Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists

With this hands-on resource, you will learn the most current methods of placing - or assisting in the placement - of dental materials, and how to instruct patients in their maintenance. Dental Materials uses step-by-step procedures to show how to mix, use, and apply dental materials within the context of the patient's course of treatment. Expert authors Carol Hatrick, W. Stephan Eakle, and William F. Bird enhance this edition with four new chapters, along with coverage of newly approved materials and esthetic tools including the latest advances in bleaching and bonding. A new companion Evolve website lets you practice skills with challenging exercises! INDICE: 1. Introduction to Dental Materials2. Oral Environment and Patient Considerations3. Physical Properties of Dental Materials4. General Handling and Safety5. Principles of Bonding6. Composites, Glass Ionomers, and Compomers7. NEW! Preventive and Desensitizing Materials8. NEW! Teeth Whitening Materials and Procedures9. Dental Ceramics10. Dental Amalgam11. Casting Metals, Solders, and Wrought Metal Alloys12. Dental Implants13. Abrasion, Finishing, and Polishing14. Dental Cement15. Impression Materials16. Gypsum Products17. Polymers for Prosthetic Dentistry18. Provisional Restorations19. NEW! Preventive and Corrective Oral AppliancesAppendix: Answers to Review QuestionsGlossaryIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-4557-7385-5
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 13/04/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés