The present disclosure provides a composite material, a method of making and using the composite material and dental products made by hardening the composite material. The composite material includes a polymerizable component, ceramic fibers and nanoclusters. Each of the ceramic fibers of the composite material has a length and where the length of fifty percent of the ceramic fibers, based on a total number of the ceramic fibers, is at least 50 micrometers and the length of ninety percent of the ceramic fibers, based on the total number of the ceramic fibers, is no greater than 500 micrometers. The composite material can also include discrete non-fumed metal oxide nanoparticles. The composite material can be hardened to become any one of a dental restorative, a dental adhesive, a dental mill blank, a dental cement, a dental prostheses, an orthodontic device, an orthodontic adhesive, a dental casting material or a dental coating.

Provided herein are compositions and their methods of use to adhere (e.g., in wet and dry environments) a variety of materials together.

The present invention relate to a novel silane coupling agent and a medical and/or dental curable composition comprising the same. It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel silane coupling agent that imparts high affinity to a radical polymerizable monomer, thereby imparting high mechanical strength, flexibility and durability when used for a medical and/or dental curable composition, and an inorganic filler surface-treated with the novel silane coupling agent and a novel medical and/or dental curable composition. A silane coupling agent including repeating units such as a urethane bond and polyethylene glycol (ether bond) at a specific position is used.

The present invention provides a dental polymerizable composition that requires less discharging force, is easily formable, has low polymerization shrinkage stress during curing, and exhibits high stain resistance and surface gloss when cured. The present invention relates to a dental polymerizable composition including a (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A), a polymerizable monomer (B), and a polymerization initiator (C). The (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A) consists of a (meth)acrylic polymer block (a) having a curable functional group and a (meth)acrylic polymer block (b) having no curable functional group. The curable functional group has a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR00001##

Provided is a curable composition containing a polymerizable monomer (A), an organic-inorganic composite filler (B), and a polymerization initiator (C), wherein the organic-inorganic composite filler (B) includes an organic resin matrix (b1) and a spherical inorganic filler (b2) having an average primary particle size of 230-1000 nm, 90% or more of the number of individual particles constituting the spherical inorganic filler (b2) are present in a range of 5% greater or less than the average primary particle size, and the curable composition satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2):

nP<nF.sub.b2(formula 1)

and nM.sub.b1<nF.sub.b2(formula 2)

In the formulas, nP represents the refractive index of the polymer of the polymerizable monomer (A) at 25 C., nF.sub.b2 represents the refractive index of the spherical inorganic filler (b2) at 25 C., and nM.sub.b1 represents the refractive index of the organic resin matrix (b1) at 25 C.

A denture base coating composition includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a first compound represented by Formula (1-0) and a second compound represented by Formula (2-0).

The present invention provides tertiary amine core-bearing acrylamides and their use in adhesive formulations, particularly including dental adhesives.

Disclosed herein is a basic dental composition comprising an adhesive composition, wherein the dental composition is suitable for use in dentistry.

The subject matter of the invention is a three-dimensional molded body, in particular a milling blank, made of a polymerizable prosthetic material, which is suitable for milling machining by means of CNC and/or CAD/CAM, having a fracture toughness of greater than or equal to 1.9 Mpa.Math.m.sup.1/2 and a fracture work of greater than or equal to 900 J/m.sup.2. The milling blank preferably comprises core-shell particles modified by an elastic phase and is optionally based on a content of urethane (meth)acrylate polymerized into the polymer. Moreover, a subject matter of the invention is the use of the milling blanks for the production of at least parts of dental prosthetic parts, such as a prosthesis, artificial teeth, bridges, or of orthodontic appliances and instruments in medical field.

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.