Patent ID: 7799846

Claim:
A curable dental composition comprising: a) at least one carbosilane compound comprising at least one Si-Aryl bond, at least one silicon atom, no Si-Oxygen bond, and at least one aliphatic epoxy moiety, wherein the carbosilane compound has no glycidyl ether moieties; and b) an initiator, wherein the carbosilane compound comprises at least one group of the following general formula (A′): Aryl-[Si(A) a (D-B) b ] n (A′) wherein each A independently represents an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic moiety having one to six carbon atoms, an aromatic moiety having six to 14 carbon atoms or an aliphatic aromatic or aromatic aliphatic moiety having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, each B independently represents an aliphatic epoxy moiety having two to six carbon atoms, each D independently represents an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic moiety having two to 10 carbon atoms, an aromatic or aromatic aliphatic moiety having six to 14 carbon atoms, wherein one or more C or H atoms can be replaced by 0, Br, Cl or Si, each Aryl independently represents a substituted or non substituted aromatic moiety having six to 14 carbon atoms, a is 0, 1 or 2, b is 1, 2 or 3, a+b is 3, and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.