New to this edition
- New and updated discussions address advances in areas such as esthetics, ceramics, and materials for dental impressions and dental implants.
- Full-color illustrations improve clarity and realism, including for example, color photos of esthetics and bleaching showing the differences in shades of color.
- More than 100 new illustrations and photographs include images showing the materials being used and applied.
Author Information
By John M. Powers, PhD, Senior Vice President and Editor, The Dental Advisor, Dental Consultants, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan; Professor of Oral Biomaterials, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials, University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston, Houston, Texas and John C. Wataha, DMD, PhD, Chair, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Washington
1. Introduction to Restorative Dental Materials
2. Properties of 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 of Dental Alloysand Soldering
13. Polymers in Prosthodontics
14. Dental Ceramics
15. Dental Implants
Glossary
Index