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: A method for producing a weakly acidic hypochlorous acid aqueous solution comprises (A) an ion-exchange step for generating molecular hypochlorous acid dissolved in a mixed solution by mixing a raw material aqueous solution composed of an aqueous solution of a metal salt of hypochlorous acid with an acidic ion-exchange resin to perform ion exchange between the metal ions and the hydrogen ions, and (B) a separation step for separating the acidic ion-exchange resin from the mixed solution after the ion-exchange step and obtaining weakly acidic hypochlorous acid aqueous solution in which molecular hypochlorous acid is dissolved.

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: The present invention provides a synthetic resin package (2) improved at least partially in the ease of use as compared with conventional packages, and containing at least one pouch (14) which accommodates a dental liquid (21) and which, when pressed, is unsealed at one end edge and allows the dental liquid to be flowed out through the unsealed one end edge. In the package (2), both side edges (4a, 4b) and a bottom edge (6) are closed throughout; an applicator insertion section (10) and a pouch housing section (12) situated adjacently in a lateral direction are defined; in a top edge (8), a site (8b) corresponding to the pouch housing section (12) is closed at least partially, while a site (8a) corresponding to the applicator insertion section (10) is open; and the pouch (14) is positioned within the pouch housing section (12), with the one end edge to be unsealed facing downward.

Abstract: A plastic container for containing a dental adhesive composition that contains a polymerizable monomer and a polymerization initiator; the plastic container including a container body 3 of a hollow cylindrical shape, an ejection nozzle 5 provided at an end of the container body 3 on one side thereof and a cap 9 detachably fitted to the ejection nozzle, and having a structure in which a knock-button type piston member 7 is fitted in the container body 3 from an end on the other side thereof in a manner that the knock-button type piston member can be depressed, and the composition contained in the container body 3 is discharged through the ejection nozzle 5 as the piston member 7 is depressed; and a body wall of the plastic container has an oxygen permeability in a range of 10 to 500 cc/m2·day·atm in a portion where the composition is contained in the container body 3.

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: Streptococcus mutans in saliva or dental plaque collected from the oral cavity can be measured by the method of the present invention conveniently with high sensitivity without the performance of any complex procedure, such as culturing. The reactivity of the antibody of the present invention against Streptococcus mutans is 1000-fold or more greater than its reactivity against each of Streptococcus gordonii, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus mitis, and Streptococcus sanguis.

Abstract: The present invention provides an immunological method for the assay of Streptococcus sobrinus participating in dental caries, an antibody for use in the method, and a diagnostic kit. As the antibody, there is used an antibody whose binding ability for Streptococcus sobrinus is not less than 100 times that for Streptococcus mutans.