Patent 6993934 was granted and assigned to Cabot Corporation on February, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Dental glass powders, methods for producing the powders and dental compositions including the glass powders. The powders preferably have a well-controlled particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the particles by a spray pyrolysis technique. The invention also includes dental filler and restorative compositions that include the glass powders.