The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions to stabilize a nanogel and use of such nanogel as additives in dental compositions.

To provide an organic-inorganic composite filler containing; a polymerizable monomer (a) having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of —OH group, —NH— group, and —NH.sub.2 group, a polymerizable monomer (b) having no functional group selected from the group consisting of —OH group, —NH— group, and —NH.sub.2 group, a polymerization initiator (c), an inorganic filler (d), and a silane compound (e) which generates —OH group by hydrolysis.

To provide an organic-inorganic composite filler containing; a polymerizable monomer (a) having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of —OH group, —NH— group, and —NH.sub.2 group, a polymerizable monomer (b) having no functional group selected from the group consisting of —OH group, —NH— group, and —NH.sub.2 group, a polymerization initiator (c), an inorganic filler (d), and a silane compound (e) which generates —OH group by hydrolysis.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a dental composition that can exhibit sufficient curability even in a state where moisture is excessive as in the oral environment. The dental composition of the present disclosure contains component (a): monomer containing (meth)acrylamide group represented by formula (1):

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(In formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and Rs may be the same or different from each other. R2 is an alkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and R2s may be the same or different from each other.)

An object of the present invention is to provide a two-paste type dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition which exhibit high surface curability even under wet conditions, which makes difficult for the surface to become cloudy even if moisture comes in contact with at the initial stage of curing, exhibits high mechanical properties, low water absorption expansion and excellent coloring resistance in the set product and is also excellent in storage stability. The two-paste type dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition of the present invention consists of two pastes, wherein at least one of the two pastes contains (a) acid-reactive glass powder, (b) polymer of acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (c) water, (d) hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer, (e) tri or more functional (meth)acrylamide-based polymerizable monomer, and (f) polymerization initiator, wherein the paste containing the (c) water does not contain at least one of the (a) acid-reactive glass powder and the (b) polymer of acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition which exhibit high surface curability even under wet conditions, which makes it difficult for the surface to become cloudy even if moisture comes in contact with at the initial stage of curing, exhibits high mechanical properties, low water absorption expansion and excellent coloring resistance in the set product and is also excellent in storage stability. The dental resin-reinforced glass ionomer cement composition consisting of a powder material and a liquid material, wherein the powder material contains (a) acid-reactive glass powder, the liquid material contains (b) water, (c) polymer of acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (d) hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate-based polymerizable monomer and (e) tri or more functional (meth)acrylamide-based polymerizable monomer, and at least one of the powder material and the liquid material contains (f) polymerization initiator.

A dental resin composite comprising a thermally cured composition of polymeric resin monomers and inorganic fillers that comprise at least 80 wt % total filler loading is provided. Mill blocks made from the dental resin composite and produced via free radical polymerization under high-temperature (approximately 160 C. to 220 C.) and high-pressure process (approximately 300 MPa to 560 MPa) exhibited enhanced mechanical strength and good esthetics suitable for use in CAD/CAM indirect restorations such as, inlays, onlays, crowns and bridges.

A dental resin composite comprising a thermally cured composition of polymeric resin monomers and inorganic fillers that comprise at least 80 wt % total filler loading is provided. Mill blocks made from the dental resin composite and produced via free radical polymerization under high-temperature (approximately 160 C. to 220 C.) and high-pressure process (approximately 300 MPa to 560 MPa) exhibited enhanced mechanical strength and good esthetics suitable for use in CAD/CAM indirect restorations such as, inlays, onlays, crowns and bridges.

A curable mixture and method of using the mixture are disclosed. In some embodiments, the mixture comprises a water soluble acrylate-based monomer, a water-soluble acrylamide-based monomer, or a mixture thereof, and has properties suitable for use as a tooth filling after curing.

The dental restorative material of the present invention is a dental restorative material that contains a resin matrix and an inorganic filler in an amount of 25 to 1,000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin matrix, and in the dental restorative material, the resin matrix contains a polyurethane resin, and the inorganic filler has an average particle diameter of 0.001 to 100 m. According to the present invention, a dental restorative material that has a high bending strength and a high surface hardness, and is excellent in transparency and cutting workability, and a resin material for dental cutting work containing the same can be provided.