Patents Assigned to Tokuyama Dental Corporation
  • Publication number: 20190216689
    Abstract: The present invention provides a powder-liquid type denture base liner comprising: a powder material including (A) uncrosslinked resin particles, (B) an organic peroxide, (C) a pyrimidine trione derivative, and (D) an organic metal compound; and a liquid material including (E) a radical polymerizable monomer and (F) an aromatic amine compound, wherein the powder-liquid denture base liner is characterized in that the (C) pyrimidine trione derivative is 0.0002-1.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of (E) radical polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miki HITOMI, Ayumu GYAKUSHI, Kei NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190192386
    Abstract: A photocurable composition is provided, which is characterized by comprising a polymerizable monomer component (A), an inorganic filler component (B) having an average particle diameter of 0.07 ?m or more, an organic-inorganic composite filler component (C) comprising an inorganic filler component (C1) and an organic polymer component (C2) and having an average particle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more, and a photopolymerization initiator (D), wherein the inorganic filler component (B) and the organic-inorganic composite filler component (C) are contained in a total amount of 100 to 1500 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable monomer component (A), and the polymerizable monomer component (A), 90 parts by mass or more of the inorganic filler component (B) and 90 parts by mass or more of the organic-inorganic composite filler component (C) are selected in such a manner that specific requirements can be satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keishi FUKUDOME, Hironobu AKIZUMI
  • Patent number: 10299897
    Abstract: The dental plate liner includes: a paste (i) containing (A) a (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer, and a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylic acid-based polymerizable monomer in which (A) the (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer has a solubility of less than 20 mass %; and a paste (ii) containing a (meth)acrylic acid-based polymerizable monomer in which (A) the (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer has a solubility of 20 mass % or more, and a filler, in which at least one paste selected from the group consisting of the paste (i) and the paste (ii) contains a polymerization initiator, and in which the dental plate liner is used through mixing of the paste (i) and the paste (ii) immediately before use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumu Gyakushi, Kouji Matsushige
  • Patent number: 10285914
    Abstract: To enable firm bonding to a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin. A bonding method including: a bonding material applying step for applying, to the surface of a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin, a bonding material including (A) a polymerizable monomer and (B) at least a portion of components for configuring a polymerization initiator, the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having two or more polymerizable functional groups in a (p2) molecule among all polymerizable monomers being 50% by mass or greater, and the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having one or more polymerizable functional groups and one or more functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding in a (p1h1) molecule being 5% by mass or greater; and a curing step for curing the bonding material. A bonding material and bonding kit using the bonding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao Shimizu, Junichiro Yamagawa
  • Publication number: 20190083210
    Abstract: A maxilla standard dental plate configured so that if the length of a line segment PQ which connects a point P corresponding to the left-side pterygomaxillary notch at the plate posterior border and a point Q corresponding to the right-side pterygomaxillary notch at the plate posterior border is 1, the length of a line segment OM which connects a point O corresponding to the maxillary labial frenulum at the exact middle of the labial denture border and a median point M of the line segment PQ is 0.76-0.98.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei NAKASHIMA, Tatsuya YAMAZAKI, Ayumu GYAKUSHI, Miki HITOMI, Koji MATSUSHIGE, Masanao HASHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180303721
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition including a polymerizable monomer component (A), a spherical filler (B) having an average particle size within the range of 230-1000 nm, and a polymerization initiator (C), wherein the curable composition is characterized by having a value (V) of less than 5 and a chroma (C) of 0.05 or higher in colorimetric values according to the Munsell Color System in colored light on a black background, and a value (V) of 6 or higher and a chroma (C) of less than 2 in colorimetric values according to the Munsell Color System in colored light on a white background, each of the values (V) and chroma (C) being measured using a color difference meter in a state in which a 1-mm-thick cured article has been formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Akizumi, Chika Toriyabe
  • Patent number: 10005910
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic/inorganic composite filler that contains: inorganic agglomerated particles comprising agglomerations of inorganic primary particles having a mean diameter between 10 and 1000 nm; an organic resin phase that covers the surface of each inorganic primary particle and binds the inorganic primary particles to each other; and intra-agglomerate voids, formed between the organic resin phase covering the surface of each inorganic primary particle, with a pore volume (here, “pore” refers to holes with diameters between 1 and 500 nm) between 0.01 and 0.30 cm3/g as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the above organic/inorganic composite filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamazaki, Hironobu Akizumi
  • Patent number: 10004667
    Abstract: An organic-inorganic composite filler contains: inorganic aggregate particles formed by aggregation of inorganic primary particles with an average particle diameter of 10 to 1000 nm; an organic resin phase including a cured polymer of a polymerizable monomer covering surfaces of the inorganic primary particles and bonding the inorganic primary particles to each other, and a water absorbing resin; and aggregation gaps with a volume of micropores formed between parts of the organic resin phase of 0.01 to 0.30 cm3/g in pore volume measurement within a pore diameter range of 1 to 500 nm, as measured by a mercury intrusion technique. In a cross section passing through the centers of the inorganic aggregate particles, based on 100 measured inorganic particles, there are 10 or less inorganic aggregate particles having a macro void with a maximum width of at least 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamazaki, Hironobu Akizumi
  • Patent number: 9987199
    Abstract: Provided are a dental adhesive composition, a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each having an excellent adhesive force and excellent adhesion durability. Specifically, provided are a dental adhesive composition, including (A) a polymerizable monomer containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (B) a dendritic polymer, and a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each using the dental adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Inaki, Tomonao Shimizu, Kouichirou Hirata
  • Patent number: 9931180
    Abstract: A dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag, which suppresses entrainment of air in mixing a powder material and a liquid material for dispensing, is provided. A powder material 8 is accommodated in a powder material accommodation chamber 3 of a bag body 2, while a liquid material 9 dissolving the powder material 8 and changing into a pasty form, in cooperation with the powder material 8 is accommodated in a liquid material accommodation chamber 4 partitioned from the powder material accommodation chamber 3 by a weakened section 7. The weakened section 7 is ruptured by applying a pressing force to the bag body 2. As a result, the powder material accommodation chamber 3 and the liquid material accommodation chamber 4 communicate, to feed the liquid material accommodated in the liquid material accommodation chamber 4 into the powder material accommodation chamber 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Tokuyama Dental Corporation
    Inventors: Masanao Hashiguchi, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Kei Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20170253555
    Abstract: Provided are: a polymerizable monomer excellent in mechanical strength of its cured product and excellent also in handling property with low viscosity even under a room temperature environment, specifically, a polymerizable monomer, which is represented by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aromatic group having a valence selected from divalence to tetravalence, L1 and L2 each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having a main chain with a number of atoms within a range of from 2 to 10 and containing at least one hydroxy group, and may be identical to or different from each other, R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen or a methyl group, q represents 0 or 1, and m1 and m2 each represent 1 or 2; and a method of producing the polymerizable monomer, a curable composition and a resin member each using the polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka INAKI, Eibu SAKATA, Takeshi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9687421
    Abstract: Provided is a dental filling and restorative material kit, including: a polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material for restoring a dentin portion; and a polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material to be layered on the dentin restorative material, in which the polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material and the polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material have different color tones, and in which a difference (nDa?nDb) between a refractive index nDa of a polymer of a polymerizable monomer (a) in the polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material and a refractive index nDb of a polymer of a polymerizable monomer (b) in the polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material is 0.005 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chika Toriyabe, Hironobu Akizumi
  • Publication number: 20170156991
    Abstract: To enable firm bonding to a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin. A bonding method including: a bonding material applying step for applying, to the surface of a member including a polyaryl ether ketone resin, a bonding material including (A) a polymerizable monomer and (B) at least a portion of components for configuring a polymerization initiator, the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having two or more polymerizable functional groups in a (p2) molecule among all polymerizable monomers being 50% by mass or greater, and the content ratio of polymerizable monomers at least having one or more polymerizable functional groups and one or more functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding in a (p1h1) molecule being 5% by mass or greater; and a curing step for curing the bonding material. A bonding material and bonding kit using the bonding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao SHIMIZU, Junichiro YAMAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170044348
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composite material that has more excellent toughness than that of a related-art resin composite material, and hence, while having rigidity, does not undergo breakage even when a certain strain is applied thereto. Specifically, provided is a resin composite material, including: (A) 100 parts by volume of a polyaryletherketone resin having a melt viscosity of from 210 [Pa·s] to 350 [Pa·s] at a temperature of 370° C. and a shear rate of 1,220 [1/s]; and (B) 20 parts by volume to 60 parts by volume of inorganic particles. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the resin composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro YAMAGAWA, Tomonao SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9549879
    Abstract: A powder-liquid dental curable material kit composed of (A) a liquid material and (B) a powder material, wherein the liquid material (A) contains (a1) a radically polymerizable (meth)acrylic monomer, (a2) an organic halogen compound and (a3) a radical chain transfer agent; the powder material (B) contains (b1) non-crosslinked resin particles, (b2) a pyrimidinetrione compound and (b3) an organic metal compound; and (Z) a peroxide is blended in at least one of the liquid material (A) and the powder material (B). This curable material kit is capable of reducing the heat generation during the curing of a curable material which is a mixture of the liquid material (A) and the powder material (B) and is not susceptible to the excessive prolongation of the curing time even when the curable material is cured by a brush-on technique, thereby ensuring an appropriate curing time for both of a brush-on technique and a kneading technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Sato, Kei Nakashima, Koji Matsushige
  • Patent number: 9512280
    Abstract: Provided are: an organic/inorganic composite, and a manufacturing method therefor; and a dental material and bone substitute material manufactured using the organic/inorganic composite. The organic/inorganic composite includes: (A) 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin containing as a main component at least one kind selected from a polyarylketone resin and a polysulfone resin; and (B) 60 to 300 parts by mass of an inorganic particle mixture dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, in which the inorganic particle mixture contains inorganic particles each having a particle diameter of from 200 to 700 nm at a content of 25 vol % or more, and inorganic particles each having a particle diameter of from 40 to 100 nm at a content of 10 vol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION, NATIONAL IINSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun-ichiro Yamagawa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yongjin Li
  • Patent number: 9320684
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dental restorative material comprising 10-50 mass % of (A) a polymerizable monomer, 5-80 mass % of (B) an organic-inorganic composite filler which is prepared by dispersing an inorganic fine filler having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or smaller in an organic matrix and has an average particle diameter of 5.0-50 ?m, and 10-60 mass % of (C) a third component, i.e., an inorganic filler having an average particle diameter of 1.1-5.0 ?m, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index [nC] of the inorganic filler (C) and the refractive index [nB] of the organic-inorganic composite filler (B) (i.e., |nC?nB|) is 0.005-0.07 at 32° C. and the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index [nA] of the cured product of the polymerizable monomer (A) and the refractive index [nC] of the inorganic filler (C) (i.e., |nA?nC|) is 0.005-0.05 at 32° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Isizaka, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Junichiro Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20160008232
    Abstract: Provided is a dental filling and restorative material kit, including: a polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material for restoring a dentin portion; and a polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material to be layered on the dentin restorative material, in which the polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material and the polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material have different color tones, and in which a difference (nDa-nDb) between a refractive index nDa of a polymer of a polymerizable monomer (a) in the polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material and a refractive index nDb of a polymer of a polymerizable monomer (b) in the polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material is 0.005 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chika TORIYABE, Hironobu AKIZUMI
  • Patent number: 9132068
    Abstract: There is provided a dental composite restorative material that has an excellent opalescent effect, no paste stickiness, small polymerization shrinkage during curing and is suitable for the restoration of the incisal edge of a tooth. This dental composite restorative material comprises: (A) a polymerizable monomer, (B) a spherical silica-based particle [I] having an average particle diameter in the range of from 0.1 to 0.5 ?m and a standard deviation of particle diameter distribution within 1.30, preferably a silica-titanium group oxide-composite oxide particle, (C) an organic-inorganic composite filler prepared by dispersing the above-described silica-based particle [I] in an organic resin matrix, and (D) a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chika Toriyabe, Hironobu Akizumi
  • Patent number: 9125810
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous composition containing alginic acid or a derivative thereof, the composition having a viscosity retained stably over a long period of time. The alginic acid-containing aqueous composition includes alginic acid or a derivative thereof (A), water (B), and a non-reducing sugar (C). Also provided are a dental alginate impression material and a base material for a dental alginate impression material each using the composition, in which the viscosity of the aqueous composition is stably maintained for a long period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Gyakushi, Koji Matsushige, Yuko Nagasawa