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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Andrew C. Kesling, LaPorte, IN (US);
Andrew C. Kesling, LaPorte, IN (US);
TP Orthodontics, Inc., Westville, IN (US);
Abstract
A bilayer base for attaching appliances selected from the group consisting of a component of a dental appliance, an orthodontic appliance, or an orthopedic appliance to a bony part of the human body wherein the appliance part to be attached to the bony part of the body may be made of metal, ceramic, or plastic. The base permits the appliance to be ready for mounting and includes a cured layer of polymer resin mounted on the appliance and an uncured layer of substantially the same polymer resin over the cured layer which when cured becomes integral with the cured layer in attaching the appliance to a bony part of the body.