Dental Materials Lesson 1&2 Flashcards
A science that deals with the studying of materials used in dentistry, which includes chemical properties, physical properties, manipulation, and their application in dental practice.
Dental Materials
What are the 3 classifications of dental materials?
- Preventive Dental Material
- Restorative Material
- Auxillary Materials
Give Examples of Preventive Materials?
Pits and Fissure sealants, Glass Ionomers
Give Examples of Restorative Material?
Amalgam, composites, porcelain crown, silver crown
Give an Example of Auxillary Material?
37% Phosphoric Acid Etchant
What are the Ideal Restorative Materials?
- Biocompatibility
- Bond Permanently to tooth structure
- Similar Properties to enamel, dentine, and other tissues.
- Natural Appearance
- Initiates tissue repair or regeneration.
A surgeon of four kings and used lead and cork for tooth filling.
Ambroise Pare
This person used cloth fragments to fill the cavities in her teeth.
Queen Elizabeth
Who is the father of modern dentistry?
Pierre Fauchard
Who developed the first dental amalgam in 1816?
Auguste Taveau
What does NIST stand for?
National Bureau of Standards
ADA means
American Dental Association
ADA specification number for an alloy of dental amalgam.
No. 1 Alloy for dental amalgam
The study of deformation and flow characteristics of matter.
Rheology
Explain what is viscosity.
Is the resistance of a fluid to flow. Measurement of the thickness of a fluid.