Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental HygienistsWith Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists, 3rd Edition, 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. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures show how to mix, use, and apply dental materials within the context of the patient's course of treatment. The multidisciplinary author team enhances this edition with new chapters on preventive and desensitizing materials, tooth whitening, and preventive and corrective oral appliances, with new clinical photos throughout. An Evolve website provides new chapter quizzes for classroom and board exam preparation!
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Dental Materials | 1 |
Chapter 2 Oral Environment and Patient Considerations | 7 |
Chapter 3 Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dental Materials | 19 |
Chapter 4 General Handling and Safety of Dental Materials in the Dental Office | 27 |
Chapter 5 Principles of Bonding | 45 |
Chapter 6 Composites Glass Ionomers and Compomers | 64 |
Chapter 7 Preventive and Desensitizing Materials | 96 |
Chapter 8 Teeth Whitening Materials and Procedures | 115 |
Chapter 13 Abrasion Finishing and Polishing | 203 |
Chapter 14 Dental Cement | 220 |
Chapter 15 Impression Materials | 243 |
Chapter 16 Gypsum and Wax Products | 277 |
Chapter 17 Polymers for Prosthetic Dentistry | 300 |
Chapter 18 Provisional Restorations | 325 |
Chapter 19 Preventive and Corrective Oral Appliances | 343 |
Appendix Answers to Review Questions | 352 |
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