1: Introduction To Restorative Dental Materials -- Dental disease and restorative materials -- Restoration of damaged teeth -- Replacement of lost or missing teeth -- Prevention of disease and trauma -- 2: Properties Of Materials -- Dimensional change -- Thermal conductivity -- Electrical properties -- Solubility and sorption -- Wettability -- Mechanical properties -- 3: Preventive Dental Materials -- Fluoride gels, foams, rinses, and varnishes -- Pit and fissure sealants -- Mouth protectors -- 4: Direct Esthetic Restorative Materials -- Composites -- Composites for special applications -- Compomers -- Glass ionomers -- Hybrid ionomers -- Bonding agents -- Light-curing units -- 5: Dental Amalgam -- Silver alloys for dental amalgams -- Mercury -- Reaction of silver alloy with mercury -- Properties of amalgam -- Manipulation of amalgam -- Limiting exposure to mercury -- Bonding of amalgams to enamel and dentin -- 6: Finishing, Polishing, And Cleansing Materials -- Abrasion -- Prophylactic pastes -- Dentifrices -- Denture cleansers -- Bleaching -- 7: Cements -- Cementation -- Water-based cements -- Oil-based cements -- Resin-based cements -- High-strength bases -- Temporary fillings -- Low-strength bases -- Cavity liners and varnishes -- Special applications of cement -- 8: Impression Materials -- Alginate hydrocolloid impression material -- Alginate substitute impression material -- Quick review -- Agar hydrocolloid impression material -- Elastomeric impression materials -- Addition silicone impression materials -- Polyether impression materials -- Condensation silicone impression materials -- Polysulfide impression materials -- Disinfection of elastomeric impressions -- Rigid impression materials -- Elastomeric materials for bite registration. 9: Model and Die Materials -- Desirable qualities and types of products -- Gypsum products -- Epoxy products -- 10: Waxes -- Important properties of waxes -- Pattern waxes -- Processing waxes -- 11: Casting Alloys, Wrought Alloys, And Solders -- Fundamental concepts about metals and alloys -- Dental casting alloys -- Ceramic-bonding casting alloys -- Sintered alloy composites -- Wrought alloys -- Solders -- Biocompatibility of alloys and solders -- 12: Casting Of Dental Metals -- Waxing and spruing -- Investing and burnout -- Casting and pickling -- Finishing and polishing -- 13: Polymers In Prosthodontics -- Polymerization -- Complete dentures -- Denture soft liners -- Acrylic polymers combined with alloys -- Polymer denture teeth -- Other uses of polymers in prosthodontics -- 14: Dental Ceramics -- Composition and properties of dental ceramics -- Ceramic-alloy restorations -- All-ceramic restorations -- Repair of ceramic restorations -- 15: Dental Implants -- Important principles -- Clinical issues -- Implant materials

Rev. ed. of: Dental Materials / Robert G. Craig. 8th ed. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.