Abstract: The present invention includes compositions comprising an alkyne-based substrate, an azide-based substrate, optionally a Cu(II) salt and optionally a photoinducible reducing agent. The present invention further includes a method of preparing composite materials that are suitable for use as dental implants using the compositions of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions comprising an alkyne-based substrate, an azide-based substrate, optionally a Cu(II) salt and optionally a photoinducible reducing agent. The present invention further includes a method of preparing composite materials that are suitable for use as dental implants using the compositions of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dental composition comprising a curable blend of one or more polythiol compounds and one or more polyvinyl compounds; where one or both compounds are oligomers. In one aspect, the polythiol compounds are polythiol oligomers formed by prepolymerization of polyvinyl monomers in the presence of an excess of polythiol monomers. In another aspect, the polyvinyl compounds are polyvinyl oligomers formed by prepolymerization of polythiol monomers in the presence of an excess of polyvinyl monomers. The dental composition may further comprise one or more fillers or photoinitiators known in the art. The invention also comprises methods of making a dental prosthesis comprising the composition described above. Use of the thiol-ene oligomeric system results in cured (polymerized) dental compositions having improved physical properties, including low-shrinkage properties and reduced shrinkage induced-stress, enhanced double bond conversion percentage, and reduced odor.

Abstract: Photopolymerizable polymer composites based on dimethacrylate systems have been increasingly utilized as dental restorative materials. One of the biggest drawbacks of current dental resin systems is the volume shrinkage and shrinkage induced stresses that arise during the polymerization. Other major problems include incomplete double bond conversion and insufficient wear resistance. This invention involves the development of an entirely novel approach to the photopolymerization process that utilizes thiol-ene systems as low shrinkage and ultra-low shrinkage stress dental restorative materials. Compared with the traditional dimethacrylate dental resins, these novel photopolymerizations have demonstrated a dramatically decreased volume shrinkage, extremely rapid polymerization, abilities to photopolymerize ultrathick materials and achieve much higher conversion, lack of oxygen inhibition and ultra-low shrinkage stress due to low volume shrinkage and drastically delayed gel point conversion.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel (meth)acrylic and (meth)acrylamide monomers and polymers produced from those monomers. The monomers of the invention each include only a single vinyl functionality and at least one non-vinyl functionality that can be varied to achieve desired monomer/polymer properties. The invention additionally provides methods of producing polymers from these mono-vinyl monomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer-brush modified fillers and methods, compositions and processes of modification of fillers and more particularly fillers useful in dental materials and other compositions that exhibit higher mechanical strength, longer hydrolytic stability, lower polymerization stress and improved wear and abrasion resistance. The present invention provides a method for making a polymer-brush modified filler comprising: providing a filler material; silanizing the filler material with a silane; and reacting the silanized filler with a telechelic oligomer. The present invention further provides a method of preparing a shaped dental prosthetic device for use in a human mouth comprising: dispensing a mixture having at least one monomer and a polymer brush modified filler; shaping the mixture; and photopolymerizing the mixture.