Adhesive dental filling material and method of using the same
Abstract
Abstract A COLOR STABLE ADHESIVE DENTAL COMPOSITION PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR USE AS A DENTAL FILLING MATERIAL FOR POSTERIOR AND ANTERIOR TEETH COMPRISING A DENTALLY ACCEPTABLE THERMOSETTING EPOXY RESIN HARDENED WITH FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE EPOXY RESIN OF AN N-3-OXOHYDROCARBON-SUBSTITUTED ACRYLAMIDE OF THE FORMULA R-CO-R''-NH-CO-C(-R")=CH2 WHEREIN R AND R" ARE EACH INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED FROM HYDROGEN AND LOWER ALKYL RADICALS AND R'' IS SELECTED FROM ETHYLENE AND LOWER ALKYL SUBSTITUTED ETHYLENE RADICALS. SUCH COLOR STABLE DENTAL COMPOSITION PREFERABLY COMPRISES ABOUT 17 TO ABOUT 70% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH HARDENED DENTALLY ACCEPTABLE EPOXY RESIN AND FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 83% BY WEIGHT OF A FINELY DIVIDED CERAMIC FILLER. DUE TO THE ESTHETIC RESEMBLANCE IN COLOR TO DENTAL ENAMEL SUCH ADHESIVE DENTAL COMPOSITION CAN BE UTILIZED TO FILL BOTH ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR TEETH WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ANY SPECIAL RETENTIVE MEANS.
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- 👤 Jacob A Saffir
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