US Patent Issued to SHOFU on Feb. 17 for "Photopolymerizable type dental surface coating composition" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,956, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SHOFU INC. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Photopolymerizable type dental surface coating composition" was invented by Shuji Sakamoto (Kyoto, Japan) and Jun Uchida (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a photopolymerizable type dental surface coating material composition which may finish the applied part lubriciously in a short time by exhibiting excellent surface curability regardless of the type of light irradiator, may protect the restoration from abrasion and stain for a long time by exhibiting excellent adhesive property to various restorations including the dental glass ionomer cement ...