Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Properties Company

Other

Sharon M Rozzi

Sumita Basu Mitra

Brant L Kedrowski

Charles E Shelburne

Kenneth L Hanzalik

George H Crawford, Jr

David J Scanlan

Joel D Oxman

Robert A Asmus

Brian R Morrison

David K Cinader, Jr

Joan V Brennan

Bing Wang

Cecil C Chappelow

J David Eick

Mark Steven Schaberg

Charles S Pinzino

Darrell S James

Robert D Kuehn

James Code

Sumitra B Mitra

Orthodontic adhesives and packaged articles including an orthodontic appliance having a base for bonding the appliance to a tooth are disclosed. In the packaged articles, an adhesive is on the base of the appliance, and a container at least partially surrounds the orthodontic appliance having adhesive on the base thereof.

Orthodontic adhesives and appliances including an adhesive on the base of the appliance

Devices, coating compositions and methods for making such compositions are provided, wherein the coatings deliver chlorhexidine gluconate from a stable non-aqueous system.

Devices with coatings containing chlorhexidine gluconate, compositions and methods

An adhesive composition that includes a mixture of a cationically polymerizable component, an acidic component, and an initiator is provided. Preferably, the initiator comprises an iodonium salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound, wherein the initiator has a photoinduced potential greater than or equal to that of N,N-dimethylaniline in a standard solution of 2.9&times;10 moles/g diphenyl iodonium hexafluoroantimonate and 1.5&times;10 moles/g camphorquinone in 2-butanone. This adhesive composition is cationically polymerizable and is able to bond to hard tissue and cationic restorative materials upon curing.

Cationically polymerizable adhesive composition containing an acidic component and methods and materials employing same

Coatings for hard tissue and surfaces of the oral environment are provided that reduce adhesion of bacteria and proteinaceous substances to these surfaces. Methods of reducing adhesion of these materials to such surfaces, and polymers for incorporation into such coatings are also provided.

Optionally crosslinkable coatings, compositions and methods of use

Dental compositions are provided comprising a) a polymerizable component, b) a fluoride-releasing material, c) a hydrophilic component, d) a polymerization initiator, and e) an acidic component. This dental composition is substantially free of added water, and has a Water Uptake Value of at least about 1.5 g of water per 100 g composition in 2 weeks. Compositions are also provided that comprise a) a polymerizable component, b) acid reactive filler, c) a hydrophilic component, d) a polymerization initiator, and e) an acidic component. The above materials are provided in amounts sufficient that the resulting composition has extremely desirable rheological properties.

Fluorid-releasing compositions and compositions with improved rheology

Optionally crosslinkable coatings for orthodontic devices

Optionally crosslinkable coatings compositions and methods of use

Fluorocarbon containing coatings, compositions and methods of use

Hydrocarbyl containing coatings, compositions and methods of use

A photographic emulsion containing: a photosensitive silver halide; a light-insensitive, reducible silver source; a reducing agent for the light-insensitive, reducible silver source; and a binder consisting essentially of poly(vinyl butyral) having a poly(vinyl alcohol) content of about 17.5 to 21.0 wt. % and at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of: toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, and 1,4-dioxane. Additionally, a process for coating a substrate involving applying at least one layer of a molten thermoreversible organogel layer; causing it to gel; and removing residual solvent.

Thermoreversible organogels for photothermographic elements

Process for the simultaneous application of at least two molten, thermoreversible organogel layers to a substrate. The organogel layers can optionally contain dispersed additive ingredients, such as pigments. The organogel layers are coated onto a suitable substrate and then rapidly cooled or chilled to form a gel. Residual solvent is then removed. Multilayer coated films are thus formed with minimal interlayer mixing or interlayer diffusion of the additive ingredients.

Process for simultaneously coating multiple layers of thermoreversible

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Sharon M Rozzi