Abstract: A resin block suitable for dental cutting work may include a resin matrix (A) and spherical filler (B) whose average particle size ranges from 230 to 1000 nm. When 10 mm thick and measured with a colorimeter, the lightness (V) is less than 5.0 and the saturation (C) is less than 2.0 in a Munsell color system of colored light on a black background and a white background. When 1 mm thick, the lightness (V) is less than 5.0 and the saturation (C) is 0.05 or more on a black background, but on a white background, the lightness (V) is 6.0 or more and the saturation (C) is less than 2.0 for Munsell colored light. Resin blocks can be used for dental restoration such that dental prostheses produced from the block not using a pigment/dye are compatible with natural teeth color tone, and the color tone compatibility endures.

Abstract: Corrosion inhibitors for hypochlorous acid aqueous solutions are provided and impart corrosion inhibiting effects of suppressing the generation of rust in contacted metal surfaces to hypochlorous acid aqueous solutions. Effective components of the corrosion inhibitors comprise only: an A component composed of (A1) a metal salt of formic acid and/or (A2) a metal salt of saturated carboxylic acid, wherein the number n of carbon atoms contained in the molecule is at least 2, the valence v of the acid is 1 or 2, and the value n/v obtained by dividing the number n of carbon atoms by the valence v of the carboxylic acid is 2-6; and a B component composed of a nonionic surfactant, wherein the mass ratio B/A of the B component to the A component in the effective component is 0.005-10.0.

Abstract: A composite liquid agent package containing a first pouch filled with a first liquid and a second pouch filled with a second liquid; and a kit for preparing a multicomponent composition, the kit including an outer bag housing the composite liquid agent package. With an opposite end section of the first pouch and an opposite end section of the second pouch being superposed, the superposed parts are heated and pressurized to exclude sealants, which are present within the opposite end sections, outwardly of the extremities of the outer layers of the opposite end sections, while heat-fusing the two extruded sealants together to join the two pouches.

Abstract: Provided are a zirconia dental mill blank and a manufacturing method therefor, said mill bank having a to-be-cut part composed of a composite material, which includes fine particles of an inorganic oxide (excluding zirconium oxide, an inorganic oxide functioning as a stabilizer, and aluminum oxide) and a matrix composed of a temporarily sintered body of a crystalline zirconium oxide powder containing a stabilizer and an aluminum oxide additive, wherein the temporarily sintered body is a microporous temporarily sintered body having a relative density of 45-65% and having pores opened outward, and the fine particles of the inorganic oxide are held in the pores of the microporous temporarily sintered body. Moreover, provided are a method for manufacturing a dental zirconia ceramic prosthesis, and a method for manufacturing an article composed of a zirconia composite ceramic.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method of producing a plate denture using a stereolithography 3D printer, which is capable of producing a plate denture in a short time with a more simplified production process, the plate denture exhibiting excellent occlusion. [Solving Means] The problem is solved by a method of producing a plate denture, including: adhering an artificial tooth and a denture base photochemically solidified by a stereolithography 3D printer to each other by polymerizing an unpolymerized curable composition for stereolithography present on a surface of the denture base. Further, stronger adhesion between the artificial tooth and the denture base is achieved by mixing, in the curable composition for stereolithography, a polymerization initiator other than a photopolymerization initiator for stereolithography.

Abstract: [Object] To provide, for a composite resin (CR) having a wide range of applicable colors (shades) (wide-ranging color applicable CR), such as a CR having light diffusion properties and a CR that produces color by means of a structural color, a technology with which an excellent effect, specifically, an increased breadth (number) of applicable shades in comparison to an existing CR other than a wide-ranging color applicable CR, can be achieved.

Abstract: Provided is a reference denture alignment jig which guides reference dentures into an oral cavity or to an articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, and aligns the reference dentures in the oral cavity or in the articulator in which upper and lower edentulous jaw models are fixed, the jig having a reference denture holding portion for holding reference dentures.

Abstract: The dental restorative material of the present invention is a dental restorative material that contains a resin matrix and an inorganic filler in an amount of 25 to 1,000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin matrix, and in the dental restorative material, the resin matrix contains a polyurethane resin, and the inorganic filler has an average particle diameter of 0.001 to 100 ?m. According to the present invention, a dental restorative material that has a high bending strength and a high surface hardness, and is excellent in transparency and cutting workability, and a resin material for dental cutting work containing the same can be provided.

Abstract: Provided is a dental curable composition containing: (A) a porous organic-inorganic composite filler which comprises an organic resin component obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer component (a) including at least 50 mass % of a polymerizable monomer having a hydrogen-bonding functional group, and an inorganic component composed of a plurality of inorganic particles; (B) a polymerizable monomer component including at least 10 mass % of a polymerizable monomer having a hydrogen-bonding functional group; and (C) a polymerization initiator, wherein (C) the polymerization initiator comprises, as photopolymerization initiators, (c1) a photosensitizer compound, (c2) a reducing agent, and (c3) a photoacid generator composed of an aryliodonium salt compound, and the content of the aryliodonium salt compound is 0.1-5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total mass of (B) the polymerizable monomer component.

Abstract: Provided is a dental filling and repairing material kit that is for repairing a tooth having a cavity and that includes a first polymerization curable composition (A) for forming a surface exposed layer exposed to a surface after repairing and a second polymerization curable composition (B) for forming a foundation layer to serve as a foundation of the surface exposed layer. The first polymerization curable composition (A) is formed into a cured body that expresses a structure color by dispersion of inorganic spherical particles in a specific dispersion state in a matrix. Regarding the second polymerization curable composition (B), the brightness (V) of colored light when a sample of said composition with a thickness of 1 mm is measured by using a color difference meter under a black background, is not less than 5 in terms of a color measurement value in the Munsell color system.

Abstract: Provided is a curable composition that is for dentistry and that contains: a polymerizable monomer (A); an inorganic filler (B) having an average particle size of 0.1-1 ?m; an organic-inorganic composite filler (C) having an aggregate structure in which inorganic primary particles having an average particle size of 10-1000 nm are bonded together through a resin layer covering the surface of the particles, to form a void having a specific pore volume; and a polymerization initiator (D). In the organic-inorganic composite filler (C), a curved surface-shaped organic-inorganic composite filler (C1) formed of organic-inorganic composite aggregate particles having a curved surface shape, and an amorphous organic-inorganic composite filler (C2) formed of amorphous organic-inorganic composite aggregate particles having an edge portion, are mixed such that C1/(C1+C2) equals 0.2-0.8 in terms of the number of particles having a particle size of 5 ?m or more.

Abstract: A dental curable composition which comprises a radically polymerizable monomer component (A), a polymerizing catalyst (B) and an inorganic granular material (C), characterized in that: the radically polymerizable monomer component (A) contains a bifunctional monomer (A-1) represented by the following formula (?), RP—SP1—RP??(?) where, RP is a radically polymerizable group represented by CH2?C(R)—COO— or CH2?C(R)—CONH—, wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and SP1 is a hydrocarbon group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and the content of the bifunctional monomer (A-1) in the radically polymerizable monomer component (A) is 5 to 40% by mass under a condition that the content of a diluting monomer (A-2) represented by the following formula (?), RP—SP2—RP??(?) where, RP is as defined in the above formula (?), and SP2 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group different from SP1, an oxygen-containing aliphatic hydrocarbon group having not less than 2 oxygen atoms, or an ox

Abstract: Provided is a composite material which comprises a resin matrix and inorganic particles dispersed therein, wherein the inorganic particles comprise: one or more groups (G-PID) of spherical particles uniform in particle diameter which comprise aggregates of inorganic spherical particles having a specific average primary-particle diameter, have a narrow particle-size-distribution width, and have a lower refractive index than the resin matrix; and a group (G-SFP) of ultrafine particles. The inorganic spherical particles which constitute all the groups of spherical particles uniform in particle diameter contained in the resin matrix have an arrangement structure which is a short-range order structure satisfying a specific requirement. Also provided are a curable composition giving the composite material and a method for producing the curable composition.

Abstract: A polymerization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light irradiator; and a polymerization vessel. The light irradiator includes a first casing and a light source assembly. The first casing includes a light source chamber defined by cylindrical side walls, a ceiling, and a floor including a light-transmissive window member. The light source assembly includes a base having a light-emitting surface on which a plurality of light-emitting diodes is disposed in a predetermined pattern and a heat-dissipating surface to which a heat sink is joined, and the light source assembly is disposed within the light source chamber so that the light-emitting surface faces the light-transmissive window member. The polymerization vessel includes a polymerization cup and a second casing. The polymerization cup has a frustoconical or substantially frustoconical shape that opens upward and increases in diameter upward, and is capable of housing an object therein.

Abstract: Provided are a blank for dental cutting having a part to be cut made from a resin material, wherein the resin material includes a composite material in which inorganic particles are dispersed in a resin matrix, the inorganic particles are made from aggregates of inorganic spherical particles having a specific average primary particle diameter, have a narrow particle size distribution, and include one or a plurality of spherical particle groups of the same particle diameter (G-PID) having a refractive index smaller than that of the resin matrix and an ultrafine particle group (G-SFP), and the arrangement structure of all of the inorganic spherical particles constituting the spherical particle groups of the same particle diameter in the resin matrix has a short-range ordered structure that fulfills specific conditions, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A curable composition for a denture base is provided which comprises a paste-like composition containing (A) (meth)acrylic monomers, (B) a monomer-absorbing porous organic cross-linked polymer which can absorb the (A) (meth)acrylic monomers, and (C) a polymerization initiator selected from a photopolymerization initiator and a thermal polymerization initiator, wherein the content of (B) the monomer-absorbing porous organic cross-linked polymer is 20-80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the (A) (meth)acrylic monomers, and the absorption amount: RAb={(g?A)/(g?B)}, measured in accordance with JIS K5101-13-1:2004, and defined by the amount of (A) (meth)acrylic monomers: g?A (unit: g) absorbed per unit amount of (B) the monomer-absorbing porous organic cross-linked polymer: g?B (unit: g) is greater than or equal to 1.5.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable composition that contains a polymerizable monomer (A), a spherical filler (B) having an average particle size within the range of 230-1000 nm, and a polymerization initiator (C), the photocurable composition being such that: 90% or more of the individual particles that constitute the spherical filler (B) are within a range of ±5% of the average particle size; the polymerizable monomer (A) and the spherical filler (B) satisfy condition (X1) represented by formula (1): nP<nF (where nP represents the refractive index at 25° C. of a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable monomer (A), and nF represents the refractive index at 25° C. of the spherical filler (B)); and the polymerization initiator (C) includes a photosensitizing compound (C1), a tertiary amine compound (C2), and a photoacid generator (C3).

Abstract: The present invention provides a tooth cleaning composition containing a weakly acidic hypochlorite solution that has an effective chloride concentration of 100-2000 (mass ppm) and a pH of 3.0-6.5.

Abstract: Provided is a composite material which comprises a resin matrix and inorganic particles dispersed therein, wherein the inorganic particles comprise: one or more groups (G-PID) of spherical particles uniform in particle diameter which comprise aggregates of inorganic spherical particles having a specific average primary-particle diameter, have a narrow particle-size-distribution width, and have a lower refractive index than the resin matrix; and a group (G-SFP) of ultrafine particles. The inorganic spherical particles which constitute all the groups of spherical particles uniform in particle diameter contained in the resin matrix have an arrangement structure which is a short-range order structure satisfying a specific requirement. Also provided are a curable composition giving the composite material and a method for producing the curable composition.