A method of reconstructing a tooth

摘要

The present application discloses a method of reconstructing a tooth, comprising the step of (a) preparing a cavity in the tooth; (b) filing said cavity with a dental filling material comprising one or more fillers and a polymerizable resin base, wherein said one or more fillers comprise at least one filler ingredient, said filler ingredient(s) being present in a metastable first phase and being able to undergo a martensitic transformation to a stable second phase, the volume ratio between said stable second phase and said metastable first phase of said filler ingredient(s) being at least 1.005; and (c) allowing the resin base of the dental filling material to polymerize and cure, and allowing the filler ingredient(s) of the dental filling material to undergo a martensitic transformation from a first metastable phase to a second stable phase.