Applied Dental Materials

Science of dental materials; properties used to characterize materials; gypsum products for dental casts; waxes; investments; metals and alloys; gold and gold alloys; base metal casting alloys; casting; wrought alloys; ceramics and metal-bonded ceramics; 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 filling materials; dental amalgam; silicate filling materials (silicate cements); resin-based filling materials; adhesive restorative materials; temporary crown and bridge resins; requirements of dental cements; cements based on phosphoric acid; cements based on organometallic chelate compounds; cements based on polyalkenoic acids.