The invention relates to a dental composition comprisinga) compound (A) with the following features:only one backbone unit (U) with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, at least 6 carbon atoms thereof forming an aromatic or an aliphatic cyclic moiety, the remaining carbon atoms either being part of substituents pending from the cyclic moiety or being part of bridging groups to spacer units, wherein one or more of the remaining carbon atoms can be replaced by an oxygen atom, the backbone unit not comprising a bisphenol structure,one or two spacer unit(s) (S) being connected to the backbone unit (U) via an ether linkage, at least one spacer unit (S) comprising a -CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-CH(Q)-OG chain or a -CH2-CH(OG)-CH2-OM residue or a mixture of these two types of spacers within one spacer unit,with G comprising at least one group selected from acroyl, methacroyl, acetyl, benzoyl,and combinations thereof, M comprising at least one aryl group, and combinations thereof,Q comprising at least one group selected from hydrogen, methyl, phenyl, phenoxymethyl,and combinations thereof,b) filler (B) and c) initiator (C).
