4. Properties of dental composites
Dental composites are materials whose properties must be close to those of the dental tissues (enamel and/or dentin) they are going to replace. Mechanical properties below those required would for example cause fracture of the restorative material. On the contrary, mechanical properties exceeding those required can induce damage to healthy tissues . The final composite characteristics depend on the one hand on its composition and on the other hand on the polymerization conditions. The know-how of the practitioner as well as the implementation procedure of the restoration (layer by layer, thickness of the layers, irradiation time, curing lamp, etc.)...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
This article is included in
Healthcare technologies
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
Properties of dental composites
Examples of restorations
Literature sources
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...
Directory
Manufacturers of dental composites
3M https://www.3mfrance.fr/3M/fr_FR/dentisterie/
Bisco https://www.bisco.com/
Centrix https://www.centrixdental.com/
...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
