Dental and Medical Materials

Williams, D. (1990) Concise Encyclopedia of Medical and Dental Materials (Pergamon Press, Oxford). 

Uses. Starting material for acrylates and polyacrylates used in plastics, water purification, paper and cloth coatings, and medical and dental materials... 

Williams DF. Biofunctionality and Biocompatibility. In Cahn RW, Haasen P, Kramer EJ. eds. Materials Science and Technology 14. Medical and Dental Materials, VCH Germany, 1992, pp. 1-27. 

Nicholson, John W., and Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). The Chemistry of Medical and Dental Materials. RSC Materials Monographs. Cambridge, U.K. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002. 

Williams, D.F., 1990. Biodegradation of medical polymers. In Concise Encyclopedia of Medical and Dental Materials, D.F. Williams, Ed., pp. 69-74. Pergamon Press, New York. 

Details A colourless liquid, a starting material for making acrylates (with amide and acrylonitrile monomers) and other polymers and copolymers (with vinyl, styrene and butadiene), medical and dental materials. 

Eyerer P, R. Ellwanger, H.A. Federolf, et al. 1990. Polyethylene. In Concise encyclopaedia of medical and dental materials. D. Williams, and R. Cahn. Eds. Oxford Pergamon. 

Wihams, D.F. (ed.) (1992) Medical and dental materials, inMedical Science and Technology, Vol. 14, VHC, Weinheim, Germany. 

J.H. Scott and N.B.B. Symons, Introduction to Dental Anatomy, 9th Ed., Churchill-Livingstone, 1982. J.W. Nicholson, Chemistry of Medical and Dental Materials, RSC Monograph, 2002 GER 520,138. 

D. F. Williams Medical and dental materials. In Materials Science and Technology, Vol.14, ed. by... 

Structure and Properties of Composite (1993), [ 14] Medical and Dental Materials,... 

Williams DF (1990) Concise encyclopedia of medical and dental materials. Pergamon Press... 

Medical and dental materials are in the class of materials called biomaterials. Biomateiiab are used in the body to replace body components or assist in retaining or restoring body functions. Biomaterials include synthetic materials, modified natural materials, biosynthetic materials, systems engineered materials, and morphological protein molecules that can send signals of direction to cells [7]. Synthetic biomaterials may be metallic, ceramic, polymeric, or a combination of these as needed to meet the needs of intended application. 

This chapter provides general information on composition, mechanical properties, and corrosion behavior of some medical and dental metals used at present. References are provided for obtaining detailed information, and regulations and economics are discussed briefly. There is a wealth of information on medical and dental materials research that is not cited here and active investigations are continuing. 

Potentiostatic and potentiodynamic anodic polarization measurements often are applied to medical and dental materials, and test methods in ASTM G 5 and ASTM F 4 can be used as guides along with published literature. These methods involve applying a potential to the specimen and... 

Williams DF (1992) Biofunctionality and biocompatibility. In Williams DF (ed) Medical and dental materials. VCH.Weinheim, pp 1-27... 

Medical and Dental Materials Volume Editor D. F. Williams... 

Chu, C.C. Williams, D.F. (Ed.) Polyesters and polyamides. In Concise encyclopedia of medical and dental materials, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1990... 

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