Dental veneers and methods of manufacture

Abstract

A dental veneer made from a composite comprising at least one organic binder, preferably with methacrylate, and inorganic solid particles as fillers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A tooth front veneer, wherein the veneer consists of a composite material, the composite material containing at least one organic binder, preferably with methacrylate, and filler particles, preferably inorganic filler particles, as solid. 
     
     
         2 . A tooth front veneer according to  claim 1 , wherein the veneer is curved in a shell-shaped configuration, at least regionally. 
     
     
         3 . A tooth front veneer according to  claim 1 , wherein the solid particles of the filler comprise or consist of glass or a mixture of different types of glasses and/or that the filler contains solid particles of different grain sizes, preferably grain sizes of between 0.01 μm and 3 μm. 
     
     
         4 . A tooth front veneer according to  claim 1 , wherein the solid particles of the filler constitute at least 75% by volume, preferably at least 82% by volume, of the composite material of the tooth front veneer. 
     
     
         5 . A tooth front veneer according to  claim 1 , wherein the veneer is translucent, preferably exhibiting a translucency between 28% and 39%, and/or has an L value of 59 to 69 and/or has an “a” value of −0.35 to −3.2 and/or has a “b” value of −0.4 to −6.95. 
     
     
         6 . A tooth front veneer according to  claim 1 , wherein at one of an end region, the veneer having a cutting edge, preferably with a thickness between 1 mm and 1.3 mm, and/or the tooth front veneer having a maximum thickness of 0.6 mm outside of the end region with the cutting edge and/or the tooth veneer running out flat at an end opposite to the cutting edge. 
     
     
         7 . A kit comprising several tooth front veneers of  claim 1 , the kit additionally comprising at least one, preferably liquid or pasty, fastening material and several different colors for coloring the fastening material and/or several differently colored, preferably liquid or pasty, fastening materials, the at least one fastening material or the several differently colored fastening materials being suitable for fastening, preferably adhering, the tooth front veneer to a tooth stump. 
     
     
         8 . A kit according to  claim 7 , wherein the fastening material contains the same composite material or the same organic binder as the tooth front veneer. 
     
     
         9 . A kit according to  claim 7 , wherein the kit comprises at least one adhesion promoter, preferably at least two different adhesion promoters, and/or at least one etching material.