Composite resins adhesive dentistry

In the 1960s, the photopolymerization of polyol acrylates found a variety of applications in dentistry, including dental composite resins, adhesives, dentures, and... 

Modem dentistry makes considerable use of adhesive materials and techniques in its treatments [1], Although widely used in contemporary conservative dentistry, composite resins are not inherently adhesive to the tooth surface, but need to be used in association with specially designed adhesive substances. These adhesives are therefore critical for the success of these aesthetic materials in dentistry. 

Adhesive dentistry, specifically in association with the use of composite resins, has anerged as an important component of modem restorative dentistry. These are several reasons for this. First, as a result of the research into restorative materials of improved aesthetics, there are now polymeric and also ceramic materials that provide an excellent match for the natural tissue of the tooth. This is complemented by an increasing demand for aesthetic repairs by patients [3,4]. This is part of the trend within the developed world for cosmetic dental treatments, and for cosmetic dentistry to be seen as an acceptable part of the profession. 

The largest voliune of polsrmeric materials used in dentistry is in prosthetic applications. Polymeric materials are also important in operative dentistry, being used to produce composite resins, dental cements, adhesives, cavity liners, and as a protective sealant for pits and fissures. Elastomers are employed as impression materials. Resilient prosthetic devices are oft en fabricated to restore external soft-tissue defects. Mouth protectors are fabricated to prevent injury to teeth, as well as prevent head and neck injinaes. Other polymer applications include fabricating patterns for metal castings and partial denture frameworks, impression trays, orthodontic and periodontal devices, space maintainers, bite plates, cleft palate obdurators, and oral implants. Polymeric materials may also be used to fabricate an artificial tongue, when disease results in its loss. 

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Modern resin-based restorative materials used in stomatology originated with the invention of the so-called Bowen s monomer and the introduction of composites [142]. This monomer is known as BisGMA, a label easier to use than chemical name of 2,2-bis[4-(2-hydroxy-3-methacryloyloxypropoxy)-phenyl]propane.Today, both unfilled and composite resins are widely employed in dentistry—as binding agents, pit and fissure sealants, direct filling materials, orthodontic adhesives, and resin cements [143]. 

Abstract Adhesive techniques and materials are being used increasingly in clinical dentistry, and they are reviewed in the present chapter. Broadly speaking, there are two types of tooth-colored restorative material, the so-called composite resins and the glass-ionomer cements. There are, though, variations on these basic types, as explained in the chapter. In addition, there is the zinc polycarboxylate cement, which was the first adhesive dental restorative material to be developed, and it retains a niche in modem clinical practice. 

Dentistry is concerned with the preservation, repair, and replacement of teeth. As such, it increasingly makes use of modem adhesive materials and techniques. For example, the placement of adhesive materials to fill fissures of newly empted teeth in which decay-inducing bacteria might otherwise lodge is a widely practiced procedure in preventative dentistry (Mount and Hume 2005). In restorative dentistry, repair using the tooth-colored materials known as composite resins involves bonding to the tooth by bespoke adhesive systems, whereas repair with the alternative tooth-colored options, the glass-ionomer cements, exploits their inherently adhesive nature (Mount 2002). 

The earliest attempts to bond orthodontic brackets used epoxy resins. However, these adhesives were difficult to use, and so this approach did not find much support within the dental profession. In modem orthodontic practice, bonding agents similar to those used in other parts of dentistry are used. This means the deployment of either bonded composite resins or glass-ionomer cements. 

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