Dental Materials Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 5th Edition

by W. Stephan Eakle, DDS, FADM and Kimberly G. Bastin, CDA, EFDA, CRDH, EdD

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ISBN: 9780443114991

Publication Date: 03-06-2025

Page Count: 528

Imprint: Elsevier

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Stay up to date with the uses, properties, and handling of dental materials! With just the right level and scope of content, Dental Materials: Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists, 5^th Edition, emphasizes how knowledge of dental materials fits into day-to-day clinical practice. This hands-on resource features clinically focused content supplemented liberally with high-quality photographs, case applications, clinical tips and warnings, and step-by-step procedures, as well as videos and practice opportunities on a companion website. A focus on application and a strong art program with additional modern illustrations make this often-difficult subject matter approachable and relevant for today’s dental team members.

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Key Features
- NEW! User-friendly features, including Key Points boxes throughout the chapters, more bulleted lists, and shorter paragraphs help you process complex topics more easily
- NEW! Do You Recall boxes pose questions covering important concepts immediately after they’re presented to support knowledge development
- NEW! Step-by-step procedure videos on the Evolve companion website reinforce techniques presented in the text
- NEW and UPDATED! Coverage of implant maintenance offers the latest information and guidelines
- Robust art program features nearly 600 images of full-color conceptual renderings and clinical photographs
- Clinical and laboratory procedures include step-by-step instructions and supporting artwork
- Clinical Tip and Caution boxes highlight important information
- End-of-chapter review questions and case-based discussion topics and practice quizzes on the Evolve companion website provide practice opportunities for classroom and board exam preparation
- Key terms are called out in each chapter and defined in a glossary
- Patient home care instructions in many chapters provide helpful tools for patient education
Contents

1. Introduction to Dental Materials
2. Oral Environment and Patient Considerations
3. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dental Materials
4. General Handling and Safety of Dental Materials in the Dental Office
5. Impression Materials
6. Gypsum and Wax Products
7. Principles of Bonding
8. Composites
9. Glass Ionomers, Compomers, and Bioactive Materials
10. Dental Ceramics
11. Dental Amalgam
12. Metals and Alloys
13. Dental Implants
14. Polymers for Prosthetic Dentistry
15. Provisional Restorations
16. Dental Cement
17. Abrasion, Finishing, Polishing, and Cleaning
18. Preventive and Desensitizing Materials
19. Teeth Whitening Materials and Procedures
20. Preventive and Corrective Oral Appliances
Authors

W. Stephan Eakle, DDS, FADM, Professor of Clinical Dentistry Emeritus, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA and Kimberly G. Bastin, CDA, EFDA, CRDH, EdD, Assistant Dean of Health Professions, Associate Professor and Director of Dental Hygiene, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Bradenton, Florida, USA
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