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    Dental composite resins (better referred to as "resin-based composites" or simply "filled resins") are dental cements made of synthetic resins. Synthetic...
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  • called a tooth preparation. Materials used may be gold, amalgam, dental composites, glass ionomer cement, or porcelain, among others. Preparations may...
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  • substances Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials Dental composite, a substance used...
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  • Dental products are specially fabricated materials, designed for use in dentistry. There are many different types of dental products, and their characteristics...
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    veneer: composite and dental porcelain. A composite veneer may be directly placed (built-up in the mouth), or indirectly fabricated by a dental technician...
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  • repaired with direct composite restorations bonded to the teeth. Aesthetics are especially critical in anterior composite restorations. Dental bridges are used...
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    with the dental work (e.g. contamination of oral micro-organisms during root canal therapy, or to keep filling materials such as composite dry during...
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    that modern composites are improving in strength. In addition to their claims of possible health and ethical issues, opponents of dental amalgam fillings...
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  • Bis-GMA (category Dental materials)
    A-glycidyl methacrylate) is a resin commonly used in dental composite, dental sealants. and dental cement. It is the diester derived from methacrylic acid...
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  • other dental materials, dental composites and glass ionomer cement, in an effort to combine their desirable properties: aesthetics for dental composites (they...
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  • also direct composite bonding which uses tooth-colored direct dental composites to repair various tooth damages such as cracks or gaps. Dental bonding is...
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    a dental cap is a type of dental restoration that completely caps or encircles a tooth or dental implant. A crown may be needed when a large dental cavity...
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    asphalt, mastic roller hybrid, dental composite, syntactic foam, and mother of pearl. Chobham armour is a special type of composite armour used in military applications...
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  • defects and diastemas, can be solved with composite restorations. Composite restorations can also improve dental aesthetics by changing the shape, color...
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  • Zinc oxide eugenol (category Dental materials)
    dentin. When ZOE was used as dentin-protective based materials, use of dental composite resin on ZOE was strongly prevented due to its inhibition of resin...
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    Dentine bonding agents (category Dental materials)
    bonding agents in American English) are resin materials used to make a dental composite filling material adhere to both dentin and enamel. Bonding agents are...
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    A dental curing light is a piece of dental equipment that is used for polymerization of light-cure resin-based composites. It can be used on several different...
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    where randomized controlled trials of few studies comparing dental resin composite with dental amalgams in permanent posterior teeth were compared. This...
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  • component, a component of the nucleolus Glass carbomer, a type of dental composite filling Glucocorticoids, a class of steroid hormones Guanylate cyclase...
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    devices such as prosthetic eyes, artificial hip joints, bone cements, dental composite materials (white fillings) and even in breast implants. Many implantable...
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    camphor. A yellow solid, it is used as a photoinitiator in curing dental composites. Camphorquinone is produced by the oxidation of camphor with selenium...
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  • Dental sealants (also termed pit and fissure sealants, or simply fissure sealants) are a dental treatment intended to prevent tooth decay. Teeth have...
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    from composite material machining, drilling, hand-held grinding, and sanding of nanotube-containing composites, and sanding of dental composites, and...
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  • a more permanent treatment restoration using dental composite resin or other accepted restorative dental materials. If the exposed dentine is within 0...
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    Tooth decay (redirect from Dental cavity)
    a dental restoration of some sort to return the tooth to function and aesthetic condition. Restorative materials include dental amalgam, composite resin...
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  • following categories outline the main uses of cements in dental procedures. Unlike composite and amalgam restorations, cements are usually used as a temporary...
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    Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, treat, restore, and...
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  • other ceramics, or dental gold. However, it can slightly affect restorations made with composite materials, cements and dental amalgams. Tooth whitening...
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    A dental aerosol is an aerosol that is produced from dental instrument, dental handpieces, three-way syringes, and other high-speed instruments. These...
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  • 3-hydroxypropoxy)phenyl]propane) is an organic compound that is formed when the dental composite material bis-GMA is degraded by salivary esterases. It is also called...
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