The present disclosure relates to tertiary amine co-initiators that demonstrate reduced leaching and which may be utilized in dental restoration and other biomedical applications. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide compounds and compositions for use in preparing polymers and light curable dental resin composites, as well as methods for preparing photocurable polymer-based dental restorative materials. In one or more disclosed embodiments, a co-initiator for use in preparing a polymer comprises a tertiary amine core and two or more pendant, terminal methacrylate groups. In some embodiments, the co-initiator may also act as a co-monomer in a co-polymerization reaction. ##STR00001##

Provided are monomers useful for dental materials that include a compound in which a core and a specific terminal group are bonded to each other directly or via a linking group, wherein the core is a C.sub.1-200 polyvalent organic group having a valence of not less than 3 containing an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom in which an atom bonded to the terminal group or the linking group is the oxygen atom or the nitrogen atom; the terminal group is a specific (meth)acryloyl group-containing group, a (meth)acryloyl group, a C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbon group or a hydrogen atom, and the terminal group needs to meet specific requirements; and the linking group is a specific divalent group, and when the compound contains a plurality of linking groups, the linking groups may be the same as or different from each other. Compositions, dental materials and kits are also provided.

A composite material including silanated filler and mixed polymerizable monomer, having a stable pasty property which keeps well and has a consistent usability. A composite material containing a silanated filler, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator, and may be produced by a process which includes a mixed polymerizable monomer preparing step, a silanation step, a silanated filler preserving step, a composite material preparing step, a composite material preserving step, a composite material filling step, and a small quantity preserving container preserving step.

A method of preventing or treating an oral disease by reducing adhesion of microorganisms, e.g. Candida albicans, to dental appliances fabricated and/or repaired by an autopolymerizing acrylic reinforcement resin comprising zirconium dioxide nanoparticles.

Disclosed are cement products, methods of forming cement using the cement product, and methods of using the cement product in orthopedic and dental applications. Generally, the disclosed cement product includes a first component and a second component. The first component comprises a polymerizable resin comprising ethylenic unsaturated double bond, a suitable glycidyl group and/or a suitable isocyanate group. The second component includes a compound comprising more than one type of amine selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amines, tertiary amines and quaternary amines. Alternatively, the second component includes a compound comprising a suitable mercapto (SH) group, a hindered amine or a dimethylthiotoluenediamine (DMTDA). Optionally, the cement product includes a filler and/or a bioactive component to promote bone formation.

Described herein are compositions and methods which produce hydrolytically stable resin monomers, bioactive fillers, phosphorus coupling agent and surface coating method, which can be combined to produce new generation dental composites; compositions comprising the same, as well as methods of making and using the same are also described.

A method for preparing a multilayer-color composite material for use in dental department comprises: preparing multiple types of monochromatic composite material precursor powder different in color, carrying out dry-pressing and preforming on the precursor powder, so as to obtain a preformed green body; and then carrying out pressurization and heating processing on the preformed green body, so as to obtain a multilayer-color composite material that gradually changes in color from neck portions to incisal ends of teeth, so that the multilayer-color composite material has a higher similarity to the material of natural teeth.

The present invention provides a dental curable composition comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer, (B) an inorganic filler, and (C) a polymerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable monomer (A) comprises (a1) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer comprising urethane bonds, (a2) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer comprising hydroxyl groups, and (a3) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer comprising carboxyl groups, the ratio by weight of (a1):(a2)+(a3) ranges from 1:1 to 9:1, the number of hydroxyl groups is not more than 0.5 relative to the number of (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule of the above-mentioned (a2), and the number of carboxyl groups is not more than 0.5 relative to the number of (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule of the above-mentioned (a3).

A root canal filling cone made of a material having a composition that can maintain its physical and chemical characteristics and shelf life after sterilization, and a process of sterilizing the point/cone prior to shipment to a user. In one aspect, the cone is made of a composition that includes a plurality of base polymers of substantially equal amounts, and nanoparticles, which can withstand sterilization by gamma irradiation. In one embodiment, the compound includes Gutta Percha based polymers. In another aspect, the Gutta Percha based cone is packaged and sterilized by irradiation prior to shipment to a user. In one embodiment of the present invention, the irradiation is gamma irradiation.

Novel stress-reducing crosslinking oligomers that have application in dental restoratives, thin films, hardcoats, composites, adhesives, and other uses subject to stress reduction are described. The addition-fragmentation process of crosslinking results in a chain-transfer event that provides novel polymers that may be further functionalized. In addition, the addition-fragmentation oligomer comprises pendent functional groups that bond to a substrate by forming an ionic or covalent bond, or etch the substrate by chemically removing some material from the substrate.