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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Toivo T. Kodas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Quint H. Powell, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James H. Brewster, Alburquerque, NM (US);
Daniel J. Skamser, Greenville, SC (US);
Klaus Kunze, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paolina Atanassova, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul Napolitano, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Superior MicroPowders LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Dental glass powders, methods for producing the powders and dental compositions including the glass powders. The powders preferably have a well-controlled particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the particles by a spray pyrolysis technique. The invention also includes dental filler and restorative compositions that include the glass powders.