The invention relates to light-curable dental materials comprising at least one polymerizable compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and a hexaarylbisimidazole, e.g. as a photopolymerization initiator. The invention also relates to the use of a hexaarylbisimidazole polymerization initiator in light curable dental materials and also to cured dental materials obtainable by light-curing the light-curable dental materials of the invention.
