Claims
- 1. A restoration for restoring a tooth, comprising:
- a layer of carboxylate-containing adhesive bonded to the tooth; and
- a layer of amalgam disposed on the layer of carboxylate-containing adhesive,
- the restoration being formed by the process of applying a layer of wet carboxylate-containing adhesive directly on the tooth, placing a wet dental amalgam directly on the wet carboxylate-containing adhesive, and allowing the wet carboxylate-containing adhesive to harden to ionically bond the amalgam to the tooth.
- 2. The restoration of claim 1 wherein the adhesive comprises a glass ionomer cement.
- 3. The restoration of claim 1 wherein the adhesive includes an acrylic cement.
- 4. A restoration for restoring a tooth, comprising:
- a layer of glass ionomer cement bonded to the tooth; and
- a layer of amalgam disposed on the layer of glass ionomer cement,
- the restoration being formed by the process of applying a layer of wet glass ionomer cement on the tooth, placing a wet dental amalgam directly on the wet glass ionomer cement, and allowing the wet glass ionomer cement and the wet amalgam to harden, the wet glass ionomer cement contracting while hardening at an amount substantially equivalent to the amount the wet amalgam expands while hardening such that restorative bonding stress between the layer of hardened glass ionomer cement and the layer of hardened amalgam are minimized.
- 5. A restoration for restoring a tooth, comprising:
- a layer of glass ionomer cement bonded to the tooth, the glass ionomer cement including an additive selected from the group consisting of metals, metal salts and metal oxides; and
- a layer of amalgam disposed on the layer of glass ionomer cement,
- the restoration being formed by the process of applying a layer of the wet glass ionomer cement to the tooth, placing the wet amalgam on the wet glass ionomer cement, and allowing the glass ionomer cement and the amalgam to harden.
- 6. The restoration of claim 5 wherein the additive comprises from about 2% to about 50% by weight of the total weight of the cement.
- 7. A restoration for restoring a tooth, comprising:
- a layer of glass ionomer cement bonded to the tooth, the glass ionomer cement including an antibiotic compound; and
- a layer of amalgam disposed on the layer of glass ionomer cement,
- the restoration being formed by the process of applying a layer of the wet glass ionomer cement to the tooth, placing a layer of the wet amalgam on the layer of the wet glass ionomer cement, and allowing the glass ionomer cement and the amalgam to harden.
- 8. The restoration of claim 7 wherein the antibiotic compound comprises from about 0.1% by weight to about 35% by weight of the total weight of the glass ionomer cement.
- 9. The restoration of claim 7 wherein the glass ionomer cement is formed by mixing a powder component and a liquid component, and wherein the antibiotic compound is included within either the powder component or the liquid component prior to mixing.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. Nos. 07/942,375, filed Sep. 9, 1992, now U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,252,122; 07/872,501, filed Apr. 23, 1992, now U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,252,121; and 07/991,112, filed Dec. 16, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,273,574.
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