Dental materials : properties and manipulation /
From the Publisher: Focusing on the dental materials most commonly used, this comprehensive text covers the tasks that dental assistants and hygienists typically perform. It describes current and emerging dental materials, how to properly mix and apply them, and how to explain them to patients. With...
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St. Louis, Mo. :
Mosby/Elsevier,
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Table of Contents:
- 1: Introduction To Restorative Dental Materials
- Dental disease and restorative materials
- Restoration of damaged teeth
- Replacement of lost or missing teeth
- Prevention of disease and trauma
- 2: Properties Of Materials
- Dimensional change
- Thermal conductivity
- Electrical properties
- Solubility and sorption
- Wettability
- Mechanical properties
- 3: Preventive Dental Materials
- Fluoride gels, foams, rinses, and varnishes
- Pit and fissure sealants
- Mouth protectors
- 4: Direct Esthetic Restorative Materials
- Composites
- Composites for special applications
- Compomers
- Glass ionomers
- Hybrid ionomers
- Bonding agents
- Light-curing units
- 5: Dental Amalgam
- Silver alloys for dental amalgams
- Mercury
- Reaction of silver alloy with mercury
- Properties of amalgam
- Manipulation of amalgam
- Limiting exposure to mercury
- Bonding of amalgams to enamel and dentin
- 6: Finishing, Polishing, And Cleansing Materials
- Abrasion
- Prophylactic pastes
- Dentifrices
- Denture cleansers
- Bleaching
- 7: Cements
- Cementation
- Water-based cements
- Oil-based cements
- Resin-based cements
- High-strength bases
- Temporary fillings
- Low-strength bases
- Cavity liners and varnishes
- Special applications of cement
- 8: Impression Materials
- Alginate hydrocolloid impression material
- Alginate substitute impression material
- Quick review
- Agar hydrocolloid impression material
- Elastomeric impression materials
- Addition silicone impression materials
- Polyether impression materials
- Condensation silicone impression materials
- Polysulfide impression materials
- Disinfection of elastomeric impressions
- Rigid impression materials
- Elastomeric materials for bite registration.
- 9: Model and Die Materials
- Desirable qualities and types of products
- Gypsum products
- Epoxy products
- 10: Waxes
- Important properties of waxes
- Pattern waxes
- Processing waxes
- 11: Casting Alloys, Wrought Alloys, And Solders
- Fundamental concepts about metals and alloys
- Dental casting alloys
- Ceramic-bonding casting alloys
- Sintered alloy composites
- Wrought alloys
- Solders
- Biocompatibility of alloys and solders
- 12: Casting Of Dental Metals
- Waxing and spruing
- Investing and burnout
- Casting and pickling
- Finishing and polishing
- 13: Polymers In Prosthodontics
- Polymerization
- Complete dentures
- Denture soft liners
- Acrylic polymers combined with alloys
- Polymer denture teeth
- Other uses of polymers in prosthodontics
- 14: Dental Ceramics
- Composition and properties of dental ceramics
- Ceramic-alloy restorations
- All-ceramic restorations
- Repair of ceramic restorations
- 15: Dental Implants
- Important principles
- Clinical issues
- Implant materials
- Glossary
- Index.