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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rodolfo Castillo, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 10/04 (2006.01); A61C 5/10 (2006.01); C03C 10/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 6/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/10 (2013.01); A61C 13/0022 (2013.01); A61K 6/0273 (2013.01); C03C 10/00 (2013.01); C03C 10/009 (2013.01); C03C 10/0027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a one crystalline phase lithium silicate glass ceramic and the manufacture of machinable blocks for dental appliances using a CAD/CAM device. The resulting glass ceramic contains a thermodynamically stable lithium silicate crystal through each of the steps of the process due to its specific material formulation.