Applied dental materials /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.