Textbook of Dental Materials

This book is divided into eight sections: General Properties of Dental Materials, Auxiliary Dental Materials, Impression Materials, Denture Base Materials, Direct and Indirect Restorative Materials, Endodontic and Preventive Materials, and Recent Trends in Dental Materials.

• Chapter on recent trends in dental materials covers various future materials such as smart materials, biomimetics, zirconia-based materials, use of lasers, nanotechnology, tissue regeneration techniques, and oral cancer detection tests amongst various other materials.
• Each chapter has classification and clinical significance highlighted in boxes for better understanding.
• At the end of each chapter, a section is dedicated to ‘Test Yourself’ which includes multiple choice questions, long questions and short notes which will help students to prepare for various university examinations.
• Enriched with numerous tables, pictures, line diagrams, and flowcharts to simplify the concepts.
• Contains glossary at the end of the book, which covers all the commonly used key terms.
• Includes ‘Quick Revision Chart’ which includes various materials which are commonly asked in examination for quick revision before the final examination.
• Additionally, online resources for both students and instructors are provided along with this book in the form of multiple choice questions including image-based questions, and PowerPoint presentations respectively.
• Useful for dental graduates, dental hygienists and dental technicians, and as a ready reference for postgraduates and clinicians.