Dental materials : clinical applications for dental assistants and dental hygienists /

"Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists, 4th Edition, emphasizes how knowledge of dental materials fits into day-to-day clinical practice. This hands-on resource features clinically focused content supplemented liberally with high-quality photographs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eakle, W. Stephan (Author), Bastin, Kimberly G. (Author)
Other Authors: Hatrick, Carol Dixon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2021]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to dental materials
  • Oral environment and patient considerations
  • Physical and mechanical properties of dental materials
  • General handling and safety of dental materials in the dental office
  • Principles of bonding
  • Composites, glass ionomers, and compomers
  • Preventive and desensitizing materials
  • Teeth whitening materials and procedures
  • Dental ceramics
  • Dental amalgam
  • Metals and alloys
  • Dental implants
  • Abrasion, finishing, polishing, and cleaning
  • Dental cement
  • Impression materials
  • Gypsum and wax products
  • Polymers for prosthetic dentistry
  • Provisional restorations
  • Preventive and corrective oral appliances.