Patent ID: 7553881

Claim:
A dental material comprising at least one compound of Formula (I), [PG] m —R 1 —Z—SP—Y—R 2 —[WG] p (I) in which m=1, 2 or 3; p=1, 2 or 3; R 1 =is absent, a linear or branched C 1 to C 20 alkylene radical which can be interrupted one or more times by O, S, NH, SiR′ 2 , CONH, CONR′, COO and/or OCONH, aromatic C 6 to C 14 radical or a combination thereof; R 2 =is absent, a linear or branched C 1 to C 20 alkylene radical which can be interrupted one or more times by O, S, NH, SiR′ 2 , CONH, CONR′, COO and/or OCONH, aromatic C 6 to C 14 radical or a combination thereof; PG=a radically polymerizable group; SP=a polymeric spacer which is selected from polyglycerol, polyalkyloxazoline, polyethyleneimine, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, poly-(2-hydroxyethyl)acrylate, poly-(2-hydroxyethyl)methacrylate groups, hydrophilic polypeptide groups and copolymers of the corresponding monomers; WG=an antimicrobially active group; Z=is absent, O, S, an ester, amide or urethane group; Y=is absent, O, S, an ester, amide or urethane group; R′=independently in each case a linear or branched C 1 to C 20 alkylene radical, phenyl or benzyl radical; and which has a molecular weight (Mn) of at least 1,000.