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Materials

Solvay enters medical device field

by Michael McCoy
March 27, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 13

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Credit: Solvay
A removable partial denture frame made with a Solvay aryl ketone polymer.
A photo of a removable partial denture frame made with a Solvay aryl ketone polymer.
Credit: Solvay
A removable partial denture frame made with a Solvay aryl ketone polymer.

Solvay is entering the medical device business with a new product for fabricating removable partial denture frames. The product, Dentivera, is a disc of aryl ketone polymer from which dental lab technicians mill a denture frame. Such frames are typically made of metal, which is heavier and less comfortable, Solvay says. Solvay already markets several polymers used to make medical devices.

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