Patent ID: RE44917

Claim:
A curing composition for use in initiating or accelerating curing of a filler or sealer composition placed in a root canal of a tooth, the curing composition consisting essentially of: a liquid carrier in an amount of 0% to about 75%; and a curing agent that is only one part of a multi-part chemical curing system in order to initiate or accelerate curing of a filler or sealer composition placed within a root canal of a tooth which contains a complementary part of the multi-part chemical curing system, wherein the curing agent has a concentration in a range of about 25% to 100% by weight of the curing composition, wherein the curing agent does not react until contacted with a filler or sealer composition containing a complementary part of the multi-part chemical curing system, the curing composition having a flowability so as to facilitate coating onto or impregnation within an implement that is sized so as to be at least partially insertable into a root canal of a tooth.