Cumene hydroperoxide oligomer according to Formula (I):

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in which OLIGOMER is a homo- or copolymer chain, which is substituted n times by the group which is in brackets; Q is absent or is a divalent aromatic C.sub.6-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic, linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical, which can be interrupted by one or more S and/or O atoms and/or —O—CO—NR.sup.1— and which can be substituted by one or more substituents; X, Y independently of each other in each case are absent, —O—, —COO—; —CONR.sup.3— or —O—CO—NR.sup.4—, wherein X is absent if Q is absent, and wherein the substitution on the aromatic compound is effected in position 2, 3 or 4 relative to the cumene hydroperoxide group; and n is a value from 1 to 50.

Cumene hydroperoxide oligomer according to Formula (I):

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in which OLIGOMER is a homo- or copolymer chain, which is substituted n times by the group which is in brackets; Q is absent or is a divalent aromatic C.sub.6-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic, linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical, which can be interrupted by one or more S and/or O atoms and/or —O—CO—NR.sup.1— and which can be substituted by one or more substituents; X, Y independently of each other in each case are absent, —O—, —COO—; —CONR.sup.3— or —O—CO—NR.sup.4—, wherein X is absent if Q is absent, and wherein the substitution on the aromatic compound is effected in position 2, 3 or 4 relative to the cumene hydroperoxide group; and n is a value from 1 to 50.

The invention relates to glass-ceramics based on the lithium silicate system which can be mechanically machined easily in an intermediate step of crystallization and, after complete crystallisation, represent a very strong, highly-translucent and chemically-stable glass-ceramic Likewise, the invention relates to a method for the production of these glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics according to the invention are used as dental material.

The present invention relates to a spinel glass-ceramic made from a composition with the components 25 to 50% by weight SiO.sub.2, 10 to 35% by weight Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 1 to 15% by weight MgO, 1 to 15% by weight P.sub.2O.sub.5, 1 to 25% by weight ZrO.sub.2 and/or TiO.sub.2, 0 to 20% by weight La.sub.2O.sub.3, 0 to 10% by weight B.sub.2O.sub.3, and 0 to 15% by weight additives. The spinel glass-ceramic contains at least one spinel phase, but no high quartz solid solution phase. The glass-ceramic according to the invention exhibits very high mechanical stability, for example, very high flexural strength, wherein its optical properties can be simultaneously adjusted. In addition, the present invention also relates to a method for producing and the use of the spinel glass-ceramic. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a shaped dental product containing the spinel glass-ceramic.

The present invention discloses a dental implant configured to be inserted in a hole in jaw bone and to be at least partially situated in the bone tissue when implanted and comprises: a coronal region, an apical region, a longitudinal axis extending from the coronal region of the dental implant to the apical region of the dental implant; an implant surface configured to form an interface between an implant material and the oral environment/surrounding tissue and a surface layer formed on at least part of said implant surface, said surface layer comprising crystalline titanium oxide in the anatase phase and wherein the surface area roughness Sa and the pore size of the implant surface on which said surface layer is formed increase from the coronal region toward the apical region of the dental implant along the longitudinal axis.

The present invention discloses a dental implant configured to be inserted in a hole in jaw bone and to be at least partially situated in the bone tissue when implanted and comprises: a coronal region, an apical region, a longitudinal axis extending from the coronal region of the dental implant to the apical region of the dental implant; an implant surface configured to form an interface between an implant material and the oral environment/surrounding tissue and a surface layer formed on at least part of said implant surface, said surface layer comprising crystalline titanium oxide in the anatase phase and wherein the surface area roughness Sa and the pore size of the implant surface on which said surface layer is formed increase from the coronal region toward the apical region of the dental implant along the longitudinal axis.

The invention refers to a method for producing a dental restoration comprising a lithium silicate glass or glass ceramic as well as a dental restoration inself. The invention further refers to a ingot with the same composition having a defined strength.

A method for decreasing dental hypersensitivity, including sizing a plurality of non-functionalized microbeads to be between 0.01 μm to 3 μm in diameter, suspending the plurality of non-functionalized microbeads in a fluid matrix to define a dental delivery composition, introducing the dental delivery composition into an oral cavity, introducing respective non-functionalized microbeads into a dental tubule, adhering respective functionalized microbeads each other and to the dental tubule to define an aggregate, and occluding the dental tubule with the aggregate.

Described herein is a dental filler material having a core made of a core material and a shell made of a shell material, where the shell material coats or covers at least a portion of the core.

Lithium disilicate apatite glass-ceramics are described which are characterized by a high chemical stability and can therefore be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.