula 1. 2?((CL*p?1?CL*p)2+(Ca*p?1?Ca*p)2+(Cb*p?1?Cb*p)2)1/2<8??Formula 1 (wherein p is an arbitrary integer of 2?p?n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Naoya Kitada, Kenzo Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishino, Yoshiyuki Jogetsu
  • 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