Abstract Direct dental filling materials and corresponding methods of treating human teeth utilizing known methacrylate dental polymer formers, peroxide catalysts, reinforcing fillers and unique tertiary aromatic amine accelerators with large substituents on the nitrogen atom and alkyl substituents on the aromatic ring at the 3 and 5 positions or the 4 position. Particularly preferred structures are N,N-disubstituted 3,5-xylidines, 4-methyl, and 4tertiary butyl varieties. When used in direct dental fillings, the compounds are uniformly non-volatile, at least three members of the group are crystallizable, and at least one member of the group serves dually as an accelerator and monomer.
A direct dental filling composition according to claim 1 wherein the aMine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A direct dental filling composition according to claim 1 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A direct dental filling composition according to claim 1 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A direct dental filling composition according to claim 1 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A direct dental filling composition according to claim 1 wherein the amine accelerator is restricted to the reaction product of 3,5-xylidine and the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A.
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A method of treating human teeth for filling and for restorative purposes which comprises contacting said teeth with a direct filling composition consisting essentially of methacrylate monomer, a peroxide catalyst, a filler and an amine accelerator selected from the group consisting of
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A method of treating human teeth according to claim 7 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A method of treating human teeth according to claim 7 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A method of treating human teeth according to claim 7 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A method of treating human teeth according to claim 7 wherein the amine accelerator is such that R'' and R'''' are each restricted to:
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A method of treating human teeth according to claim 7 wherein the amine accelerator is restricted to the reaction product of 3,5-xylidine and the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A.