Delmar's Dental Materials Guide

785 Pages·2008·7.282 MB·English

by  Donna J. Phinney, Judy H. Halstead

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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 7
Preliminary Restorative Dental Custom Trays and Provisionals. . . . 457
Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 2 Fluorides, Pit and Fissure Sealants,
Dental Cements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 and Tooth Whitening Agents. . . . . . 511
CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 9
Restorative Dental Materials. . . . . . 181 Dental Sterilants and Disinfectants. . . 615
CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 10
Dental Impression Materials. . . . . . 259 Speciality Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
CHAPTER 5 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
Dental Gypsum Materials . . . . . . . . 341
CHAPTER 6
Dental Waxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
PREFACE
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PREFACE FOR DENTAL The delivery methods of many mate-
rials are also advancing. They are being
MATERIALS GUIDE
made easier to prepare, mix, and place for
the dentist and the dental assistant. Instead
There are so many different materials used
of the materials coming in a powder/liquid
in dentistry that the sheer number can be
composition form, many materials now
overwhelming when trying to learn the
come in cartridges or cannules for easy dis-
types of materials and where and when
pensing with a dispensing gun. Some
they are used.
come in automix forms with disposable
Dental materials are continually de-
mixing tips that mix the materials as they
veloping and changing as technology ad-
are being dispensed. There are also single
vances and different clinical needs arise.
dose packets available and capsules for
For example many dental materials now
quick mixing with little need for clean up.
have fluoride added to their composition
The dental assistant is responsible
for fluoride strengthens the enamel. An-
for knowing all of the materials used in a
other change has been occurring as more
dental office. They order, stock, prepare
and more people want the “natural” look
and mix a large variety of materials.
and from this trend a number of materials
Some states also allow the assistant to
are being developed for esthetic/cosmetic
place some of the materials in the oral
dentistry.
cavity. There are many types of materials
used in the dental office; examples in- include a variety of materials for the den-
clude materials used in dental hygiene, tal assistant to gain an understanding of
restorative materials or materials only the basics so they can use this informa-
used in the laboratory. Having a compre- tion and apply it to any brand name. The
hensive grasp of the materials used is materials are categorized in groupings
also beneficial for patient education and that follow basic dental procedures in
protection. general and specialty dentistry. For ex-
The Dental Materials Pocket Guide is ample, one section covers the impression
designed to give the dental assistant stu- materials; another section covers all the
dent the basic knowledge of a variety dental cements. This allows students to
of dental materials in each category of easily study similar information. The
materials used in a dental office. This pocket guide covers the use, composi-
pocket guide includes materials used in tion, properties, OSHA properties, mix-
specialty offices, dental hygiene, and a ing and setting times, and directions for
few materials the patient uses at home. It each material.
allows the student to see how the mate- We feel students will find this
rials are divided into uses and then gives guide to be a very helpful tool in their
examples of each type. There are too learning process as an adjunct to their
many different brands of each material main textbook and clinic/laboratory
to include in one text but we tried to experience.
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