Inventors:
Steven R. JEFFERIES - YORK PA, US
SIBEL ANTONSON - Davie FL, US
PAUL D. HAMMESFAHR - WYOMING DE, US
ROBERT V. HARE - GEORGETOWN DE, US
PATRICIA W. KIHN - YORK PA, US
SCOTT G. MCINTIRE - CAMDEN DE, US
Assignee:
DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC. - YORK PA
International Classification:
A61C 17/00, A61C 3/06
Abstract:
The invention provides a dental method including forming a polishing member sufficient, when rotated, to polish a cut unpolished dental tooth surface to a surface roughness of less than 0.07 sRa μm and, to polish an unpolished dental restorative material supported by a tooth in a patient's mouth to a surface roughness of less than 0.03 sRa μm. The dental polishing material preferably includes elastomeric polymer impregnated with blocky synthetic diamonds. The synthetic diamonds effectively have particle sizes less than 50 microns. The synthetic diamonds are more than 50 percent by weight of the dental polishing material.