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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Leah Marie Johnson, Durham, NC (US);
Ginger Denison Rothrock, Cary, NC (US);
Sarah Dorothy Shepherd, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sandra Cordel O'Buckley, Durham, NC (US);
Andrea Gail Neely, Durham, NC (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides biocompatible dental material that is moldable and biodegradable and provides sustained and/or controlled delivery of one or more local anesthetics within a dental cavity or space. Such dental material is customizable for the size and shape needed for a particular patient or particular application. The dental material may also provide customizable sustained and/or controlled delivery of one or more local anesthetics.