Main description:

Get an in-depth understanding of the dental materials and tasks that dental professionals encounter every day with Dental Materials: Foundations and Applications. Trusted for nearly 40 years, Powers and Wataha's text walks readers through the nature, categories, and uses of clinical and laboratory dental materials in use today. Increased coverage of foundational basics and clinical applications and an expanded art program help make complex content easier to grasp. If you're looking to effectively stay on top of the rapidly developing field of dental materials, look no further than this proven text.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Restorative Dental Materials

2. Properties of Dental Materials

3. Preventive Dental Materials

4. Direct Esthetic Restorative Materials

5. Dental Amalgam

6. Finishing, Polishing, and Cleansing Materials

7. Cements

8. Impression Materials

9. Model and Die Materials

10. Waxes

11. Casting Alloys, Wrought Alloys, and Solders

12. Casting, Soldering, and Welding

13. Polymers in Prosthodontics

14. Dental Ceramics

15. Dental Implants