A dental composition that includes one or more monomers, a plurality of crosslinking agents, and an initiator.

A dental composition that includes one or more monomers, a plurality of crosslinking agents, and an initiator.

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.

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

The present invention relates to dental, light-curable, one-component composite compositions comprising (A) monomers, (B) fillers, and (C) initiators, the viscosity ?.sub.20 of which at 20? C. is greater than 400 Pa*s, preferably greater than 800 Pa*s and more preferably greater than 1200 Pa*s, and the viscosity ?.sub.50 of which at 50? C. is less than 150 Pa*s, preferably less than 120 Pa*s and more preferably less than 90 Pa*s, and wherein the quotient ?.sub.50/?.sub.20 of the viscosity of the composite composition at 50? C. and the viscosity of the composite composition at 20? C. is less than 0.125, preferably less than 0.1. The invention is preferably directed to dental composite compositions selected from the group consisting of dental filling materials, lining materials, luting materials and fissure sealants.

The present invention relates to dental, light-curable, one-component composite compositions comprising (A) monomers, (B) fillers, and (C) initiators, the viscosity ?.sub.20 of which at 20? C. is greater than 400 Pa*s, preferably greater than 800 Pa*s and more preferably greater than 1200 Pa*s, and the viscosity ?.sub.50 of which at 50? C. is less than 150 Pa*s, preferably less than 120 Pa*s and more preferably less than 90 Pa*s, and wherein the quotient ?.sub.50/?.sub.20 of the viscosity of the composite composition at 50? C. and the viscosity of the composite composition at 20? C. is less than 0.125, preferably less than 0.1. The invention is preferably directed to dental composite compositions selected from the group consisting of dental filling materials, lining materials, luting materials and fissure sealants.

The invention relates to an application device with a handle part and an application part, the application part having a surface onto which a redox initiator system is located, the redox initiator system comprising either hydrophilic oxidizing agent(s) and hydrophobic reducing agent (s), or hydrophobic oxidizing agent(s) and hydrophilic reducing agent(s). The invention also relates to a kit comprising the application device, a method of producing the application device and a method or curing a curable composition using the application device.

The invention relates to a polymerizable dental material containing a catalyst paste (A) and a base paste (B), wherein the catalyst paste (A) contains at least one organic peroxygen compound, at least one radically polymerizable organic (meth)acrylic monomer and at least one filler, and wherein the base paste (B) contains at least one radically polymerizable organic (meth)acrylic monomer, an amine as co-initiator of the radical polymerization, at least one filler and at least one salt-like, water-soluble, powdery reduction agent dispersed therein, wherein the catalyst paste (A) and/or the base paste (B) contains at least one phase transfer catalyst that is selected from the group consisting of the ammonium, phosphonium and/or sulfonium salts that contain an inorganic or organic anion, provided that the phase transfer catalystin the event of organic anionscontains only those having 1-4 carbon atoms, and that anions of sulfinic acids are precluded.

Cumene hydroperoxide oligomer according to Formula (I): ##STR00001##
in which OLIGOMER is a homo- or copolymer chain, which is substituted n times by the group which is in brackets; Q is absent or is a divalent aromatic C.sub.6-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic, linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical, which can be interrupted by one or more S and/or O atoms and/or OCONR.sup.1 and which can be substituted by one or more substituents; X, Y independently of each other in each case are absent, O, COO; CONR.sup.3 or OCONR.sup.4, wherein X is absent if Q is absent, and wherein the substitution on the aromatic compound is effected in position 2, 3 or 4 relative to the cumene hydroperoxide group; and n is a value from 1 to 50.