cover image - Phillips' Science of Dental Materials - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
ISBN: 9781455757282
Copyright: 2003
Publication Date: 06-30-2003
Page Count: 832
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $100.99

Phillips' Science of Dental Materials - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Kenneth J. Anusavice, DMD, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Phillips' Science of Dental Materials - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
ISBN: 9781455757282
Copyright: 2003
Publication Date: 06-30-2003
Page Count: 832
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $100.99
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
A review copy request is most likely to be fulfilled as an eBook on VitalSource rather than a print product, unless no eBook is available. eBooks become available in as little as a few hours. Print products will take between 7 and 10 days to arrive. To request a print copy, please contact us through the Evolve Support Center for further assistance or contact your Education Solutions Consultant.
An Access Code
Important note
This is a Faculty Product!
Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.

Newer Edition Available

12th Edition

Phillips' Science of Dental Materials - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9781455748136
    • Content outlines at the beginning of each chapter provide a quick reference for specific topics.
    • The roles played by key organizations in ensuring the safety and efficacy of dental materials and devices are described - such as the American Dental Association, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the International Organization for Standardization, and the Fédération Dentaire Internationale.
    • Up-to-date Selected Readings are presented at the end of each chapter to direct readers to supplemental literature on each topic.
    • Numerous boxes and tables throughout summarize and illustrate key concepts and compare characteristics and properties of various dental materials.
    • Distinguished contributors lend their credibility and experience to the text.
    • Content has been completely updated to include information on the most current dental materials available.
    • Glossaries at the beginning of each chapter define key terms used within the context of that chapter.
    • Revised artwork gives this edition a fresh look, with high-quality illustrations and clinical photos to aid in the visualization of materials and procedures described.
    • Reorganization and consolidation of chapters into four major book parts presents the material in a more efficient way:
      Part I describes the principles of materials science that control the performance of dental materials in dental laboratories, research laboratories, student dental clinics, public health clinics, and private practice clinics.
      Part II focuses on impression materials, gypsum products, dental waxes, casting investments and procedures, and finishing and polishing abrasives and procedures.
    • Part III provides an updated scientific and applied description of the composition, manipulation principles, properties, and clinical performance of bonded restorations, restorative resins, dental cements, dental amalgams, and direct-filling golds.
    • Part IV presents a basic and applied description of materials that are processed in a laboratory or dental clinic.
    • Critical thinking questions appear in every chapter to stimulate thinking and classroom discussion.
    • The overall design has been improved to provide a more visually appealing format.
  • Part I General Classes and Properties of Dental Materials
    Chapter 1 Overview of Materials Used in Dentistry
    Chapter 2 Atomic and Molecular Structure of Materials
    Chapter 3 Physical Properties of Solids and Viscous Liquids
    Chapter 4 Mechanical Properties of Materials
    Chapter 5 Solidification and Microstructure of Cast Dental Alloys
    Chapter 6 Equilibrium Phases in Cast Alloys
    Chapter 7 Dental Polymers
    Chapter 8 Biocompatibility of Materials Used in Dentistry

    Part II Auxiliary Dental Materials
    Chapter 9 Impression Materials
    Chapter 10 Gypsum Products
    Chapter 11 Dental Waxes
    Chapter 12 Casting Investments and Procedures
    Chapter 13 Finishing and Polishing Abrasives and Procedures

    Part III Direct Restorative Materials
    Chapter 14 Bonding
    Chapter 15 Restorative Resins
    Chapter 16 Dental Cements
    Chapter 17 Dental Amalgams
    Chapter 18 Direct-filling Gold

    Part IV Indirect Restorative Materials
    Chapter 19 Dental Casting and Soldering Alloys
    Chapter 20 Wrought Metals
    Chapter 21 Dental Ceramics
    Chapter 22 Denture Base Resins
    Chapter 23 Dental Implants
  • Kenneth J. Anusavice, DMD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
A review copy request is most likely to be fulfilled as an eBook on VitalSource rather than a print product, unless no eBook is available. eBooks become available in as little as a few hours. Print products will take between 7 and 10 days to arrive. To request a print copy, please contact us through the Evolve Support Center for further assistance or contact your Education Solutions Consultant.
An Access Code
Important note
This is a Faculty Product!
Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.