Patent Application: US-1960498-A

Abstract:
single - solution adhesive resin formulations are made of predominantly dimethacrylates or diacrylates containing two carboxy groups and a functionalized methacrylate or acrylate diluent monomer . a novel light - activated initiator can be used for photopolymerization of such adhesives .

Description:
it is a discovery of the present inventor that a successful adhesive resin formulation can be made by simply combining a single acidic primer monomer with a single functionalized diluent monomer in a solvent . the mixture preferably also contains a photoinitiator ( camphorquinone ) and a tertiary amine accelerator ( such as 4 - n , n -( dimethylamino ) benzoate ( 4 - edmab ), or , as an alternative , a photoinitiator that does not require an amine accelerator as does camphorquinone . the solution can be painted onto the dentin once , air dried and then optionally applied two more times , gently dried and photopolymerized . in addition to the time saved by the dental practitioner by requiring only one solution to prepare the tooth surface for bonding , this solution comprises only two resin components and the solvent , as opposed to three resin components and solvent employed in conventional multistep systems . the alternative photoinitiator employed here does not require a tertiary amine accelerator . tertiary amine accelerators may contribute to unwanted radical formation by the acidic monomers during storage . they may also cause premature curing of the formulation , which results in decreased shear bond strengths of up to 30 % after storage of the bonding solution at elevated temperatures ( 37 ° c .) for several months ( u . s . pat . no . 5 , 658 , 963 , at example 27 ). thus elimination of tertiary amines greatly improves the shelf life of the single - solution adhesive resin system . the present invention is based on only two polymerizable monomers , as opposed to three monomers described in u . s . pat . no . 5 , 658 , 963 . acidic monomers which can be used include carboxylic acid monomers , pyromellitic dianhydride - hema adduct ( pmdm ), pyromellitic glycerol dimethyacrylate ( pmgdm ), biphenyl dianhydride - hema adduct ( bpdm ), 3 , 3 &# 39 ;- 4 , 4 &# 39 ;- tetracarboxylic dianhydride ( bpgdm ) and 5 -( 2 , 5 - dioxotetrahydro - 3 - furanyl )- 3 - cyclohexene - 1 , 2 - dicarboxylic anhydride glycerol dimethacrylate adduct ( b4400 - gdm ). diluent monomers include 2 - hydroxyethylmethyacrylate , glycerol dimethacrylate ( gdm ), ethyl - α - hydroxymethyl acrylate ( ed ), and tetrahydro furfurylmethacrylate ( thfm ). selection of suitable monomers is well within the skill of the art . the adhesive resin systems of the present invention yield bond strengths between 20 and 40 mpa . these compare favorably with prior art one - solution formulations ( one - step ; bisco inc . ), which were reported to have dentin shear bond strengths between 22 mpa and 30 mpa , and bond strengths to enamel or nonprecious metal of 27 mpa to 28 mpa ( u . s . pat . no . 5 , 658 , 963 , at examples 1 - 24 ). photoinitiators for polymerization of the adhesive resin can be any known in the art , such as camphorquinone and a tertiary amine . the photoinitiator preferably employed in this invention is 2 , 4 , 6 - trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide , also known as photoinitiator 8728 ( ward blenkinsop , cheshire , uk ). it is an acyl phosphine oxide . reactions of various phosphines with olefinic double bonds have been reported by morgan et al . as early as 1978 . use of acylphosphine oxides as photoinitiators have been reported in various german patents ( nos . 2 , 830 , 927 and 2 , 909 , 994 ) and in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 710 , 523 . an acylphosphine compound for use in polyene - polythiol dental impression compositions has been described in u . s . pat . no . 5 , 100 , 929 . however , monoacylphosphine oxides do not cure composite resins to a great depth ; they cause a rather shallow curing . this is mainly due to their maximum absorbance at about 380 nm , which is a considerably shorter wavelength than that at which camphorquinone has its maximum absorbance . the absorbance of camphorquinone at 470 nm causes camphorquinone / tertiary amine - activated composite resins to cure after 20 s irradiation to a depth of about 5 . 2 mm compared to 2 . 9 mm for the monoacylphosphine oxide - activated composite resin . however , use of the monoacyiphosphine oxides as initiators for adhesive resin systems as described in this invention does not require a significant curing depth , since adhesive resins are usually applied in thin layers up to a thickness of 200 μm . monoacylphosphine oxides have not been used previously in adhesive resin systems . bis - acyiphosphine oxides have been described in european patent no . 184 095 . since they absorb at a slightly higher wavelength than the monoacylphosphine oxides , their depth of cure is somewhat greater and they can be used in conventional dental composite resins . conditioning of dentin or enamel prior to the application of the single - solution adhesive resin system of the present invention can be achieved by any method known in the art . for example , etching with phosphoric acid can be used , as is conventional . alternatively , a polymerizable conditioner can be used as described by dickens ( 1996 ). nonprecious metals which can be used as substrates for the adhesive resin system include nickel - chromium alloys ( e . g ., rexildium ®, and chromium cobalt alloys ). the adhesive resin pmgdm can be prepared from 1 part pyromellitic dianhydride ( pmda ) and two parts glycerol dimethacrylate ( gdm ). the preferred ratio of pmda to gdm is 1 : 2 . 05 giving a slight excess of gdm to avoid the remaining of unreacted toxic dianhydride . the following examples are provided for exemplification purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention which has been described in broad terms above . dentin samples were prepared and tested by following the procedure outlined by venz and dickens ( 1993 ). extracted , noncarious human molars that had been stored in 0 . 2 % sodium azide at 5 ° c . were cut with a slowly rotating diamond blade ( isomet , buehler ltd ., lake bluff , il ) under running water until a smooth dentin surface was exposed . the human teeth with exposed coronal dentin , bovine enamel slabs or cast rexillium ® ( jeneric / pentron , inc ., wallingford , conn .) stubs for testing adhesion to metal were mounted in cylindrical polycarbonate holders with self - curing acrylic . the dentin and enamel specimens were stored in distilled water at room temperature until they were used for bonding . prior to bonding all specimens were ground under water irrigation on 320 grit sic paper to generate standardized surface conditions . the metal specimens were then sandblasted with 50 μm al 2 o 3 powder and rinsed twice with 95 % ethanol . the conditioners used to prepare the tooth surfaces prior to the application of the adhesive resin system were either 37 % 1 phosphoric acid gel ( myron international , kansas city , kans . ), the polymerizable conditioner pyromellitic bis -[ p ( 2 &# 39 ;- hydroxy - 3 &# 39 ;- methacryloxy - propoxy ) phenylene ] propane , which is a monomer that has been synthesized from a bifunctional dimethacrylate resin and a carboxylic acid dianhydride , or pyromellitic bis -[ p ( 2 &# 39 ;- hydroxy - 3 &# 39 ;- methacryloxy - propoxy ) phenylene ] propane combined with vinyl phosphonic acid . the phosphoric acid gel was rinsed off after 20 seconds . the polymerizable conditioners were agitated on the tooth surfaces for 1 minute and then rinsed . after removing excess water , all surfaces were kept under moist tissue paper . two drops of the single - solution adhesive were dispensed into a well . a small brush saturated with the solution was pressed with circular movements against the tooth surface , thus allowing the solvent to evaporate during the agitation . a short blast of air was used to speed up the evaporation of the solvent . after that two more applications with the applicator brush were applied , followed by careful drying to remove residual solvent without blowing the resin off the surface . the control ( multistep ) treatment comprised the following steps : the priming resin pmgdm which is the addition product of pyromellitic dianhydride and glycerol dimethacrylate ( venz and dickens , 1991 and 1993 ), was activated by combining 40 μl ( two drops ) of 20 % pmgdm in acetone and 20 μl ( one drop ) of 5 % of the polymerization catalyst , magnesium bis -( n - p - tolylglycine glycidylmethacrylate ) [ mg ( ntg - gma ) 2 ] in acetone in a dappen dish . five coatings of the mixture were painted onto the tooth surface , allowing the acetone to evaporate between applications . after five coats the primed surface was carefully dried to remove residual solvent . after application of the activated pmgdm , photopolymerizable unfilled resin was dabbed on the primed surfaces , thinned with an air stream and light - cured for 20 s with a commercial dental curing light ( the max , caulk / dentsply , milford , del .). a teflon ®- coated metal iris with an internal diameter of 4 mm was placed directly on the treated surface . the cavity in the iris was filled with composite ( aph , caulk / dentsply , milford , del . ), which was then irradiated for 1 min with the curing light . the assembly was left undisturbed for an additional 4 min and then stored in distilled water for 24 h at room temperature prior to testing in shear mode at a cross - head speed of 0 . 5 mm per min . shear bond strengths to dentin mediated by the single - solution formulation were evaluated after phosphoric acid conditioning and compared to the multi - step control . ______________________________________dentin shear bond strengths ( sbs ) in mpa with the single - solution adhesive resin system second adhesive resin composition ( separate ) sbs in mpa system in acetone ( first step ) step mean ( n = 5 ) sd * ______________________________________single - solution 33 % pmgdm . sup .# none 25 ± 5 a 10 % 2 - hema single - solution 38 % pmgdm . sup .# none 26 ± 4 b 5 % 2 - hema single - solution 33 % pmgdm . sup .# none 22 ± 4 c 10 % thfm . sup . a single solution 38 % pmgdm . sup .# none 20 ± 2 d 5 % thfm multistep 20 % pmgdm . sup .## unfilled 25 ± 7 ( control ) 5 % mg ( ntg - bonding gma ). sup . 2 resin______________________________________ dentin was conditioned with 37 % phosphoric acid gel . sup .# all singlesolution resins were activated with 0 . 2 % camphorquinone and 0 . 8 % 4edmab ; . sup .## the multistep primer was activated with 0 . 2 % camphorquinone and 2 benzoyl peroxide * standard deviation . sup . a tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate the experiments with single - solution adhesives a to d from example 1 were repeated . ______________________________________dentin shear bond strengths ( sbs ) in mpa with the single - solution adhesive resin system second resin composition ( separate ) sbs in mpa adhesive system in acetone ( first step ) step mean ( n = 7 ) sd * ______________________________________single - solution a 33 % pmgdm . sup .# none 35 ± 5 10 % 2 - hema single - solution b 38 % pmgdm . sup .# none 27 ± 7 5 % 2 - hema single - solution c 33 % pmgdm . sup .# none 25 ± 6 10 % thfm . sup . a single solution d 38 % pmgdm . sup .# none 27 ± 6 5 % thfm______________________________________ dentin was conditioned with 37 % phosphoric acid gel . sup .# all singlesolution resins were activated with 0 . 2 % camphorquinone and 0 . 8 % 4edmab ; * standard deviation . sup . a tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate the experiments with single - solution adhesive a ( 33 % pmgdm and 10 % 2 - hema ) were repeated using either phosphoric acid gel or the polymerizable conditioner pmbga for conditioning . the single - solution adhesive a was activated either with camphorquinone and 4 - edmab or lucerin 8728 . ______________________________________dentin shear bond strengths ( sbs ) in mpa with single - solution adhesive resin system a ( 33 % pmgdm and 10 % 2 - hema ) varying the photoinitiator and the conditioner system sbs in mpa code photoinitiator conditioner mean ( n = 5 ) sd * ______________________________________a / cq - ed 0 . 2 % camphorquinone pmbga 36 ± 6 0 . 8 % 4 - edmab a / lr 1 % lucerin 8728 pmbga 36 ± 5 a / cq - ed 0 . 2 % camphorquinone 37 % phosphoric 36 ± 4 0 . 8 % 4 - edmab acid gel acid a / lr 1 % lucerin 8728 37 % phosphoric 39 ± 4 acid gel______________________________________ * standard deviation single - solution adhesive resin system a ( 33 % pmgdm and 10 % 2 - hema ) activated with lucerin 8728 was tested on the nonprecious metal rexillium ® and on bovine enamel , which was conditioned with the polymerizable conditioner pmbga + vinyl phosphonic acid as described in the patent application ser . no . 08 / 785 , 174 ( dickens , 1997 ). ______________________________________shear bond strengths ( sbs ) to enamel and metal with single - solution adhesive resin system a / lr ( 33 % pmgdm and 10 % 2 - hema , activated with 1 % lucerin 8728 ) sbs in mpa substrate mean ( n = 5 ) sd * ______________________________________rexillium ® 27 ± 5 bovine enamel 35 ± 9______________________________________ * standard deviation single - solution adhesive resin system a ( 33 % pmgdm and 10 % 2 - hema ) activated with lucerin 8728 , lucerin tpo or darocur 4265 , a two - component photoinitiator was tested on dentin . ______________________________________shear bond strengths ( sbs ) to dentin sbs in mpa mean ( n = 5 ) sd * ______________________________________system a / lucerin 8728 37 ± 9 system a / darocur 4265 41 ± 12 system a / lucerin tpo 37 ± 12______________________________________ * standard deviation shear bond strengths to phosphoric acid - conditioned dentin mediated by the single - solution adhesive system a , which was activated with lucerin tpo . in this example the adhesive was applied in either 1 , 2 , or 3 applications with the applicator brush ; irradiation times were 10 s or 20 s , respectively . ______________________________________dentin shear bond strengths ( sbs ) in mpa with the single - solution adhesive system a , activated with lucerin tpo . sbs in mpa ( mean ** ± sd *) no . of applications 10 seconds 20 seconds______________________________________1 30 ± 13 28 ± 8 2 37 ± 2 34 ± 10 3 36 ± 14 31 ± 4______________________________________ dentin was conditioned with 37 % phosphoric acid gel ** n = 4 for each group ; * standard deviation shear bond strengths to phosphoric acid - conditioned dentin mediated by nonaged and aged ( 4 days at 45 . 8 ° c .) single - solution adhesive system a , which was activated with lucerin tpo or camphorquinone and tertiary amine . in this example , the adhesive was applied in 2 applications with the applicator brush ; irradiation times were 10 s . ______________________________________dentin shear bond strengths ( sbs ) in mpa with the single - solution adhesive system a , activated with lucerin tpo . sbs in mpa ( mean ** ± sd *) no . of applications nonaged aged______________________________________system a / lucerin / tpo . sup .# 37 ± 12 39 ± 10 system a2 / lucerin / tpo . sup .## 46 ± 11 36 ± 7 system a2 / lucerin / cq - 4 - ed . sup .## 31 ± 8 32 ± 15______________________________________ . sup .# aged for 4 days at 46 ° c . . sup .## aged for 7 days at 42 ° c . ** n = 5 for each group ; * standard deviation dickens s h , 1996 : morphology and bond strength of dentin conditioned with self - etching monomers . j dent res 75 : 348 , abst . no . 2643 . jia w , prasad a , schulman a , lin k , 1996 : dentin bonding strength with one part adhesive systems . j dent res 75 : 258 , abst . no . 1923 . kelsey w p , triolo p t , blankenau r j , kelsey m n , 1996 : bond strengths of two - 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