Moldable Gingival Pad
Official patent title
Organic dental gum and method of fabricating the dental gum
Arabic title: لثة سنية عضوية وطريقة تصنيعها
Invention
Invention
Problem
A dental gingival pad must fit oral anatomy, tolerate moisture and chewing forces, avoid irritation, remain dimensionally stable, and be cleanable. Complex natural-source materials require additional safety and consistency controls.
Why it matters
A moldable pad with renewable content could support research into gingival protection, periodontal interfaces, or oral prosthetic components if its clinical fit and biocompatibility are demonstrated.
Approach
The pad combines bone, shell, coconut, graphene, nanostarch and nanocellulose components with plant gums, latex, gels and dyes, animal-derived glycerin, a selected structural polymer, and cyanoacrylate, then is pressed and cured.
Who may benefit
Potential beneficiaries include dental biomaterials laboratories, oral-prosthetic developers, periodontal researchers, dental schools, and manufacturers exploring biobased oral devices.
Potential value
The disclosure specifies a moldable nanoscale composite, optional PMMA, PLGA, or silicone reinforcement, integrated periodontal pockets, defined pad thickness, and photo- or thermal-curing routes.
Background
Background
Oral pads and gingival prosthetic components operate in a wet, microbially active, mechanically loaded environment. Performance depends on fit, surface finish, modulus, tear and fatigue resistance, water uptake, cleanability, dimensional stability, and tissue compatibility. Natural starches, celluloses, gums, and latexes may add renewable content, while conventional polymers and cyanoacrylate provide structure and bonding. The disclosed composition also contains animal-derived powders and glycerin, graphene, shell material, and pigments, so source control and biological evaluation are central to any use.
Technology overview
Technology overview
The moldable composition includes particles below 30 nm, a nanocomponent of fish bone, oyster shell, coconut shell, graphene, and sheep bone, plus date, black-palm, corn, and olive starch or cellulose fractions. Organic adhesives and pigments are combined with PMMA, PLGA, or silicone and cyanoacrylate. The pad is 0.5–4 mm thick and may include 1–3 mm periodontal pockets. Fabrication uses acid hydrolysis, pressing at 1,000–2,000 psi, and photocuring or thermal curing.
Potential applications
Potential applications
- Research on gingival and periodontal pads.
- Oral prosthetic-interface development.
- Moldable dental biomaterial studies.
- Biobased oral-device prototyping.
Evidence-supported advantages
Evidence-supported advantages
- Combines moldability with defined pad thickness.
- Provides optional periodontal-pocket geometry.
- Allows several structural polymer choices.
- Uses photo- or thermal-curing routes.
- Incorporates multiple renewable feedstocks.
Development stage
Development stage
A composition, geometry, fabrication process, and claimed mechanical ranges are described; standardized oral aging, fatigue, microbial, biocompatibility, animal, and clinical performance were not established. The development stage was not independently verified.
Commercial opportunity
Commercial opportunity
The pad is an early oral-device concept. Commercial development needs precise intended-use definition, digital or physical fit testing, validated tensile and fatigue properties, water uptake, aging, cleanability, microbial adhesion, cytotoxicity, mucosal irritation and sensitization, extractables, sterilization, source and allergen controls, clinical evaluation, scalable molding, and device regulatory clearance.
Patent classifications
Patent classifications
WIPO IPC
- A61L27/26Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/02Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
CPC
- A61L27/025Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/26Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/3637Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/3608Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/18Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/3687Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/20Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L27/3683Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L2430/12Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L2400/12Sterilising materials or objects; disinfecting, sterilising or deodorising air; chemical aspects and materials of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
Inventors
Inventors
- First inventorABM Sharif Hossain
- InventorHassan Ahmed Rudayni
- InventorMohammad Saad Aleissa
- InventorAbdullah Sultan Ali Alawam
- InventorMohammed Musa Zahrany
- InventorFazliny Abdul Rahman
Keywords
Keywords
- dental gum pad
- periodontal pocket
- nanostarch
- nanocellulose
- graphene
- cyanoacrylate
- oral biomaterial
- photocuring
Patent document and drawings
Patent document and drawings
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