Dentistry – Method or material for testing – treating – restoring – or... – By filling – bonding or cementing
Patent
1988-03-30
1990-11-20
Wilson, John J.
Dentistry
Method or material for testing, treating, restoring, or...
By filling, bonding or cementing
A61C 504
Patent
active
049715585
ABSTRACT:
A heat fused porcelain inlay formed directly in a cavity in a patient's mouth and method for making same comprising a mixture of a porcelain and a binding agent, preferably a resin. The mixture is placed in the cavity and cured therein. The cured mixture is placed in an oven to heat fuse the porcelain and burn off at least a portion of the binding agent resulting in a ceramic core. Corrective layers of the mixture may be added to the ceramic core with subsequent curing and heat-fusing. One embodiment comprises disposing a framework in the mixture prior to curing. A kit comprising a supply of porcelain and binding agent for use in making dental inlays.
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Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
Lucchesi Nicholas D.
Wilson John J.
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