Polymeric Dental Materials

Polymers and polymer composites are the mainly used dental materials. They are used as restorative materials as hard and soft protheses as well as impression materials. The chemistry as well as the physical, mechanical and the thermal behavior of these versatile materials is described.

Inhalt
1 Polyelectrolyte Restorative Materials.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Polyelectrolytes.- 1.3 The Rôle of Water.- 1.4 Zinc Polycarboxylate Cements.- 1.5 Glass-Ionomer Cements.- 1.6 Resin-Modified Glass-Ionomers.- 1.7 Conclusions.- 1.8 References.- 2 Glassy Polymers.- 2.1 Unfilled Resins.- 2.2 Filled Resins.- 2.3 References.- 3 Elastomeric Materials.- 3.1 Impression Materials (M. Braden).- 3.2 Soft Prosthesis Materials (S. Parker).