DENTAL MATERIALS BRANCHES OF DENTISTRY ASSOCIATED WITH THE

SUBJECT
• A science that deals with the study of physical and
chemical properties, manipulation, uses and/or • RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY
application of the various materials in the dental
practice o Science that deals with the prevention and
treatment of a lost part of a tooth.
• MANIPULATION – maximize the efficiency of the
o Deals with the restoration of original
material
function and color of natural teeth

• COMPOSITION – physical or chemical component of • PROSTHODONTICS

a material
o Science that deals with the replacement of
• PROPER USES & APPLICATION – correct utilization function and aesthetics
of a material’s maximum efficiency
o 3 types
3 TYPES OF MATERIALS
 FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE –
• PREVENTIVE MATERIALS
replacement of a single tooth or a
segment of teeth
o Sealants, liners, bases

• RESTORATIVE MATERIALS  REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE

– few teeth are present
o Silicate, GIC, composites, metallic inlays
 COMPLETE DENTURE – whole
• AUXILLARY MATERIALS arch (may be upper, lower or both)

o Impression materials, casts, waxes • ORTHODONTICS

OBJECTIVES OF THE SUBJECT o Science that studies the prevention and

treatment of malocclusion
• To know the proper usage of dental materials
o Space maintainers
• To know the physical and chemical properties of
dental materials

• To know the proper manipulation of materials in

dental profession
TERMINOLOGIES:
• To stimulate further research so we can further
improve the quality of the material

• To introduce the students to the materials used in • STRESS

dentistry
o Internal force between the body which tends
• To bridge the gap between the knowledge from to protect the body from the outside force
chemistry, physics, etc. with dental materials
o The force per unit area in a body which
• To provide certain criteria on selection of facts and resists an external force
propaganda
o Classified according to direction:
GOAL OF DENTISTRY
 COMPRESSIVE STRESS – a force
• Maintain or improve the quality of life of dental under a load that tends to shorten
patients by preventing disease, relieving pain, or flatten the body
improving mastication efficiency, enhancing speech
and improving the general appearance of patients
 TENSILE – force that can resist
elongation or stretching of body

*All substances are poisonous. The correct dosage  SHEAR – force that can resist a
differentiates poisons from remedies. twisting motion: sliding of one
portion of a body over another
  COMPLEX – combination of
compressive, tensile and shear

• STRAIN

o Kind of force which is usually a deformation

due to stress

o A change in dimension

• ELASTIC LIMIT

o The greatest stress to which a material can

be subjected to such that it will return to its
original dimension when the force are
released

• FLEXIBILITY

o Ability of the material to be twisted or Rosette Go 111108 

contoured in any desired form without
breaking

• RESILIENCE/SPRINGINESS

o Amount of energy absorbed by a structure

when it is stressed not to exceed its
proportional limit

• STRENGTH

o Maximum force required to fracture a body

• TOUGHNESS

o Being difficult to break

o energy required to fracture a material

• BRITTLENESS

o The fracture of a material at or near its

proportional limit

• DUCTILITY

o The ability of a material to withstand

permanent deformation under a tensile load
without rupture

• MALLEABILITY

o Under a compressive load

• HARDNESS

o Property of a material to resist scratching or

indentation