Dental Materials and Technology

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

Students learn about dental materials and their technology. Standards, physical, chemical and mechanical properties are also under review. Clinical applications and relevant methods are tought.

Lectures

• 1. General properties used for classification of dental materials (mechanical, physical, chemical and biological properties, adhesion, importance of surface). - Turzó Kinga Mónika
• 2. General properties of polymers - Turzó Kinga Mónika
• 3. Classification, grouping and general properties of impression materials. Elastomers I.: Polyether and polysulfide impression materials. - Sándor Balázs Attila
• 4. Elastomers II.: Condensational and additional silicone impression materials. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 5. Reversible and irreversible hydrocolloid impression materials. Zinc oxide-eugenol impression material. - Sándor Balázs Attila
• 6. Thermoplastic impression materials (waxes, compound materials) - Rajnics Zsolt
• 7. Materials of cast fabrication: dental gypsums. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 8. General properties and dental use of metals and alloys. Basics of metal-ceramic bonding. Stainless steel. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 9. Classification, properties and use of noble alloys. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 10. Classification, properties and use of non-noble alloys. Properties and use of titanium and titan-alloys. Investment materials. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 11. Ceramics I. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 12. Ceramics II. - Rajnics Zsolt
• 13. Plastics used in prosthodontics: acrylics - Rajnics Zsolt
• 14. Materials of dental digital technologies - Marada Gyula
• 15. Dental cements I - Lempel Edina
• 16. Dental cements II - Lempel Edina
• 17. Dental cements III - Lempel Edina
• 18. Dental amalgam I. - Lempel Edina
• 19. Dental amalgam II - Lempel Edina
• 20. Dental adhesives - Lempel Edina
• 21. Resin based composites I. - Lempel Edina
• 22. Resin based composites II - Lempel Edina
• 23. Compomers, ormocers - Lempel Edina
• 24. Material for root canal treatment and filling I. - Lempel Edina
• 25. Material for root canal treatment and filling II. - Krajczár Károly
• 26. Provisional filling materials - Lempel Edina
• 27. Parapulpal pins and intraradiculal posts - Lempel Edina
• 28. Consultation - Lempel Edina

Practices

• 1. Impression materials and trays in dental practice, 1st part
• 2. Impression materials and trays in dental practice, 2nd part
• 3. Gypsum, waxes and acrylates in practice, 1st part
• 4. Gypsum, waxes and acrylates in practice, 2nd part
• 5. Metal and porcelain-fused-to metal crowns in practice, 1st part
• 6. Metal and porcelain-fused-to metal crowns in practice, 2nd part
• 7. Video presentation of making porcelain-fused-to metal crowns.
• 8. Cements 1.
• 9. Cements 2.
• 10. Amalgam.
• 11. Adhesives.
• 12. Composite 1.
• 13. Composite 2.
• 14. Materials of root canal treatment.

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

W. J. O'Brien: Dental Materials and Their Selection

J.F. McCabe W.G. Walls: Applied Dental Materials

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture notes

Notes

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Recommended literature

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Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Attendance on lectures is obligatory. No make up for missed classes. Missing more than 20% will automatically reject semester acceptance and the semester has to be repeated.

Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

None

Exam topics/questions

1. Calcium hydroxide cements

2. ZnO eugenol cements

3. Zinc phosphate cements

4. Zinc polycarboxylate cements

5. Glass ionomer cements (1-3 rd generations)

6. Glass ionomer cements (4th generation)

7. Bioceramics

8. Guttapercha

9. Sealers for root canal filling

10. Chemicals for root canal treatment

11. Composition of enamel, dentin adhesives

12. Properties of different generations of adhesives

13. Composition of resin based composites

14. Physical and chemical properties of resin based composites

15. Composition and classification of dental amalgams

16. Setting reactions and toxicological properties of dental amalgams

17. Physical and chemical properties of dental amalgams

18. Compomers

19. Ormocers

20. Provisional filling materials, types and properties

21. Parapulpal pins

22. Intrapulpal posts

23. Properties used to characterise materials, physical and chemical properties

24. General properties of polimers

25. Reverzible and irreverzible hydrocolloids

26. Thermoplastic impression materials. Compounds

27. Classification of rigid impression materials. Zinc-oxide eugenol impression materials

28. General properties of dental waxes. Usage of wax in dentistry

29. Standards in dentistry

30. General properties of elastomers

31. Clinical application of elastomers

32. Polyether and polysulfide impression materials

33. Condensational silicone impression materials

34. Additional silicone impression materials

35. Dental gypsum, stones, die stones

36. General properties of dental alloys (especially: Au, Ag, Ti) Structures, Basic metallurgical principles

37. General principles of dental non-nobel alloys. Corrosion, welding, sintering

38. PFM alloys. Metal-ceramic bonding theories.

39. Gold and alloys of nobel metals

40. Silver-palladium alloys. Steel and wrought alloys. Titanium

41. Base metal casting alloys. Ni-Cr and Co-Cr

42. Investments and refractory dies

43. Classification of dental ceramics according to composition.

44. Classification of dental ceramics according to odontotechnology.

45. Classification of acrylics. Physical and chemical properties.

46. Cold curing acrylics and usage in dental office

47. Denture base materials. Artificial teeth.

48. Dental materials of digital technologies

Examiners

• Lempel Edina
• Rajnics Zsolt
• Turzó Kinga Mónika

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Muzsek Zsófia Katalin
• Rajnics Zsolt