The present invention relates to a hardenable dental composition comprising (A) a curable component comprising curable moieties (AC), (B) a crosslinker component as component (B) capable of crosslinking said component (A), (C) a catalyst as component (C) capable of catalyzing a crosslinking reaction of component (A) and component (B), (D) polymeric particles as filler component (D), the polymeric particles having a maximum particle size of 150 m or below and being composed of organic polymers, silicone elastomers or a combination or mixture thereof and preferably (E1) an inorganic filler component having a BET surface from 50 to 400 m.sup.2/g.

The invention also relates to the use of a polymeric particulate filler component (D) for producing a hardenable dental composition, the hardenable dental composition being in particular useful as dental impression or dental retraction material or for dental impression or dental retraction purposes.

A method of taking a dental impression of dentition including conditioning a surface comprising one or more of dentition and a dental appliance by the application thereto of a wetting agent to form a controlled hydrophilic wet film. The wetting agent includes water, a surfactant, a compatibilizing agent and a film stabilizing agent. The controlled hydrophilic wet film is hydrophilic and is formed by brushing the wetting agent onto the dentition. The brushing controls the thickness and hydrophilicity of the controlled hydrophilic film to a thickness and hydrophilicity that is capable of inducing flow of an impression material that comes into contact with the controlled hydrophilic film. The flow is sufficient to flow into sub-gingival places. The film is contacted with a dental impression material selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic and hydrophobic dental impression materials.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a dental alginate impression material includes an alginate, calcium sulfate, and an aminocarboxylic acid compound.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a dental alginate impression material includes an alginate, calcium sulfate, and an aminocarboxylic acid compound.

A system for fabricating a dental restoration to restore a tooth at a restoration site in a dentition of a patient is disclosed. The dentition includes a restoration dental arch and an opposing dental arch. The restoration dental arch include the restoration site and the opposing dental arch is opposite the restoration dental arch. The system includes an impression apparatus, a motion capture apparatus, an interface apparatus, and a restoration design system. The impression apparatus is configured to capture an impression of the dentition of the patient. The motion capture apparatus is configured to capture a plurality of location data points that represent the locations of the opposing dental arch relative to the restoration dental arch. The interference model generation system is configured to generate an interference model for the restoration site. The restoration design system is for designing a restoration using the interference model.

A method of administering the contents of a dental impression kit includes receiving a dental impression kit including a container containing an initial dental assembly, a redundant dental assembly, a return request, and putty provided in a sufficient amount to be positioned in the dental trays for creating dental impressions, where the return request specifies a predetermined time frame for returning the dental impressions to an entity associated with the manufacture of dental aligners. The method further includes administering the dental assemblies to create the dental impressions, and returning the dental impressions according to the return request, where the dental impressions provide information necessary to manufacture a plurality of dental aligners specific to a user and being configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.

The invention relates to a dental composition provided as a kit of parts comprising a base paste and an initiator paste, the base paste comprising, a cationically curable pre-polymer comprising a backbone and at least two aziridine moieties, filler, the initiator paste comprising an initiator being able to start the hardening of the polyether pre-polymer, filler, optionally diluent, the base paste or the initiator paste or the base paste and the initiator paste comprising in addition an isosorbide component. The invention also relates to a process of taking an impression of dental tissue.

The invention relates to a dental composition provided as a kit of parts comprising a base paste and an initiator paste, the base paste comprising, a cationically curable pre-polymer comprising a backbone and at least two aziridine moieties, filler, the initiator paste comprising an initiator being able to start the hardening of the polyether pre-polymer, filler, optionally diluent, the base paste or the initiator paste or the base paste and the initiator paste comprising in addition an isosorbide component. The invention also relates to a process of taking an impression of dental tissue.

The invention relates to a scan abutment (2) for determination of the position of the plane of the front face (1.1) of a dental endosseous implant (1), wherein the abutment (2) has a longish, hollow shaft (4) and a base (3) at the bottom side (4.2) of the shaft (4), and the base (3) with at least a part of its bottom side (8.2) is attachable onto the front face (1.1) of the implant (1), wherein the base (3) has a recess (9) extending from the upper side (8.1) to the lower side (8.2) of the base (3), wherein the longish, hollow shaft (4) has from a side wall (10) having at least one through hole (5a) at its outer periphery, wherein the through hole of the side wall (10) extends from the bottom side (4.2) of the shaft (4) to the upper side (4.1) of the shaft, thereby forming a planar surface (6) in the plane (12) between shaft (4) and base (3).

A base paste used in a dental alginate impression material contains an alginate, water, and a carboxylate containing 0 or more and 3 or less hydroxy groups and 3 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms.