Skill about the study of dental materials and their most appropriate selection from the market as far as their safety for the patient and for the operators.
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic scientific sciences: mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, physiology, anatomy, histology, history of dentistry.
Teaching Methods
Lectures.
Assessment Methods
Test in itinere and final examination
Texts
Menghini P, Merlati G. Argomenti di Materiali Dentari. 2° Edizione. Pavia, Libreria CLU, 2013.
Contents
Regulation, standard, standardization institutes, CE mark, directive 93/42 UE exc., custom made devices. Biocompatibility, interactions between tissues and materials, biocompatibility tests. General features of Materials and, in details, all the products' families. Finally the materials for the prophylaxis: bleaching, dental hygiene and preventive dentistry.
