Applied Dental Materials

John McCabe is Professor of Dental Materials Science and Angus Walls is Professor of Restorative Dentistry, both at the School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK.

• 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