The present invention provides a dental mill blank having an excellent mechanical strength and an excellent water resistance according to which a decrease in mechanical strength can be suppressed even in an environment where water is present, for example, inside an oral cavity. The present invention relates to a dental mill blank including: a polymer (A); and continuous inorganic fibers (B) that are oriented substantially in one direction, wherein the dental mill blank has a decreasing rate of 40% or less in three-point flexural strength after immersion in 70° C. water for seven days.

Disclosed herein are curable glass ionomer compositions that include a first paste and a second paste, and methods for using the disclosed compositions. The first paste includes water, a polyacid, and a non acid-reactive filler. The second paste includes water, an acid-reactive filler; and non-aggregated, water-miscible, nano-sized silica particles having at least 25% surface coverage of the particles with a silane. The composition is essentially free of a resin. In some embodiments, the water content of the first paste and the second paste of the paste/paste GI composition disclosed herein is less than 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

A composition for forming artificial teeth, a method for producing artificial teeth, and artificial teeth produced using the technique are disclosed. The disclosed composition for forming artificial teeth includes 100 parts by weight of a first photocurable compound illustrated in Chemical Formula 1 below, 5 to 20 parts by weight of a second photocurable compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 below, 25 to 50 parts by weight of a third photocurable compound depicted by Chemical Formula 3 below, and 1 to 10 parts by weight of a fourth photocurable compound shown by Chemical Formula 4 below.

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A composition for forming artificial teeth, a method for producing artificial teeth, and artificial teeth produced using the technique are disclosed. The disclosed composition for forming artificial teeth includes 100 parts by weight of a first photocurable compound illustrated in Chemical Formula 1 below, 5 to 20 parts by weight of a second photocurable compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 below, 25 to 50 parts by weight of a third photocurable compound depicted by Chemical Formula 3 below, and 1 to 10 parts by weight of a fourth photocurable compound shown by Chemical Formula 4 below.

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A method of making a bone graft composition is described wherein material including decalcified bone elongated particulate bone is dried in a constraining device or under pressure to produce a solid construct having dimensions corresponding to the constraining device or space to which the material occupied under pressure.

The invention relates to the application of photon energy to energize dental materials to enhance their physical handling characteristics, efficacy, ability to be delivered, reactivity, polymerization, and/or post-cure mechanical properties, among other attributes.

The invention relates to the application of photon energy to energize dental materials to enhance their physical handling characteristics, efficacy, ability to be delivered, reactivity, polymerization, and/or post-cure mechanical properties, among other attributes.

The present invention is related to a curable dental two-pack composition comprising: (a) a first paste comprising (a-1) one or more crosslinker having at least four primary amino groups; and (b) a second paste comprising (b-1) one or more compounds polymerizable with a crosslinker of the first paste in a step-growth polymerization reaction; wherein (b-1) the compound polymerizable with the crosslinker compounds is a compound of the following formula (II):

##STR00001## wherein A is a hydrocarbon group which may contain one or more hetero atoms selected from oxygen and sulfur atoms: R.sup.1 is as defined in claim 1; R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independent from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the Y, which are independent from each other represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond or a urethane bond.

The present invention is related to a curable dental two-pack composition comprising: (a) a first paste comprising (a-1) one or more crosslinker having at least four primary amino groups; and (b) a second paste comprising (b-1) one or more compounds polymerizable with a crosslinker of the first paste in a step-growth polymerization reaction; wherein (b-1) the compound polymerizable with the crosslinker compounds is a compound of the following formula (II):

##STR00001## wherein A is a hydrocarbon group which may contain one or more hetero atoms selected from oxygen and sulfur atoms: R.sup.1 is as defined in claim 1; R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independent from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the Y, which are independent from each other represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond or a urethane bond.

Provided is a block body that makes it possible to quickly produce a dental prosthesis with a good accuracy. A material of the block body including SiO.sub.2 in an amount of 60.0 mass % to 80.0 mass %, Li.sub.2O in an amount of 10.0 mass % to 20.0 mass %, Al.sub.2O.sub.3 in an amount of 5.1 mass % to 10.0 mass %, wherein the block body is formed in a column, and a main crystalline phase of the block body is lithium disilicate.