Abstract: A dental instrument comprising a shaft and a working part adjoined thereto, with the working part having a coating in which abrasive bodies are embedded, is proposed, Firstly, the average proportion of the surface of the abrasive bodies which is covered by the coating can be at least 60%, preferably at least 65%, most preferably at least 70%. Secondly, the coating can, moreover, also consist of a nickel ahoy which additionally contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron and cobalt. In addition, a process for coating a working part, in particular for producing a dental instrument of this type, and also the use of such a dental instrument for cutting machining of solid bodies are proposed.

Abstract: A dental instrument comprising a shaft and a working part adjoined thereto, with the working part having a coating in which abrasive bodies are embedded, is proposed. Firstly, the average proportion of the surface of the abrasive bodies which is covered by the coating can be at least 60%, preferably at least 65%, most preferably at least 70%. Secondly, the coating can, moreover, also consist of a nickel alloy which additionally contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron and cobalt. In addition, a process for coating a working part, in particular for producing a dental instrument of this type, and also the use of such a dental instrument for cutting machining of solid bodies are proposed.

Abstract: A polymeric material is curable from an uncured state to a cured state and includes at least one finely dispersed filler. The material has in the cured state, a translucency in the range of about 30% to about 100%, and shore A hardness according to DIN 53505:1984 in the range of about 20 to about 70 and a tensile strength according to DIN 53504:1994 in the range of about 1.5 MPa to about 4.5 MPa. The material has in the uncured state, a consistency according to DIN ISO 4823:2000 of type 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention is related to clear crosslinkable polymeric masses for the registration of fingerprints, allowing to obtain positive reproductions of fingerprints by taking a photograph through a clear cured layer obtained from said polymeric masses.

Abstract: A hardenable dental material, exhibiting a reflectivity in the hardened state of preferably more than about 70%, measured according to EN ISO 2813 (1999) with an angle of incidence of 60°. The material provides for improved visual readability in the hardened state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of retraction of sulcus, comprising the steps of: applying a silicone material onto and/or at the vicinity of the boundary of a tooth and adjacent sulcus, which silicone material expands during or after its curing reaction; applying a cap onto said tooth, thereby forming a chamber over said silicone material, wherein said chamber comprises as its walls the tooth, the cap and an outer section of said sulcus; whereby said chamber allows for the silicone material to expand into the crevice between sulcus and tooth. Said cap is at least partially filled with a plastically deformable material when applied onto said tooth in step; and/or said cap is deformable, especially under biting pressure.

Abstract: Sulcus is retracted from teeth prior to performing a dental procedure on the teeth by applying an expandable curable silicone compound to the surface of the teeth and preventing the silicone compound from expanding in a direction away from the surface of the teeth, thereby forcing the silicone to expand against the sulcus and forcing retraction of the sulcus from contact with the teeth.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of retraction of sulcus, comprising the steps of: applying a silicone material onto and/or at the vicinity of the boundary of a tooth and adjacent sulcus, which silicone material expands during or after its curing reaction; applying a cap onto said tooth, thereby forming a chamber over said silicone material, wherein said chamber comprises as its walls the tooth, the cap and an outer section of said sulcus; whereby said chamber allows for the silicone material to expand into the crevice between sulcus and tooth. Said cap is at least partially filled with a plastically deformable material when applied onto said tooth in step; and/or said cap is deformable, especially under biting pressure.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of retraction of sulcus, in which, in a first step, a flowable retraction material (1) is applied onto the sulcus (5) of at least one tooth (4). In a second step, a dental dam (2) is applied onto the tooth (4) and brought into contact with or in the vicinity of the retraction material (1). According to the invention, the retraction material (1) and the material of the dental dam (2) are chosen such that they can form a chemical bond with each other. Moreover, the invention concerns a dental kit (9) for performing the method, which dental kit (9) contains at least one flowable retraction material (1) and at least one dental dam (2), wherein the retraction material (1) and the dental dam (2) can form a chemical bond. Additionally, the invention concerns the use of a dental kit (9) in the method. Finally, the invention concerns a dental retraction device (10) containing a retraction material (1) and a dental (2), which have formed a chemical bond with each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of retraction of sulcus, comprising the steps of: applying a silicone material onto and/or at the vicinity of the boundary of a tooth and adjacent sulcus, which silicone material expands during or after its curing reaction; applying a cap onto said tooth, thereby forming a chamber over said silicone material, wherein said chamber comprises as its walls the tooth, the cap and an outer section of said sulcus; whereby said chamber allows for the silicone material to expand into the crevice between sulcus and tooth. Said cap is at least partially filled with a plastically deformable material when applied onto said tooth in step; and/or said cap is deformable, especially under biting pressure.

Abstract: A hardenable dental material, exhibiting a reflectivity in the hardened state of preferably more than about 70%, measured according to EN ISO 2813 (1999) with an angle of incidence of 600. The material provides for improved visual readability in the hardened state.

Abstract: Sulcus is retracted from teeth prior to perfroming a dental procedure on the teeth by applying an expandible curable silicone compound to the surface of the teeth and preventing the silicone compound from exanding in a direction away from the suface of the teeth, thereby forcing the silicone to expand against the sulcus and forcing retraction of the sulcus from contact with the teeth.

Abstract: A silicone material, preferably a multi-component addition-cured silicon impression compound, of at least one organopolysiloxane with at least two unsaturated groups in the molecule; at least one organohydrogenpolysiloxane with at least three SiH groups in the molecule; at least one platinum catalyst and at least one filler.

Abstract: The present invention is related to clear crosslinkable polymeric masses for the registration of fingerprints, allowing to obtain positive reproductions of fingerprints by taking a photograph through a clear cured layer obtained from said polymeric masses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of retraction of sulcus, comprising the steps of: applying a silicone material onto and/or at the vicinity of the boundary of a tooth and adjacent sulcus, which silicone material expands during or after its curing reaction; applying a cap onto said tooth, thereby forming a chamber over said silicone material, wherein said chamber comprises as its walls the tooth, the cap and an outer section of said sulcus; whereby said chamber allows for the silicone material to expand into the crevice between sulcus and tooth. Said cap is at least partially filled with a plastically deformable material when applied onto said tooth in step; and/or said cap is deformable, especially under biting pressure.

Abstract: Sulcus is retracted from teeth prior to performing a dental procedure on the teeth by applying an expandible curable silicone compound to the surface of the teeth and preventing the silicone compound from exanding in a direction away from the suface of the teeth, thereby forcing the silicone to expand against the sulcus and forcing retraction of the sulcus from contact with the teeth.

Abstract: The organosilanes and organopolysiloxanes containing groups which form free radicals and are soluble in organic solvents, processes for their preparation, macromonomers and graft copolymers from the organosilanes and organopolysiloxanes according to the invention as free radical initiators and organic monomers which can be polymerized by free radicals, a process for the preparation of the macromonomers and graft copolymers and their use.

Abstract: The organosilicon compounds have at least one Si--C-bonded organic radical which contains at least one triazene group. The organosilicon compounds can be employed as heat- and light-unstable free radical initiators for the preparation of homo-, graft co- and block copolymers from olefinically unsaturated compounds and for crosslinking organosilicon compounds and organic compounds which can be polymerized by free radical polymerization.