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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Inventors:
Todd Berger, Owasso, OK (US);
Adam Baratz, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Jaclyn Vasseur, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 6/083 (2006.01); A61K 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 6/0064 (2013.01); A61K 6/007 (2013.01); A61K 6/0038 (2013.01); A61K 6/0058 (2013.01); A61K 6/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gutta-percha composition for filling a tooth root canal includes a temperature indicating component, such that the user has a visual indication that the material is ready for placement in the prepared canal. The material may include a thermochromatic dye, bismuth oxide or the like, in an otherwise conventional obturation material.