Patent ID: 7828550

Claim:
An activating dental implement for chemically initiating or accelerating curing of an endodontic sealer or filling material located within a root canal of a tooth, comprising: a substrate sized and configured for at least partial placement into a root canal; and an unreacted chemical curing agent coated on or impregnated within the substrate that is available for chemically initiating or accelerating curing of a chemical cure endodontic sealer or filling material located within a root canal of a tooth when the substrate is placed in contact therewith, the unreacted chemical curing agent being only a first part of a two-part chemical curing system and being devoid of a second part of the two-part chemical curing system so as to remain unreacted until contacted with the second part of the two-part chemical curing system previously placed within the root canal, the activating dental implement being configured so as to be insertable into a root canal of a tooth.