Craig's Restorative Dental Materials: First South Asia Edition. Craig's Restorative Dental Materials

Table of Contents

1. Role and Significance of Restorative Dental Materials 2. The Oral Environment 3. Materials-Centered Treatment Design 4. Fundamentals of Materials Science 5. Testing of Dental Materials and Biomechanics 6. Biocompatibility and Tissue Reaction to Biomaterials 7. General Classes of Biomaterials 8. Preventative and Intermediary Materials 9. Restorative Materials: Resin Composites and Polymers 10. Restorative Materials: Metals 11. Restorative Materials: Ceramics 12. Restorative Materials: Impression and Casting 13. Materials for Adhesion and Luting 14. Digital Imaging and Processing for Restorations 15. Dental and Orofacial Implants 16. Tissue Engineering Appendix: Conversion of Units

Authors

Ronald L. Sakaguchi Associate Dean for Technology and Innovation Professor, Biomaterials & Biomechanics Department of Restorative Dentistry Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR, USA. Dr. Sakaguchi integrates a systems perspective, design tools, and strategic innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on execution in collaborating with graduate students in healthcare management and executive leaders. Dr. Sakaguchi has a clinical and biomaterials science research background, with experience in business development, design for strategic initiatives, facilitation of strategy development, and coaching. In the Division of Management, Dr. Sakaguchi is the course director for an MBA course in healthcare innovation and the graduate capstone business consulting program. John M. Powers Senior Vice President and Editor, The Dental Advisor, Dental Consultants, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan; Professor of Oral Biomaterials, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials, University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston, Houston, Texas. Jack Ferracane Department of Restorative Dentistry School of Dentistry Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon 13655 S W 32ND STREET BEAVERTON, OR 97008 United States. Dr. Ferracane is a founding fellow and past-President of the Academy of Dental Materials. He is a past-President of the American Association for Dental Research. He is the recipient of the Wilmer Souder Award from the Dental Materials Group of the IADR, the Founders Award from the Academy of Dental Materials, and the Hollenback Award from the Academy of Operative Dentistry. He is an honorary member of the American College of Dentists and the Oregon Dental Association. He has authored or co-authored several textbooks on dental materials and operative dentistry and has published extensively on biomaterials.