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7. Glossary
Adhesive ; Adhésif
Interface biomaterial that helps form an adherent and tight bond between dental tissue (enamel and dentin) and restorative biomaterials.
Amalgam ; Amalgame
Alloys of mercury and other metals (mainly silver, tin, copper and zinc), used for over 150 years as a dental restorative material, primarily for filling molars (figure 33 ). In this case, the restoration consists of placing this alloy in the plastic phase in a cavity prepared as an undercut without an adhesive agent. This unaesthetic material requires a retentive cavity preparation, therefore more mutilating by its...
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Events
Trade Show: International Dental Show (IDS), the largest European dental fair, takes place every two years in Cologne (Germany) (on every odd-numbered year) http://english.ids-cologne.de/
Congress and trade fair: ADF, every year in Paris http://www.adfcongres.com/fr/
...Norms and standards
- Dentistry: Polymer-based restorative materials - ISO 4049 - 2019
- Medical devices: Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes - ISO 13485 - 2016
- Plastics: Determination of fracture toughness (GIC and KIC) – Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) approach - ISO 13586 - 2018
- Dental materials: Guidance on testing of wear – Part 1: Wear by toothbrushing - ISO/TS 14569-1 - 2007 ...
Patents
Dental filling material comprising vinyl silane treated fused silica and a binder consisting of the reaction product of bis phenol and glycidyl acrylate – US Patent 3066112 (1962)
Dental filling materials – US Patent 3825518 (1974)
Compositions for Dental composites with tricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]decane derivatives – US Patent 2010/0076115 (2010)
Dimer acid-derived...
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Manufacturers of dental composites
3M https://www.3mfrance.fr/3M/fr_FR/dentisterie/
Bisco https://www.bisco.com/
Centrix https://www.centrixdental.com/
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