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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Orvance, Llc, Caledonia, MI (US);
Michael Edward Silver, Holland, MI (US);
Charles Schryver, Atascadero, CA (US);
Ronald J. Schutt, Ludington, MI (US);
OrVance, LLC, Caledonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A method that includes the step of using a person's fingers to push a dental composition into engagement with a damaged tooth surface of a damaged tooth thereby adhering the dental composition to the damaged tooth surface and covering at least a portion of the damaged tooth surface. The dental composition includes a base material comprising at least one of the following compounds chosen from the group consisting of: a product consisting of one or more hydrocarbon-based waxes that may also include inorganic fillers and/or organic fillers; an uncured, uncrosslinked silicone high consistency rubber base; and a hydrophobic water insoluble solid material that is malleable at 37° C. or lower and safe for a human oral environment. The base material has at least one dry, powdered hydrophilic polymeric substance engaged with and dispersed on one or more surface of the base material.