The present invention relates to dental materials composed of calix[n]arenes and also to the use thereof for cements, composites, adhesives and coating materials in the dental field. The materials include(a) 0.5 to 90% by weight of at least one polymerizable calix[n]arene according to formula (I),(b) 0.01 to 5% by weight of initiator,(c) 0 to 90% by weight of at least one additional monomer which can polymerize under cationic and/or radical conditions and/or which can polymerize by ring opening,(d) 0 to 85% by weight of filler,(e) 0.01 to 5% by weight of additive and(f) 0 to 70% by weight of solvent.
