List of Acronyms
ACP	amorphous calcium phosphate
ADA	American Dental Association
AM	antimicrobial
AMadh	antimicrobial monomer with improved adhesiveness
AMcpl	antimicrobial monomer with improved coupling to filler
AMmisc	antimicrobial monomer with improved miscibility
AMRE	antimicrobial and remineralizing
ANOVA	analysis of variance
BEMA	2-bromoethyl methacrylate
BFS	biaxial flexural strength
Bis-GMA	2,2-bis[p-(2-hydroxy-3-methacryloxypropoxy)phenyl]propane
Ca	calcium
CQ	camphorquinone
dm	median diameter
DVC	degree of vinyl conversion
4EDMAB	ethyl-4-N,N-dimethylamino benzoate
EHMA	ethyl 2-(hydroxymethyl)acrylate
FTIR	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
HEMA	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
HGF	human gingival fibroblast
HSQC	heteronuclear single quantum coherence
IDMA1	2-(methacryloyloxy)-N-(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl)-N,N-dimethylethan-1-aminium bromide
IDMA2	N,N′-([1,1′-biphenyl]-2,2′-diylbis(methylene))bis(2-(methacryloyloxy)-N,N-dimethylethan-1-aminium) bromide
MS	mass spectroscopy
n	number of specimens (or repetitive experiments)
NIR	near infra-red
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
P	phosphorus
PEG-U	poly(ethylene glycol) extended urethane dimethacrylate
pH	-log (molar concentration of hydrogen ions)
PO4	phosphate
PSD	particle size distribution
QADM	quaternary ammonium dimethacrylates
SD	standard deviation
SEM	standard error of the mean
TEGDMA	triethylene glycol dimethacrylate
UDMA	urethane dimethacrylate
UPE	UDMA/PEG-U/EHMA resin
XRD	X-ray diffraction