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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur N Bahn, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gregory P Stewart, Godfrey, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433215 ; 4332281 ; 106 35 ; 523116 ;
Abstract
A process for conditioning dentin surfaces in teeth to provide improved bonding strength between restorative materials and a tooth to be restored is disclosed. The process includes exposing a cut tooth surface to at least one enzyme, and then rinsing the tooth surface with water to remove any residual enzyme, prior to applying the restorative material.