Abstract: Fibers, for example fiberglass fibers, are added to dental stone powders to provide for reinforced dental stones. Dental stones are made by combining dry components, including binder and fiber glass, adding water to the resulting mixture and setting the mixture in a dental mold. The dental stones are reinforced by the fibers, and allow for reduced breaking or chipping during handling.

Abstract: Fibers, for example fiberglass fibers, are added to dental stone powders to provide for reinforced dental stones. Dental stones are made by combining dry components, including binder and fiber glass, adding water to the resulting mixture and setting the mixture in a dental mold. The dental stones are reinforced by the fibers, and allow for reduced breaking or chipping during handling.

Abstract: An effective and efficient process for providing access to, customizing, and updating various types of information provided via a computer network such as the Internet is disclosed. In the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, an individual or organization provides specific information to create a master information profile. Additionally, the owner of the information can then provide selectively tailored “views” of the information contained in the master information profile to selected individuals or groups. This allows selectively tailored information, formatted and presented on a web page, to be quickly and easily made available to selected groups, individuals and public Internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a carton from a PET coated material having an initially separate base and side wall sections which are adhered together by melting the PET coating when the respective sections are suitably disposed with respect to one another and in contact. Subsequent application of pressure to different areas of one or other of the base and/or side wall sections ensures a secure bond therebetween. The invention lies in the application of heat to the material and/or coating such that only sections of board which are to be bonded together receive sufficient heat to cause melting of the PET coating, the remaining surfaces not being subjected to heat or only to an amount of heat which can be withstood by the PET coating without compromise of the fluid resistant properties of the PET coating. A hot air blast acutely angled to the coating ensures the correct application of heat in the desired areas. Heat-splash and other problems caused by over heating are thus avoided.