A method of preparing a polymer, the method comprising: combining a nanogel and a base monomer composition to form a monomer-nanogel mixture, wherein the nanogel concentration is at least 10 to 15 wt% of the monomer-nanogel mixture; wherein the base monomer composition comprises one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl(meth)acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobornyl acrylate, and combinations thereof; and wherein the nanogel is soluble in the base monomer composition and wherein the nanogel is derived from a nanogel-forming monomer mixture that comprises: at least one monovinyl monomer selected from the group consisting of methyl(meth)acrylate, ethyl(meth)acrylate, propyl(meth)acrylate, n-butyl(meth)acrylate, iso-butyl(meth)acrylate, t-butyl(meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl(meth)acrylate octyl (meth)acrylate, dodecyl(meth)acrylate, isodecyl methacrylate (IDMA), isobornyl methacrylate (IBMA), 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (EHMA), butyl methacrylate, and ethyl methacrylate, hybrid acrylate/methacrylate prepared by the reaction of hydroxyethyl acrylate and isocyanatoethyl methacrylate (HEA+IEM); at least one divinyl monomer ethylene glycoldi(meth)acrylate, urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA), tetraethyleneglycoldi(meth)acrylate (TTEGDMA), the condensation product of bisphenol A and glycidyl (meth)acrylate, 2,2'-bis [4-(3-methacryloxy-2-hydroxy propoxy)-phenyl] propane (bis-GMA), ethoxylated bisphenol-A-di(meth)acrylate (BisEMA), hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, tripropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, butanediol di(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, diethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, triethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, allyl (meth)acrylate, divinyl benzene, and 1,3-diglycerolatediacrylate wherein the monovinyl/divinyl ratio is in the molar range of 9:1 to 1:1; a chain transfer agent; and an initiator. combining a nanogel and a base monomer composition to form a monomer-nanogel mixture, wherein the nanogel concentration is at least 10 to 15 wt% of the monomer-nanogel mixture; wherein the base monomer composition comprises one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of methyl(meth)acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobornyl acrylate, and combinations thereof; and wherein the nanogel is soluble in the base monomer composition and wherein the nanogel is derived from a nanogel-forming monomer mixture that comprises: at least one monovinyl monomer selected from the group consisting of methyl(meth)acrylate, ethyl(meth)acrylate, propyl(meth)acrylate, n-butyl(meth)acrylate, iso-butyl(meth)acrylate, t-butyl(meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl(meth)acrylate octyl (meth)acrylate, dodecyl(meth)acrylate, isodecyl methacrylate (IDMA), isobornyl methacrylate (IBMA), 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (EHMA), butyl methacrylate, and ethyl methacrylate, hybrid acrylate/methacrylate prepared by the reaction of hydroxyethyl acrylate and isocyanatoethyl methacrylate (HEA+IEM); at least one divinyl monomer ethylene glycoldi(meth)acrylate, urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA), tetraethyleneglycoldi(meth)acrylate (TTEGDMA), the condensation product of bisphenol A and glycidyl (meth)acrylate, 2,2'-bis [4-(3-methacryloxy-2-hydroxy propoxy)-phenyl] propane (bis-GMA), ethoxylated bisphenol-A-di(meth)acrylate (BisEMA), hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, tripropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, butanediol di(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, diethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, triethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, allyl (meth)acrylate, divinyl benzene, and 1,3-diglycerolatediacrylate wherein the monovinyl/divinyl ratio is in the molar range of 9:1 to 1:1; a chain transfer agent; and an initiator. at least one monovinyl monomer selected from the group consisting of methyl(meth)acrylate, ethyl(meth)acrylate, propyl(meth)acrylate, n-butyl(meth)acrylate, iso-butyl(meth)acrylate, t-butyl(meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl(meth)acrylate octyl (meth)acrylate, dodecyl(meth)acrylate, isodecyl methacrylate (IDMA), isobornyl methacrylate (IBMA), 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (EHMA), butyl methacrylate, and ethyl methacrylate, hybrid acrylate/methacrylate prepared by the reaction of hydroxyethyl acrylate and isocyanatoethyl methacrylate (HEA+IEM); at least one divinyl monomer ethylene glycoldi(meth)acrylate, urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA), tetraethyleneglycoldi(meth)acrylate (TTEGDMA), the condensation product of bisphenol A and glycidyl (meth)acrylate, 2,2'-bis [4-(3-methacryloxy-2-hydroxy propoxy)-phenyl] propane (bis-GMA), ethoxylated bisphenol-A-di(meth)acrylate (BisEMA), hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, tripropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, butanediol di(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, diethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, triethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, allyl (meth)acrylate, divinyl benzene, and 1,3-diglycerolatediacrylate wherein the monovinyl/divinyl ratio is in the molar range of 9:1 to 1:1; a chain transfer agent; and an initiator.