US 12,109,082 B2
Method for forming a denture base
Mohammed Moustafa Ahmed Gad, Dammam (SA); Shaimaa Mohamed Said Fouda, Dammam (SA); Fahad A. Al-Harbi, Dammam (SA); Ahmad M. Al-Thobity, Dammam (SA); and Passent Safwat Aly Ellakany, Dammam (SA)
Assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam (SA)
Filed by Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam (SA)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,135.
Application 18/339,256 is a division of application No. 18/052,974, filed on Nov. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,751,982, issued on Sep. 12, 2023.
Application 18/052,974 is a division of application No. 17/078,756, filed on Oct. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,517,408, issued on Dec. 6, 2022.
Application 18/507,135 is a continuation of application No. 18/339,256, filed on Jun. 22, 2023, granted, now 11,850,108.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,014, filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090987 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 13/087 (2006.01); A61K 6/887 (2020.01)
CPC A61C 13/087 (2013.01) [A61K 6/887 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming a denture base, comprising:
fitting a patient for a denture base,
mixing a powder comprising nanodiamonds having a particle size of about 20 to 40 nm with methyl methacrylate resin powder to form a mixture,
casting the mixture into a mold, and
polymerizing the mixture to form the denture base comprising the PMMA composite material, and
polishing the denture base;
wherein the PMMA composite material, comprises:
a poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) matrix, and
0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of the nanodiamonds based on a total weight of the PMMA composite material,
wherein the PMMA has a molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol,
wherein the PMMA composite material is porous having pores 80 to 100 μm in size,
wherein the nanodiamonds fill pores of the PMMA composite material,
where the nanodiamonds are only in the pores on the PMMA composite material, and
wherein the PMMA composite material has a surface roughness (Ra) of no more than 0.2 μm.