DEVELOPMENT 2 ADMINISTRATION 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 4 LESSON 1 6 Section I. INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL MATERIALS 7 1-1. GENERAL 7 1-2. RESTORATIVE MATERIALS - GENERAL 7 1-3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 7 1-4. METALLURGICAL TERMS 8 Section II. DENTAL AMALGAM 9 1-5. DENTAL AMALGAM 9 1-6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF AMALGAM 12 1-7. USAGE AND PREPARATION OF AMALGAM 12 1-8. PRECAUTIONS DURING AMALGAM PREPARATION 13 1-9. MERCURY HYGIENE PRACTICES BY THE DENTAL SPECIALIST 14 Section III. DENTAL BASES AND CEMENTS 15 1-10. GENERAL 15 1-11. CHARACTERISTICS OF ZINC PHOSPHATE CEMENT 16 1-12. PROPERTIES OF ZINC PHOSPHATE CEMENT 17 1-13. SETTING REACTIONS OF ZINC PHOSPHATE CEMENT 17 1-14. PREPARATION AND USAGE OF ZINC PHOSPHATE CEMENT 18 1-15. CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT 20 1-16. PREPARATION AND USAGE OF POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT 21 1-17. CHARACTERISTICS OF GLASS IONOMER CEMENT 22 1-18. PREPARATION AND USAGE OF GLASS IONOMER CEMENT 23 1-19. CHARACTERISTICS OF ZINC OXIDE AND EUGENOL 24 1-20. CLINICAL USES OF ZINC OXIDE AND EUGENOL 25 EXERCISES 26 SOLUTIONS 41 LESSON 2 46 Section I. DENTAL RESINS FOR RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY 47 2-1. GENERAL 47 2-2. COMPOSITE RESINS 47 2-3. ACID ETCH TECHNIQUE 48 2-4. PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS 48 2-5. INTERMEDIATE RESTORATIVE MATERIAL 48 Section II. MISCELLANEOUS DENTAL MATERIALS 49 2-6. CALCIUM HYDROXIDE 49 2-7. ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS 49 2-8. GUTTA-PERCHA POINTS 49 2-9. DENTAL PORCELAIN 50 2-10. POLISHING MATERIALS 51 Section III. DENTAL GOLD AND GOLD ALLOYS 51 2-11. GENERAL 51 2-12. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL 51 2-13. FINENESS, CARAT, AND WEIGHING 52 2-14. ANNEALING AND TEMPERING 52 2-15. GOLD FOIL 52 2-16. CASTING GOLD ALLOY 53 2-17. GOLD ALLOY SOLDER 53 2-18. WROUGHT GOLD 53 2-19. GOLD PLATE 53 2-20. NONPRECIOUS ALLOYS 53 EXERCISES 54 SOLUTIONS 62 LESSON 3 64 Section I. GYPSUM PRODUCTS 65 3-1. GENERAL--GYPSUM 65 3-2. PLASTER OF PARIS 65 3-3. ARTIFICIAL STONE 66 Section II. DENTAL WAXES 66 3-4. GENERAL--WAXES 66 3-5. INLAY WAX 66 3-6. BASEPLATE WAX 67 3-7. STICKY WAX 67 3-8. UTILITY WAX 68 3-9. DISCLOSING WAX 68 3-10. BOXING WAX 68 3-11. LOW-FUSING IMPRESSION WAX 68 Section III. IMPRESSION MATERIALS 69 3-12. GENERAL 69 3-13. REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPRESSION MATERIAL 69 3-14. TYPES OF IMPRESSION MATERIALS 70 3-15. ALGINATE-TYPE HYDROCOLLOID -- CHARACTERISTICS 70 3-16. DISPENSING 70 3-17. MIXING AND SETTING TIME 71 3-18. STRENGTH 71 3-19. DIMENSIONAL STABILITY 71 3-20. EFFECT ON GYPSUM PRODUCTS 71 3-21. ELASTOMERIC IMPRESSION MATERIALS-- CHARACTERISTICS 71 3-22. MODELING PLASTIC--CHARACTERISTICS 72 3-23. IMPRESSION PASTE--CHARACTERISTICS 73 EXERCISES 74 SOLUTIONS 84