Enamel enameling procedure

Dental x-rays provide valuable information on the health of teeth which cannot be obtained by any other medical imaging modaUty. Dental x-ray procedures use a piece of film placed in the mouth between the tongue and the teeth. A 60 to 70 keV source of x-rays, located outside the mouth, is directed at the film. Metal fillings attenuate x-rays striking the film and therefore appear white in a projection image. Tooth decay appears dark as it attenuates x-rays less than normal tooth enamel. 

While each container manufacturer has developed proprietary tests, most are based on electrochemical techniques. Corrosion in enameled ETP or TFS cans can be evaluated using one of the available procedures (28, 29, 30). Corrosion performance of plain tinplate cans can be estimated using the Progressive ATC Test developed by Kamm (6, 7). These tests should speed the development of new containers. 

Following the same procedures described in the above-mentioned study, additional extractive data were obtained for the epoxy phenolic enamel that was irradiated at 4.7-7.1 Mrad at 25 and — 30 °C in the presence of distilled water, 3% acetic acid, and n-heptane. The changes in the amount of extractives resulting from the irradiation treatment are shown in Table IX. In the case of the water and acetic acid extractives, there was no change in either the chloroform-soluble fractions or the chloroform-insoluble fractions. In the case of the n-heptane extractives, the amount of extractives decreased when the irradiation temperature was reduced from +25 to — 30°C. Infrared spectra of the chloroform-soluble residues from the water and acetic acid extractives of the unirradiated and irradiated enamel were identical to the chloroform-soluble residues from the solvent blanks. In other words, the epoxy phenolic... 

This chapter is a preliminary report of our results. We found a procedure by which PHBA can be reacted with pre-formed amorphous oligoester diols at 230°C with minimal formation of phenol, an undesirable by-product. The products of such reactions are oligomers containing amorphous and ordered phases. They appear liquid crystalline. While the oligomer structures formed in the procedure described here differ from those of the previous paper, they form baked enamel films of exceptional hardness, toughness, and adhesion. 

The use of high-concentration gels and varnishes has been practised clinically for many years by dentists and dental hygienists [180]. When originally formulated, they were designed to be used in application procedures based on the concept that fluoride becomes incorporated into the crystalline phase of the enamel and leads to the development of a more acid-resistant form of apatite. They were not expected to make any difference to the levels of fluoride in saliva, or to influence the demineralisation/dissolution phase of the behaviour of tooth mineral. 

The demand for aesthetic dental restorative materials continues to increase and may be the most important criterion for the promising future of the aesthetic polymeric composite resins. As the physical, mechanical, and wear properties of these materials improve, their use in dentistry will expand. The acid-etching of dental enamel [20] and dentin bonding procedures [21] will allow for conservative cavity preparation and the preservation of healthy tooth structure. 

The system for bonding to enamel was developed by Buonocore in the 1950s [260]. This acid etch procedure requires the preparation of the enamel surface with an acidic solution, usually about 37 % phosphoric acid. The surface then has altered surface tension and altered topography with enamel prismatic tags approximately 25 microns long and 5 microns apart [258,261]. An unfilled, low viscosity resin can be allowed to flow between these tags and then polymerize to form a tight junction with the tooth enamel [262]. 

Titania enamels are very sensitive to any variation in the frit batch composition as well as in the melting process (temperature, furnace atmosphere). Preparation of slips similarly requires special care because the rheological properties depend strongly on compliance with the technological procedure. 

The surfaces of the mouth are coated with a layer of salivary proteins known as the acquired pellicle, which provides a protective effect from both chemical and mechanical attacks to the tooth surface. The pellicle layer both moderates diffusion of ions away from the tooth surface, thus inhibiting the dissolution of enamel by erosion, and provides a lubricating layer to protect from mechanical attacks [10, 11], It is known that dental prophylaxis and the use of regular oral hygiene procedures are able to reduce or remove the pellicle layer. However, recent evidence has shown that the pellicle is able to re-form very rapidly and thus, maintain a protective layer over the tooth surface [10]. For this reason, tooth wear studies performed in vivo or in situ, where the mediating effects of pellicle are present, will give a much more realistic assessment of tooth wear than in vitro studies. For a more detailed discussion on the effects of pellicle, see chapter 2. 

Another current example of attitudes involves thermoplastic and thermosetting resins. The stringent tests referred to previously are invariably carried out on any thermoplastic which forms part of a primary pack. However, thermosets and in particular thermosetting lacquers, enamels and adhesives are rarely exposed to an extractive-type procedure, since they are not always recognised as plastics. 

In contrast to this complex procedure, a butylated urea-formaldehyde resin for use in the formulation of fast curing baking enamels may be made as follows (18) Urea, paraformaldehyde, and butanol are charged in the mole ratio 1.0 urea/2.12 formaldehyde/1.5 butanol. Triethanolamine is added to make the solution alkaline (about 1% of the weight of the urea), and the mixture is heated to reflux and held until all the paraformaldehyde has dissolved. Phthalic anhydride is then added to give a pH of 4.0, and the water is azeotroped off until the batch temperature reaches 117 C. The mixture is cooled and diluted to the desired solid content with solvent. 

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