Table of Contents
Science of dental materials;.
Properties used to characterise materials;.
Gypsum products for dental casts;.
Waxes;.
Investments and refractory dies;.
Metals and alloys;.
Gold and alloys of noble metals;.
Base metal casting alloys;.
Casting;.
Steel and wrought alloys;.
Ceramics and porcelain fused to metal (PFM);.
Synthetic polymers;.
Denture base polymers;.
Denture lining materials;.
Artificial teeth;.
Impression materials: Classification and requirements;.
Non-elastic impression materials;.
Elastic impression materials: Hydrocolloids;.
Elastic impression materials: Synthetic elastomers;.
Requirements of direct filing materials and historical perspectives;.
Dental amalgam;.
Resin-based filling materials;.
Adhesive restorative materials: bonding of resin-based materials;.
Glass-ionomer restorative materials (polyalkenoates);.
Resin-modified glass-ionomers and related materials;.
Temporary crown and bridge resins;.
Requirements of dental cements for lining, base and luting applications;.
Cements based on phosphoric acid;.
Cements based on organometallic chelate compounds;.
Polycarboxylates, glass-ionomers and resin-modified glass-ionomers for luting and lining; Index
