Patent ID: 9326917
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61K

Claim Text:
1. A method for application of a photopolymerizable dental composition to and for the isolation and protection of gums during dental treatment, comprising: applying a photopolymerizable dental composition to a surface of gums of a patient, said photopolymerizable dental composition comprising: (a) one or more photopolymerizable monomers, wherein component (a) comprises (b) one or more photoinitiators, (c) one or more molecular weight regulators, wherein the one or more molecular weight regulators comprise at least one monoterpene, (d) one or more polymerization inhibitors for increasing the storage stability of the composition, selected from the group consisting of phenols selected from the group consisting of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT) and tert-butylhydroxyanisal (BHA), 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals, galvinoxyl radicals, triphenylmethyi radicals, 2,3,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO) and derivatives thereof, and phenothiazine and derivatives thereof, and (e) one or more inorganic components in a total quantity of from 5 to 40% by weight, and optionally one or more further additives; and curing the photopolymerizable dental composition using an irradiation source, wherein the photopolymerizable dental composition comprises: component (a) in a quantity of from 50 to 90% by weight, component (b) in a quantity of from 0.01 to 1% by weight, component (c) in a quantity of from 0.075 to 7.5% by weight, and component (d) in a quantity of from 10 to 2000 ppm, wherein all weight percentages are relative to the total weight of the dental composition; and wherein a ratio of the total weight of component (c) to the total weight of component (d) is greater than 1:1, wherein the application step comprises application by means of a dental syringe.