Stay up to date with the uses, properties, and handling of dental materials! With just the right level and scope of content, 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, case applications, clinical tips and warnings, and step-by-step procedures, as well as practice opportunities on a companion website. A focus on application and strong art program with additional modern illustrations make this often-difficult subject matter approachable and relevant for today’s dental team members.
1. 1. Introduction to Dental Materials - p. 1 2. 2. Oral Environment and Patient Considerations - p. 8 3. 3. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dental Materials - p. 25 4. 4. General Handling and Safety of Dental Materials in the Dental Office - p. 38 5. 5. Principles of Bonding - p. 55 6. 6. Composites, Glass Ionomers, and Compomers - p. 83 7. 7. Preventive and Desensitizing Materials - p. 123 8. 8. Teeth Whitening Materials and Procedures - p. 148 9. 9. Dental Ceramics - p. 167 10. 10. Dental Amalgam - p. 192 11. 11. Metals and Alloys - p. 220 12. 12. Dental Implants - p. 239 13. 13. Abrasion, Finishing, Polishing, and Cleaning - p. 270 14. 14. Dental Cement - p. 293 15. 15. Impression Materials - p. 326 16. 16. Gypsum and Wax Products - p. 374 17. 17. Polymers for Prosthetic Dentistry - p. 399 18. 18. Provisional Restorations - p. 432 19. 19. Preventive and Corrective Oral Appliances - p. 460 20. Answers to Review Questions - p. 472 21. Glossary - p. 474 22. Index - p. 480 23. Conversion Tables - p. 497
Stay up to date with the uses, properties, and handling of dental materials! With just the right level and scope of content, 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, case applications, clinical tips and warnings, and step-by-step procedures, as well as practice opportunities on a companion website. A focus on application and strong art program with additional modern illustrations make this often-difficult subject matter approachable and relevant for today’s dental team members.
1. 1. Introduction to Dental Materials - p. 1 2. 2. Oral Environment and Patient Considerations - p. 8 3. 3. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dental Materials - p. 25 4. 4. General Handling and Safety of Dental Materials in the Dental Office - p. 38 5. 5. Principles of Bonding - p. 55 6. 6. Composites, Glass Ionomers, and Compomers - p. 83 7. 7. Preventive and Desensitizing Materials - p. 123 8. 8. Teeth Whitening Materials and Procedures - p. 148 9. 9. Dental Ceramics - p. 167 10. 10. Dental Amalgam - p. 192 11. 11. Metals and Alloys - p. 220 12. 12. Dental Implants - p. 239 13. 13. Abrasion, Finishing, Polishing, and Cleaning - p. 270 14. 14. Dental Cement - p. 293 15. 15. Impression Materials - p. 326 16. 16. Gypsum and Wax Products - p. 374 17. 17. Polymers for Prosthetic Dentistry - p. 399 18. 18. Provisional Restorations - p. 432 19. 19. Preventive and Corrective Oral Appliances - p. 460 20. Answers to Review Questions - p. 472 21. Glossary - p. 474 22. Index - p. 480 23. Conversion Tables - p. 497
