Dental materials packaging and method of use
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1. A storage stable packaged dental composition, comprising:
- a package and a dental composition, said dental composition being enclosed by said package, said package comprising a container, said container comprising a copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin, said container having a wall with an average thickness from about 0.4 mm to about 6 mm, said dental composition, comprising a polymerizable material, and at least 10 percent by weight of volatile organic solvent, and at least 99 percent of said solvent remains in said dental composition in said container after storage at about 43°
C. for one week.
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Abstract
The invention provides a storage stable dental composition comprising a volatile organic solvent and a polymerizable material enclosed by a package, which includes a closure, such as a cover or plug and a container made of a copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention is provided a stored packaged dental product by the process including: enclosing a dental composition in a package with at least a substantial portion of an injection molded thermoplastic copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin, and storing the dental composition in the package for at least 1 week.
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37 Claims
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1. A storage stable packaged dental composition, comprising:
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a package and a dental composition, said dental composition being enclosed by said package, said package comprising a container, said container comprising a copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin, said container having a wall with an average thickness from about 0.4 mm to about 6 mm, said dental composition, comprising a polymerizable material, and at least 10 percent by weight of volatile organic solvent, and at least 99 percent of said solvent remains in said dental composition in said container after storage at about 43°
C. for one week.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A storage stable packaged dental composition, comprising:
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a package and a dental composition, said dental composition being enclosed by said package, said package comprising a container, said container comprising a copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin, said dental composition, comprising a volatile solvent and a polymerizable material, said packaged dental composition being at least 10 percent by weight solvent, before storage at about 43°
C. for one week and at least 99 percent of said solvent remains in said dental composition in said package after said storage.- View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A packed dental product, comprising:
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a dental composition and a package, said package comprising a container and a closure, said package substantially enclosing said dental composition, said dental composition comprising a volatile solvent, at least a portion of said container comprising a thermoplastic polymer comprising a copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin and having a high permeability barrier capability for water and high chemical resistance, whereby when said dental composition is stored at about 23°
C. in said package for at least two years and at least 99 percent of said volatile solvent remains in said dental composition in said package.- View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32)
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30. A stored packaged dental product by the process comprising:
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enclosing a dental composition having at least one volatile component in a package, at least a substantial portion of said package comprising thermoplastic polymer having a high chemical resistance and a high permeability barrier capability for water, and storing said dental composition in said package for at least two weeks at 37°
C. and after said two weeks at least 90 percent of said volatile component remains in said dental composition in said package.- View Dependent Claims (36)
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31. A stored packaged dental product by the process comprising:
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enclosing a dental adhesive composition comprising volatile solvent in a package, at least a substantial portion of said package comprising an injection molded thermoplastic copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin, and effectively retaining said volatile solvent in said dental composition while storing said dental composition in said package for at least 1 week at about 23°
C.- View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 37)
said solvent comprises a polar organic solvent, said copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin has a high permeability barrier capability for water and high chemical resistance, and at least 90 percent of said polar organic solvent remains in said dental composition In said package while stored at about 23° - C. for about two years.
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34. The stored packaged dental product by the process of claim 31 wherein said dental composition comprises at least 10 percent by weight of said solvent, and at least 99 percent of said solvent remains in said dental composition in said package, after said storage.
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35. The stored packaged dental product by the process of claim 31 wherein said dental composition comprises at least 15 percent by weight of said solvent, and at least 99.8 percent of said solvent remains in said dental composition in said package, after said storage.
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37. The stored packaged dental product by the process of claim 31 wherein said dental composition bonds to dentin with effectively the same amount of bond strength before and after said storing.
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