Abstract: In the process of implanting a metal dental prosthesis into or on the alveolar bone, to provide anchorage or stabilization either to a tooth or to another prosthesis, which involves surgical exposure of the alveolar bone, providing means for (a) fixing a metal implant in the alveolar bone, and (b) fixing the metal implant to either a tooth or to the other prosthesis, and closing the exposure of the alveolar bone, the improvement which comprises including in respect to such means the step of applying to one or more portions of the implant or to the locus of the implant in the alveolar bone, a primary coating comprising a crosslinked resin that (i) optionally contains leachable fluoride and (ii) is biocompatible with osseous and non-osseous tissue, to effect direct bonding of the implant to the tooth or to the prosthesis, or to bone or to non-osseous tissue or a combination of them. A treated prosthetic is also described.

Abstract: An adhesive composition useful for restoration comprising a finely-divided reinforcing filler, a polymerizable matrix material, a bonding agent, a coupling agent, and a thermal initiator.

Abstract: Two-part dental cement systems based on glass ionomers which are curable on exposure to light. The dental cement systems comprise a two-part blend of sodium N(p-tolyl)glycine-glycidyl methacrylate (Na NTG-GMA) and pyromellitic dianhydride-methyl methacrylate (PMDM) resins and glass ionomers.

Abstract: A buffered glass ionomer cement for dental use, including in combination, a mixture of a fine particle, 5-10 microns, powder consisting essentially by weight of______________________________________ silica 20-30% boron oxide 1-10% aluminum oxide 10-20% aluminum fluoride 1-10% calcium fluoride 30-40% phosphorus pentoxide 1-5% ammonium fluoride 1-10% ______________________________________plus five to twenty percent of the weight of the above of zinc oxide and zero to ten percent of titanium dioxide,anda liquid component comprising, by weight polyacrylic acid of low molecular weight, 40% solution in water--100-80% by weight, d-tartaric acid--0-20%. The powder and the liquid component are mixed together in a ratio of from 1:1 to 5:3 by weight.

Abstract: A buffered glass ionomer cement for dental use, including in combination, a mixture of a fine particle, 5-10 microns, powder consisting essentially by weight of______________________________________ silica 20-30% boron oxide 1-10% aluminum oxide 10-20% aluminum fluoride 1-10% calcium fluoride 30-40% phosphorus pentoxide .[.1-5%.]..Iadd.1-10%.Iaddend. ammonium fluoride .[.1-10%.]..Iadd.1-5%.Iaddend. ______________________________________plus five to twenty percent of the weight of the above of zinc oxide and zero to ten percent of titanium dioxide, anda liquid component comprising, by weight polyacrylic acid of low molecular weight, 40% solution in water--100-80% by weight, d-tartaric acid--0-20%. The powder and the liquid component are mixed together in a ratio of from 1:1 to 5:3 by weight.

Abstract: A bonding adhesive for dentistry and a method for preparing the surface of dentin, enamel, or other natural or industrial substrates containing or capable of binding metallic ions, for adhesion of composite materials or resins. First, an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid or a mixture of phosphoric and nitric acids along with aluminum oxalate, or phosphoric acid alone, is applied to the surface. Second, a solution comprising a solvent and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of .[.(1) N-phenylglycine in a mixture with.]. the alkali metal .[.salt.]. .Iadd.salts .Iaddend.of (.Iadd.1) .Iaddend.N-phenylglycine, (2) .[.a mixture of.]. the adduct of .[.the alkali salts.]. N(p-tolyl)glycine and glycidyl methacrylate, .[.with the mixture N(p-tolyl)glycine and glycidyl methacrylate.]. (3) the addition reaction product .[.of the alkali metal salt.].