Abstract: To suppress a curing agent paste stored in a sealed state in a packaging container from self-curing over a long period of time, provided are a dental alginate impression material as described below, and a curing agent paste to be used for the dental alginate impression material. The dental alginate impression material may includes: a base material paste including as main components: an alginic acid salt (A); and water (B); and a curing agent paste including as main components: a gelling reaction agent (C); a poorly water-soluble organic solvent (D); and a humectant (E).

Abstract: A dental curable composition includes: a radically polymerizable monomer; a polymerization initiator; and a hyperbranched polymer, in which the hyperbranched polymer includes a unit structure represented by the general formula (I) and unit structures represented by the general formula (IIA) and/or the general formula (IIB) (in the general formula (I), A represents a single bond for bonding C and R1, >C?O, —O—, or —COO—, R1 represents a divalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and in the general formula (IIA) and the general formula (IIB), R3, R4, and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or a cyano group, and R6 represents an alkylene group).

Abstract: [Problems] To fill a container with a material without applying a high pressure to the material that is to be filled. [Means for Solution] An ejection device 1 comprises a filling chamber 24 formed in a cylindrical member for containing a material to be filled, a discharge portion 7 having a discharge nozzle 12 for pouring out the filled material to the exterior, and a piston 4 that pushes the filled material toward the front end side of the filling chamber 24 to discharge the filled material through the discharge nozzle 12. In the ejection device 1, the discharge portion 7 is formed separately from the filling chamber 24 and in a manner to be fitted to an opening on one end side of the cylindrical member 24, the opening serving as a filling port for filling the material to be filled, and after the material to be filled is poured into the filling chamber 24 through the filling port, the discharge portion 7 is coupled to the filling chamber 24.

Abstract: Provided are a dental adhesive composition, a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each having an excellent adhesive force and excellent adhesion durability. Specifically, provided are a dental adhesive composition, including (A) a polymerizable monomer containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, and (B) a dendritic polymer, and a dental adhesive primer, a dental adhesive bonding material, a dental adhesive composite resin, and a dental adhesive resin cement each using the dental adhesive composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing silica-zirconia composite oxide particles each coated with a silica layer, which is characterized in that a liquid dispersion of silica-zirconia composite oxide particles is obtained by reacting an alkoxide of silicon and/or a condensable compound derived from the alkoxide with an alkoxide of zirconium and/or a condensable compound derived from the alkoxide in a water-containing solvent that contains acetonitrile so that the reaction liquid is to contain not less than 10% by mass of acetonitrile, and then the surface of each silica-zirconia composite oxide particle is coated with a silica layer by reacting the silica-zirconia composite oxide particles dispersed in the liquid dispersion with an alkoxide of silicon and/or a condensable compound derived from the alkoxide in the liquid dispersion of silica-zirconia composite oxide particles.

Abstract: A dual-cure curable material kit comprising: (A) a radical-polymerizable monomer component; (B) a photopolymerization initiator component comprising (b1) an ?-diketone compound, (b2) an aliphatic tertiary amine compound having a tertiary amino group in which three saturated aliphatic groups are bonded to a nitrogen atom and one of the saturated aliphatic groups has an electron-withdrawing group as a substituent, and (b3) an s-triazine compound having a trihalomethyl group as a substituent, or a diaryliodonium salt compound; and a chemical polymerization initiator component (C) comprising (c1) an organic peroxide, and (c2) an N,N-di(hydroxyalkyl)-p-toluidine compound; which is packed separately at least in two packages so that the component (b2) and the component (b3) of the photopolymerization initiator component (B) are not packed together in a single package and the component (c1) and the component (c2) of the chemical polymerization initiator component (C) are not packed together in a single package.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide an ejection container capable of falling a liquid in drops from the container body without relying on the sense of the fingertips and without affected by a change in the temperature. [Means for Solution] A knock-type ejection container 1 in which an ejection port 8 is provided at one end of a container body 2, a knock button 4 is provided at the other end thereof, a container chamber 22 is provided in the container body 2 to contain a liquid, and the liquid contained in the container chamber 22 is ejected from the ejection port 8 being interlocked to the operation of the knock button 4.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a kit of material for dentin restoration including a combination of a plurality of kinds of curable pastes each having a different hue, wherein each of the curable pastes exhibits L* of 55 to 75 and a fluctuation range of L* of 3 or less in a CIELab color system when the color of a cured body with a thickness of 3.0 mm obtained by curing the pastes is measured against a black background, and a method for producing the kit of material for dentin restoration.

Abstract: Provided are: an organic/inorganic composite, and a manufacturing method therefor; and a dental material and bone substitute material manufactured using the organic/inorganic composite. The organic/inorganic composite includes: (A) 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin containing as a main component at least one kind selected from a polyarylketone resin and a polysulfone resin; and (B) 60 to 300 parts by mass of an inorganic particle mixture dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, in which the inorganic particle mixture contains inorganic particles each having a particle diameter of from 200 to 700 nm at a content of 25 vol % or more, and inorganic particles each having a particle diameter of from 40 to 100 nm at a content of 10 vol % or more.

Abstract: Provided are: a resin composite, which is produced using: 100 parts by mass of a resin having a melting point or fluidization temperature of from 200 to 500° C.; and 40 to 400 parts by mass of inorganic particles surface-treated with a treatment-agent having a reactive double bond group or an aromatic group at an end thereof, the resin composite having an rate of 55% or more a manufacturing method for the resin composite; and a dental material using the resin composite: And the rate (%) represents 100×{EP/(EP+V)}; EP represents the number of the inorganic particles per square region measuring 10 ?m on each side exposed in a polished surface of the resin composite; and V represents the number of voids per square region measuring 10 ?m on each side formed through elimination of the inorganic particles in the square region where the EP is counted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a kit for adhesion between an alginate impression material for dental use and an impression tray, which contains: (U) a pretreatment agent that contains (I) 100 parts by mass of an organic solvent that has a solubility parameter (?) of 17.0-23.0 [(MPa)1/2] and (II) 0.1-30 parts by mass of inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 10 ?m or less; and (V1) an adhesive that contains (I) a polyamine compound that contains two or more amino groups in each molecule and (III) a lower alcohol solvent, or (V2) an adhesive that is obtained by mixing (I) a polyamine compound that contains two or more amino groups in each molecule, (II) an organic peroxide and (III) a lower alcohol solvent.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a liquid dental adhesive composition which contains a phosphoric acid-type compound having a hydrogenphosphoric diester group as an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer and, further, contains polyvalent metal ions, effectively preventing not only the gelation but also the formation of precipitates (cloudiness) during the storage.

Abstract: [Problems] A dental adhesive composition containing an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer, that can be used as a dental adhesive material or a primer. The dental adhesive composition has excellent durability of adhesion exhibiting further improved adhering strength and durability of adhesion enabling teeth to be more strongly adhered to a composite resin or a prosthetic over extended periods of time. [Means for Solution] The dental adhesive composition contains a polymerizable monomer and ions of an element of the Group IV as basic components, at least 10 mass % of the polymerizable monomer being a polymerizable monomer having a hydrogenphosphate diester group, such as bis(2-methacryloyloxyethyl)hydrogenphosphate or 2-methacryloyloxyethylphenyl hydrogenphosphate, and the content of ions of the element of the Group IV such as titanium ions or zirconium ions in the composition being 0.1 to 1.

Abstract: An organic-inorganic composite filler contains: inorganic aggregate particles formed by aggregation of inorganic primary particles with an average particle diameter of 10 to 1000 nm; an organic resin phase including a cured polymer of a polymerizable monomer covering surfaces of the inorganic primary particles and bonding the inorganic primary particles to each other, and a water absorbing resin; and aggregation gaps with a volume of micropores formed between parts of the organic resin phase of 0.01 to 0.30 cm3/g in pore volume measurement within a pore diameter range of 1 to 500 nm, as measured by a mercury intrusion technique. In a cross section passing through the centers of the inorganic aggregate particles, based on 100 measured inorganic particles, there are 10 or less inorganic aggregate particles having a macro void with a maximum width of at least 1 ?m.

Abstract: A primer used for pre-treating the surfaces of a prosthetic, which exhibits a large adhering force at the time of adhering a prosthetic of metal oxide ceramics to an object to be joined by using an adhesive such as a dental cement, the large adhering force being maintained for extended periods of time even in a severe environment such as in an oral cavity. A primer composition for metal oxide ceramics includes (A) a polymerizable monomer component containing 5% by mass or more, preferably, 5% by mass to 80% by mass of an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer as represented by a 11-methacryloyloxy-1,1-undecanedicarboxylic acid and a rest of a polymerizable monomer without acidic group, such as triethylene glycol dimethacrylate; (B) polyvalent metal ions resulting from a titanium tetrabutoxide or the like; and (C) an organic solvent such as acetone or ethyl alcohol, wherein water is not substantially contained.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dental restorative material comprising 10-50 mass % of (A) a polymerizable monomer, 5-80 mass % of (B) an organic-inorganic composite filler which is prepared by dispersing an inorganic fine filler having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or smaller in an organic matrix and has an average particle diameter of 5.0-50 ?m, and 10-60 mass % of (C) a third component, i.e., an inorganic filler having an average particle diameter of 1.1-5.0 ?m, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index [nC] of the inorganic filler (C) and the refractive index [nB] of the organic-inorganic composite filler (B) (i.e., |nC?nB|) is 0.005-0.07 at 32° C. and the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index [nA] of the cured product of the polymerizable monomer (A) and the refractive index [nC] of the inorganic filler (C) (i.e., |nA?nC|) is 0.005-0.05 at 32° C.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a chemical polymerization type curable composition which can achieve a very large strength of adhesion even without irradiated with light, and is used in the field of dental therapy. [Means for Solution] A dental curable composition comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer component containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (B) water, and (C) a chemical polymerization initiator component comprising a radical-generating species and a reactive species that generates radicals upon reacting with the radical-generating species; wherein, the dental curable composition is stored being divided into a plurality of packages, and is polymerized and cured by mixing together the components contained in the packages; and wherein one package (I) among the packages contains the component (A) and the component (B), and, further, contains polyvalent metal ions in an amount of 0.

Abstract: In dental crown restoration, a dental shade guide which is selected to match patient's teeth comprises a shade-guide portion and a handle. A molding device for molding the dental shade guide comprises a molding plate having a shade-guide molding portion and a handle-holding groove. The molding plate is closed by a cover. While the handle is held in the handle-holding groove of the molding plate, dental composite resin paste is filled in the shade-guide molding portion and the upper surface of the molding plate is tightly pressed by the inner surface of the cover.

Abstract: To improve an adhesive force of an adhesive agent between an impression material and a tray, and to stabilize the adhesive force therebetween, provided is an adhesive agent for the adhesion between an alginate impression material and an impression tray for dental applications, which includes a polyamine compound having two or more amino groups in a molecule and a solvent.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a kit of material for dentin restoration including a combination of a plurality of kinds of curable pastes each having a different hue, wherein each of the curable pastes exhibits L* of 55 to 75 and a fluctuation range of L* of 3 or less in a CIELab color system when the color of a cured body with a thickness of 3.0 mm obtained by curing the pastes is measured against a black background, and a method for producing the kit of material for dentin restoration.