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  2. Dental restoration - Wikipedia

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    Dental compomers are another type of white filling material although their use is not as widespread. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Compomers were formed by modifying dental composites with poly-acid in an effort to combine the desirable properties of dental composites, namely their good aesthetics, and glass ionomer cements, namely their ability to ...

  3. Amalgam (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    An amalgam dental filling. Dentistry has used alloys of mercury with metals such as silver, copper, indium, tin and zinc. Amalgam is an "excellent and versatile restorative material" [9] and is used in dentistry for a number of reasons. It is inexpensive and relatively easy to use and manipulate during placement; it remains soft for a short ...

  4. Decay-missing-filled index - Wikipedia

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    This index is based on in-field clinical examination of individuals by using a probe, mirror and cotton rolls, and simply counts the number of decayed, missing (due to caries only) and restored teeth. Another version proposed in 1931 [1] counts each affected surface, yielding a decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (DMFS) index. Statistics are ...

  5. Amalgam (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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    The same year, the use of dental amalgam was declared to be malpractice by the American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS), the only US dental association at the time, who forced all of its members to sign a pledge to abstain from using the mercury fillings. [7] This was the beginning of what is known as the first dental amalgam war. [8]

  6. Root canal treatment - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, the root canal filling material may be extruded from the apex leading to other complications. [citation needed] The X-ray in the right margin shows two adjacent teeth that had received bad root canal therapy. The root canal filling material (3, 4, and 10) does not extend to the end of the tooth roots (5, 6 and 11).

  7. Inlays and onlays - Wikipedia

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    Structure of dental inlays and onlays In dentistry, inlays and onlays are used to fill cavities, [ 1 ] and then cemented in place in the tooth . This is an alternative to a direct restoration , made out of composite, amalgam or glass ionomer , that is built up within the mouth.

  8. Glass ionomer cement - Wikipedia

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    A glass ionomer cement (GIC) is a dental restorative material used in dentistry as a filling material and luting cement, [1] including for orthodontic bracket attachment. [2] Glass-ionomer cements are based on the reaction of silicate glass-powder (calciumaluminofluorosilicate glass [3]) and polyacrylic acid, an ionomer.

  9. Dental cermet - Wikipedia

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    Dental cermets, or silver cermets, are a type of restorative material dentists use to fill tooth cavities. Silver cermets were created to improve the wear resistance and hardness of another type of filling material, glass ionomer cements, through the addition of silver. While the incorporation of silver achieved this, cermets have poorer ...

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