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Granted Patent B2
US 12,575,917 · App. 18/046,440 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Exposure device for illuminating a dental object

Inventors: Christian Niedrig (Rüthi, CH); Christian Ritzberger (Grabs, CH); Marc Dittmer (Feldkirch, AT); Markus Rampf (Seewis Dorf, CH)
Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
A61C13/082C03C4/02C03C23/001C03C23/002F27B17/025A61C2201/002
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,575,917
App. No.
18/046,440
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exposure apparatus ( 100 ) for illuminating a dental object ( 101 ), including a chamber ( 103 ) for receiving the dental object ( 101 ); and a radiation source ( 105 ) for emitting radiation having a wavelength shorter than 350 nm into the chamber ( 103 ).

Claims (14)

1 . A method of coloring a dental object ( 101 ), comprising the steps of:

receiving (S 101 ) the dental object ( 101 ) comprising polychromic glass, polychromic glass-ceramic or a mixture thereof in a chamber ( 103 );

first emitting (S 102 ) radiation from a radiation source ( 105 ) having a wavelength smaller than 350 nm into the chamber ( 103 );

thereafter exposing the dental object ( 101 ) to infrared radiation from an infrared radiation source ( 113 );

wherein the dental object is rotated in front of the radiation source ( 105 ), the infrared radiation source ( 113 ), or both by a moving device on which the dental object ( 101 ) is arranged; and

wherein coloring of the dental object is initiated by the radiation having a wavelength smaller than 350 nm and the coloring of the dental object is completed by the infrared radiation.

2 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dental object ( 101 ) is moved while the radiation having a wavelength smaller than 350 nm is being emitted and/or while the infrared radiation is being emitted.

3 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the radiation source ( 105 ), and/or the infrared radiation source ( 113 ) is moved while emitting radiation.

4 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the infrared radiation comprises a wavelength equal to or greater than 700 nm.

5 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polychromic glass and polychromic glass-ceramic comprise an oxidizable component and a reducible coloring component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: NIEDRIG, CHRISTIAN; RITZBERGER, CHRISTIAN; DITTMER, MARC; RAMPF, MARKUS
To: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
Reel/Frame 068238/0625 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21202635 · Oct 14, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230119981A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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