(under subclass 215) Subject matter relating to repair of a tooth by either (a) applying and shaping material on the crown portion of a tooth, or (b) employing a hardenable fluent material to bond a dental restoration to a natural tooth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39, for a dental matrix.
83, for a combined plugger and filling material dispenser.
118+, for powered pluggers.
164, for hand manipulatable pluggers.
180+, for fixing a bridge or other prosthesis to an inlay or filling in the surface of a natural tooth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, appropriate subclasses for patents claiming a dental cement by composition.
