Dental appliance, dental appliance adhesive and related methods and uses
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61C-007/08
A61K-006/00
A61L-024/06
A61C-013/15
출원번호
US-0674714
(2012-11-12)
등록번호
US-8864493
(2014-10-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Leslie-Martin, Laurel Rae
Cramer, Neil Brian
Couch, Charles
Cole, Michael
출원인 / 주소
Symdent, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP
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초록▼
A dental appliance has an auxiliary feature bonded to a polymeric surface of a shell body with a compartment for receiving teeth. The auxiliary feature is bonded with a light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising acrylate base material and photoinitiator. Auxiliary features include colored layers and,
A dental appliance has an auxiliary feature bonded to a polymeric surface of a shell body with a compartment for receiving teeth. The auxiliary feature is bonded with a light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising acrylate base material and photoinitiator. Auxiliary features include colored layers and, decals, reinforcing features and auxiliary dental devices. A light-curable acrylic adhesive may include a thiol monomer and/or a pigment. A dental appliance may have a shell body with a bonding surface adapted for attachment of an auxiliary feature, such as prepared by a pretreatment to mar the surface of to impregnate the surface with a reactive adhesion promoter.
대표청구항▼
1. A dental appliance positionable to be worn within the oral cavity to receive and cover at least a portion of a dentition of a subject, comprising: a shell body comprised of polymeric material, the shell body comprising an interior surface of a compartment within the shell body configured to recei
1. A dental appliance positionable to be worn within the oral cavity to receive and cover at least a portion of a dentition of a subject, comprising: a shell body comprised of polymeric material, the shell body comprising an interior surface of a compartment within the shell body configured to receive at least a portion of one or more tooth of the dentition when the appliance is worn, the shell body comprising an exterior surface opposite the interior surface; andan auxiliary feature bonded to the polymeric material of the shell body with a cured product of a light-curable acrylic adhesive, the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising: acrylate base material comprising multiple polymerizable acrylic functionality;thiol monomer copolymerizable with the acrylate base material; andphotoinitiator. 2. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the cured product comprises a fragrance that imparts an odor to the cured product. 3. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary feature comprises an auxiliary dental device bonded to at least a portion of the external surface of the shell body. 4. A dental appliance according to claim 3, wherein the auxiliary dental device comprises a metallic surface bonded to the polymeric material of the shell body through the cured product. 5. A dental appliance according to claim 3, wherein the auxiliary dental device comprises a polymeric surface that is bonded to the polymeric material of the shell body through the cured product. 6. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric material comprises a member selected from the group consisting of ethylene vinyl acetate, polycarbonate, low-density polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutyrate, sheet acrylic and polyvinyl chloride. 7. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises an unsaturated adhesion promoter copolymerizable with the acrylic functionalities of the acrylate base material. 8. A dental appliance according to claim 7, wherein the unsaturated adhesion promoter comprises at least one adhesion-promoting moiety comprising a carbonyl group. 9. A dental appliance according to claim 8, wherein the adhesion-promoting moiety is an amide group. 10. A dental appliance according to claim 8, wherein the amide compound is dimethylacrylamide. 11. A dental appliance according to claim 7, wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises from 15 weight percent to 80 weight percent of the unsaturated adhesion promoter. 12. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the acrylate base material comprises at least two acrylate groups. 13. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the acrylate base material comprises tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate. 14. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises from 10 weight percent to 70 weight percent of the acrylate base material. 15. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the thiol monomer comprises at least one polythiol compound. 16. A dental appliance according to claim 1, comprising from 2 weight percent to 40 weight percent of the thiol monomer. 17. A dental appliance according to claim 16, wherein the thiol monomer comprises pentaerythritol tetra(3-mercaptopropionate). 18. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises an unsaturated adhesion promoter copolymerizable with the acrylic functionality of the acrylate base material and with the thiol monomer. 19. A dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein; the acrylate base material comprises tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate;the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises an unsaturated adhesion promoter copolymerizable with the acrylic functionalities of the acrylate base material, the unsaturated adhesion promoter comprising dimethylacrylamide;the thiol monomer comprises pentaerythritol tetra(3-mercaptopropionate); andthe light curable acrylic adhesive comprises: from 20 weight percent to 70 weight percent of the acrylate base material;from 15 weight percent to 60 weight percent of the unsaturated adhesion promoter;from 2 weight percent to 25 weight percent of the thiol monomer; anda combined concentration of the acrylate base material and the unsaturated adhesion promoter in a range of from 60 weight percent to 95 weight percent. 20. A method of orthodontic treatment for repositioning one or more tooth of a patient, the method comprising positioning a dental appliance according to claim 1 within the oral cavity of the patient to cover at least a portion of the dentition of the patient with one or more tooth received within the compartment and biased by the stricture of the shell body to cause movement of the one or more tooth. 21. A dental appliance positionable to be worn within the oral cavity to receive and cover at least a portion of a dentition of a subject, comprising: a shell body comprised of polymeric material, the shell body comprising an interior surface of a compartment within the shell body configured to receive at least a portion of one or more tooth of the dentition when the appliance is worn, the shell body comprising an exterior surface opposite the interior surface; andan auxiliary feature bonded to the polymeric material of the shell body with a cured product of a light-curable acrylic adhesive, the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising: acrylate base material comprising multiple polymerizable acrylic functionality; andphotoinitiator;wherein the shell body has a facial side disposed on a facial side of the dentition when the appliance is worn and the shell body has a lingual side disposed on a lingual side of the dentition when the appliance is worn; andwherein the auxiliary feature comprises coloration provided by a colored layer of the cured product covering at least a portion of one or both of the interior surface and exterior surface of the shell body, the cured product comprising a pigment that imparts the coloration to the cured product; andwherein the colored layer of the cured product imparts coloration to at least a portion of the facial side of the shell body and is visible when the shell body is viewed from the facial side to provide decorative appearance over a corresponding portion of the compartment, said corresponding portion of the compartment being disposed toward the lingual side of the shell body relative to the colored layer of the cured product and being open to receive one or more tooth of the dentition. 22. A dental appliance according to claim 21, wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises from 0.1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of the pigment. 23. A dental appliance according to claim 22, where in the colored layer of the cured product is bonded to and covers at least a portion of the interior surface located on the facial side of the shell body; and the shell body is transparent at least through the facial side of the shell body adjacent the colored layer of the cured product. 24. A method of orthodontic treatment for repositioning one or more tooth of a patient, the method comprising positioning a dental appliance according to claim 21 within the oral cavity of the patient to cover at least a portion of the dentition of the patient with one or more tooth received within the corresponding portion of the compartment and with at least one tooth biased by the structure of the shell body to cause movement of the at least one tooth. 25. A dental appliance positionable to be worn within the oral cavity to receive and cover at least a portion of a dentition of a subject, comprising: a shell body comprised of polymeric material, the shell body comprising an interior surface of a compartment within the shell body configured to receive at least a portion of one or more tooth of the dentition when the appliance is worn, the shell body comprising an exterior surface opposite the interior surface; andan auxiliary feature bonded to the polymeric material of the shell body with a cured product of a light-curable acrylic adhesive, the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising: acrylate base material comprising multiple polymerizable acrylic functionality; andphotoinitiator;wherein the auxiliary feature comprises coloration provided by a colored layer of the cured product covering at least a portion of one or both of the interior surface and exterior surface of the shell body, the cured product comprising a pigment that imparts the coloration to the cured product;wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises from 0.1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of the pigment;wherein the shell body has an occlusal side that covers at least a portion of the biting surfaces of the dentition when the appliance is worn; andwherein the colored layer of the cured product imparts coloration to at least a portion of the occlusal side of the shell body when the appliance is worn. 26. A method of orthodontic treatment for repositioning one or more tooth of a patient, the method comprising positioning a dental appliance according to claim 25 within the oral cavity of the patient to cover at least a portion of the dentition of the patient with one or more tooth received within the compartment and biased by the structure of the shell body to cause movement of the one or more tooth. 27. A dental appliance according to claim 25, wherein the colored layer of the cured product provides decorative appearance from the occlusal side over a corresponding portion of the compartment open to receive one or more tooth of the dentition. 28. A method for making a dental appliance positionable to be worn within the oral cavity to receive and cover at least a portion of a dentition of a subject: applying a light-curable acrylic adhesive to a surface of polymeric material of a shell body comprising an interior compartment to receive at least a portion of one or more tooth of the dentition when the appliance is worn;in the absence of having any portion of a tooth received in the interior compartment, curing the light-curable acrylic adhesive, the curing comprising after the applying subjecting the light-curable acrylic adhesive to a light source sufficient to cause the light-curable acrylic adhesive to cure to form a cured product bonded to the surface of the polymer material;the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising: acrylate base material comprising multiple polymerizable acrylic functionality;thiol monomer copolymerizable with the acrylate base material; andphotoinitiator. 29. A method according to claim 28, wherein: the shell body has a facial side disposed on a facial side of the dentition when the appliance is worn and the shell body has a lingual side disposed on a lingual side of the dentition when the appliance is worn; andthe light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises a pigment that imparts to the cured product coloration that is visible when the shell body is viewed from the facial side of the shell body. 30. A method according to claim 28, comprising during the curing, bonding an auxiliary dental device to the surface of the polymeric material with the cured product of the light-curable acrylic adhesive. 31. A method according to claim 28, comprising prior to the applying, pretreating the surface, the pretreating comprising contacting the surface with a pretreatment composition that alters the surface. 32. A method according to claim 28, wherein the light-curable acrylic adhesive comprises an unsaturated adhesion promoter copolymerizable with the acrylate base material.
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