Compositions: coating or plastic – Coating or plastic compositions – Dental
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-08
2003-12-09
Derrington, James (Department: 1731)
Compositions: coating or plastic
Coating or plastic compositions
Dental
C501S006000, C501S025000, C501S027000, C501S064000, C433S202100, C433S217100, C433S222100, C264S112000, C264S122000, C264S113000, C264S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06660073
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a two-phase, dental porcelain composition for dental porcelain restorations, as well as inlays, onlays and veneers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a two-phase, low maturing temperature, high expansion feldspathic dental porcelain composition useful in the preparation and repair of dental restorations such as porcelain-fused-to metal restorations, all-ceramic restorations, inlays, onlays, and veneers.
2. Description of the Related Art
Ceramic materials have been used in dentistry in order to obtain natural-looking dental restorations such as porcelain fused-to-metal and all-ceramic restorations. Ceramics are highly desirable for this purpose since they can be colored to closely resemble the teeth they must replace, resist degradation inside the oral cavity and remain biocompatible even after years of continuous contact with mammalian tissue.
Typically, porcelain fused-to-metal (PFM) restorations are fabricated by applying a dental porcelain powder in aqueous slurry to a metal alloy frame work and firing the porcelain at high temperature to form a tight, impervious porcelain layer having the appearance of natural dentition. Those skilled in the art recognize that it is important that the firing temperature of the porcelain be at least 100° C. below the solidus temperature of the alloy used as the metal framework and that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the porcelain (in the range of room temperature to 450° C.) be only very slightly less than that of the metal so that no stress cracks are produced in the porcelain layer during firing and cooling down.
Today, there is an increasing trend in dentistry toward the use of ceramic cores in lieu of metal alloy frameworks to thus provide all-ceramic dental restorations. Where a ceramic is employed as the core of a dental restoration, any porcelain applied to the ceramic framework must possess a coefficient of thermal expansion which is slightly less than that of the ceramic to avoid production of stress cracks in the porcelain.
Metal alloys and ceramics heretofore employed in the manufacture of dental restorations have typically possessed moderately high coefficients of thermal expansion ranging from about 8×10
−6
/° C. to about 14×10
−6
/° C. However, alloys and ceramics possessing coefficients of thermal expansion of as high as about 18×10
−6
/° C. are increasingly being used.
In commonly assigned, copending U.S. application Ser. No. 08/532,179 filed Sep. 22, 1995, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein, a dental porcelain composition is described which is amorphous, i.e., single phase, and which possess a moderately high coefficient of thermal expansion closely matching those of conventional alloys and ceramics heretofore employed in the manufacture of dental restorations. This composition is advantageously applied to such conventional alloys and ceramics to provide an extremely smooth, fused glassy surface on the resulting dental restorations. However, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the single-phase, amorphous dental porcelain described in U.S. application Ser. No. 08/532,179 is too low to be applied to high expansion alloys and porcelains.
A need exists, therefore, for a dental porcelain composition which can be fused to high expansion alloys and ceramics, i.e., those possessing high coefficients of thermal expansion of as high as about 18×10
−6
/° C., to thus provide an extremely smooth surface thereon. An example of a high expansion ceramic is OPTEC™ porcelain available from Jeneric/Pentron, Inc. Wallingford, Conn. OPTEC porcelain possesses a high crystalline leucite (K
2
O. Al
2
O
3
.4SiO
2
) content wherein the leucite crystallites broadly range in diameter from about 0.5 microns to as high as about 40 microns.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a dental porcelain composition which is especially suitable for the preparation and repair of dental restorations, as well as inlay, onlays, and veneers, in applications involving high expansion alloys and/or ceramics.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a dental porcelain possessing a maturing temperature ranging from about 650° C. to about 1050° C. and a coefficient of thermal expansion (room temperature to 450° C.) of from about 12×10
−6
/° C. to about 17.5×10
−6
/° C., which is chemically and thermally stable and which provides a smooth, non-abrasive surface when applied to high expansion alloys and ceramics.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
These as well as other objects and advantages are accomplished by the present invention which relates to a two-phase porcelain composition comprising a leucite crystallite phase dispersed in a feldspathic glass matrix, a maturing temperature of from about 650° C. to about 1050° C. and a coefficient of thermal expansion (room temperature to 450° C.) of from about 12×10
−6
/° C. to about 17.5×10
−6
/° C., said porcelain composition comprising:
Component
Amount (wt. %)
SiO
2
57-66
Al
2
O
3
7-15
K
2
O
7-15
Na
2
O
7-12
Li
2
O
0.5-3
CaO
0-3
MgO
0-7
F
0-4
CeO
2
0-1
wherein the leucite crystallites possess diameters not exceeding about 10 microns and represent from about 5 to about 65 percent of the two-phase porcelain composition.
It is essential to the practice of the present invention that the leucite crystallites present in the two-phase porcelain composition herein possess diameters not exceeding about 10 microns. Diameters in excess of about 10 microns will impart an undesirably rough and uneven surface to the composition when employed in its intended environment of use. Indeed, it has been determined that leucite diameters above about 10 microns may wear away local dentition and cause discomfort/irritation inside the oral cavity.
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Memorandum in Support of Defendants' Combined Motions for Summary Judgment; CV-0818 (EBB)-Lead, CV-1775 (EBB); Jeneric/Pentron, Inc. vs. Dillon Company, Inc., Chemichl AG, and Chemichl, Inc.; 43 Pgs; Dated May 22, 2000.
Reply Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant; Appeal No. 99-1283; Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc. and Chemichl, Inc. 15 Pgs; Dated Jul. 9, 1999.
Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant; Appeal No. 99-1283; Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc. and Chemichl, Inc.; 38 Pgs; Dated Feb. 3, 1999.
Brief for Defendants-Appellees; Appeal No. 99-1283; Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc. and Chemichl, Inc.; 40 Pgs; Dated Jun. 14, 1999.
Joint Appendix vol. I of II (pp. A-00001-A-00324); Appeal No. 99-1283; Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc. and Chemichl, Inc.
Joint Appendix vol. II of II (pp. A-00325-A-02806); Appeal No. 99-1283; Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc. and Chemichl, Inc.
Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injuction; CV-818 (EBB); Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc. and Chemichl, Inc.; 38 Pgs; Dated Feb. 3, 1999.
Plaintiff Jeneric/Pentron's Memorandum of Law in Support of Its Motion for a Preliminary Injuction and an Order of Discovery Prior to a Hearing on the Merits; CV-00818 (AWT); Jeneric/Pentron, Inc., v. Dillon Company, Inc.; 34 Pgs.
Plaintiff Jeneric/Pentr
Kaiser Lisa M.
Panzera Carlino
Cantor & Colburn LLP
Derrington James
Jeneric Pentron Incorporated
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