Compositions are disclosed that simultaneously cleanse, etch, and identifying residual caries during dental restorative procedures, thereby increasing procedure efficiency. Also disclosed are methods describing the use of said compositions in treating subjects as part of dental procedures.

Provided is an indicator for enhancing scanning precision, a composition for enhancing scanning precision, and a method of enhancing scanning precision of an article. The disclosed indicator serves to adjust, to an absolute size, a relative size of each of a plurality of images acquired by scanning a subject with a scanner, and to align each image according to position.

Disclosed herein are aqueous dental coating compositions and methods for enhancing contrast of intraoral surfaces for 3-dimensional digital scanning. The compositions include: an aqueous solvent system; a water soluble polymer present at no greater than 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the aqueous dental coating composition; hydrophilic particles; and hydrophobic particles, wherein the aqueous dental coating composition is a dispersion or a dispersion of the hydrophilic particles and hydrophobic particles in the aqueous solvent system can be formed by shaking the composition for 30 seconds.

The amorphous, or at least partially crystalline, glass-based joining material is suitable for high-temperature applications, particularly in fuel cells and/or sensors. In addition to SiO.sub.2 and B.sub.2O.sub.3 as glass formers, the joining material similarly contains BaO and CaO, whereby the amount of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 is limited. The joining material has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of at least 7.0.Math.10.sup.6 K.sup.1 in a range of 20 C. to 300 C. The joining material can be used for joining ferritic high-grade steels and/or chromium-containing alloys and/or ceramics, such as stabilized zirconium oxide and/or aluminium oxide.

A method of attaching a dental article to the surface of a tooth includes providing the dental article and applying a coating including upconversion phosphors to a surface of the dental article. The method also includes applying a dental cement composition to the surface of the tooth and placing the dental article on the surface of the tooth such that the coating is adjacent the dental cement composition. The dental cement composition includes a polymerizable resin and a photoinitiator and is substantially free of upconversion phosphors. The method further includes irradiating the coating with a radiation source that emits radiation at a pre-determined fixed wavelength that causes the upconversion phosphors to emit radiation at an activation wavelength of the dental cement composition photoinitiator such that the dental cement composition cures in a region adjacent the coating and removing remaining uncured dental cement composition outside the dental article from the tooth.

Provided is an indicator for enhancing scanning precision, a composition for enhancing scanning precision, and a method of enhancing scanning precision of an article. The disclosed indicator serves to adjust, to an absolute size, a relative size of each of a plurality of images acquired by scanning a subject with a scanner, and to align each image according to position.

Disclosed are biomimetic mineral based endodontic cement compositions. An endodontic cement comprises a paste A and a paste B. The paste A comprises a pozzolanic cementitious mineral paste and the paste B is a mixture comprising polyanionic polymers, phosphates, cement setting modulators, host-inclusion particles, bioactive glasses, and radiopacity agents suspended in a liquid carrier.

Antibiotic gel formulations for use in dental applications are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to antibiotic gel formulations including low concentrations of antibiotics that are capable of killing root canal pathogens without harming the stem cells inside the root canal. Additionally, the present disclosure is directed to delivery systems and methods for applying the antibiotic gel formulations into a subject's intracanal region.

The present invention relates to oral care and dental implants. In particular, the present invention is a dental implant with a removable protective film that is used to prevent implant loss and remove unwanted residual cement.

Provided herein are compositions for applying a reference marker pattern or grid to the surface of an object to be imaged three-dimensionally. These compositions can be quick drying for ease of use. Methods of use of the compositions are also provided as well as devices and kits for the application of the compositions.