Polyvinylsiloxane impression material

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Inventors

Hare, Robert V.

Application #

910874

Filed

Jul-13-1997

Published

Jan-26-1999

Current US Class

106/35
106/38.22
264/16
433/214
523/109
524/493
524/588
525/478
528/15

International Classes

A61K 006/10

Field of Search

524/588 524/493 513/109 525/478 528/15 264/16 106/38 106/22 106/35 433/214

Assignee

Dentsply Research & Development Corp. (Carlsbad, CA)

Examiners

Glass; Margaret W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Lovercheck; Dale R., Bieber; James B.

US Patent References

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4600731   Paste composition c...
4657959   Hydrophilic silicones
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4719273   Method for forming...
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4741966   Organopolysiloxan...
4752633   Ethoxylated siloxan...
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4806592   Storage-stable liqui...
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5064891   Curable silicone co...
5085811   Method of reducing...
5145933   Organosiloxane gel...
5169919   Fine powder of epo...
5239035   Curable organosilo...
5288830   Curable organopol...
5306797   Organopolysiloxan...
5331075   Heat curable orga...
5371162   Storage-stable silic...
5403885   Transparent materi...
 

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Abstract
Improved two component polymerizable polyorganosiloxane compositions are described, particularly for use in making dental impressions, having improved tear strength and wettability. Improved tear strength results from inclusion of a quadri-functional polysiloxane having a vinyl content of 0.16 to 0.24 m-mole/g. Working time is maintained by including sufficient amounts of a retarder composition that delays onset of the vinyl polymerization. Wettability is improved by including a surfactant resulting in a surface contact angle with water at three minutes of less than 50.degree.. The surfactant chosen has an HLB of 8-11, such that the wetting contact angle is achieved within less than two minutes and remains wetting throughout the working time of the impression taking, substantially improving impression quality.
 
Claims
I claim:

1. A polyorganosiloxane composition having a work time at least 2 minutes and forming a dental impression having a tear strength of at least 20.degree. psi (1.37 MPa) and a contact angle with water of less than about 500 at three minutes, comprising:

(a) a QM resin, containing vinyl groups;

(b) a linear vinyl terminated polydimethyl-siloxane fluid, forming with said QM resin a dispersion having a vinyl content of about 0.16 to 0.24 m-mole/g; (c) an organohydrogen polysiloxane for cross-linking said vinyl groups;

(d) an organoplatinum catalyst complex for accelerating polymerization of said components;

(e) a retarder component in sufficient amount for temporarily delaying the onset of said polymerization;



Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention is directed to improvements in room temperature polymerizable polyorganosiloxanes having good dimensional stability upon curing or hardening. More particularly, this invention is directed to improvements in compositions that are generally of the type comprising two components, one component comprising organopolysiloxanes having vinyl groups, capable of undergoing addition reactions with organopolysiloxanes having silicone-bonded hydrogen atoms. The second component comprises a catalyst capable of promoting the addition of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicone atoms across the vinyl groups.

A major field for the use of certain of these room temperature curable polyorganosiloxane compositions is dentistry. Such materials are typically employed as impression materials for securing an analog representation of oral hard and soft tissue to support subsequent elaboration of crowns, bridges, dentures and other oral prostheses. For dental use, extraordinary fidelity of structural reproduction is required in order to ensure good fidelity of oral prosthetic fit and the like. In this regard, changes in the dimensions of the impression material during curing are to be avoided. Moreover, the surface of the reproductions or oral prosthetics and the like must be exceptionally free from irregularities, blemishes, pits, and other imperfections. This is so because castings and prostheses derived from such impressions must have good surface qualities and be free from pits and irregularities in order to have proper fit, to achieve good adhesion, and to avoid irritation of sensitive mouth structures. These polyorganosiloxanes will also be useful in other fields where detailed reproductions are important such as in the science of metrology, laboratory processing of SEM and even jewelry fabrication and the like.