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Dental Composite Materials for Direct Restorations

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  • Equips practitioners with knowledge of the basic science and clinically relevant aspects

  • Presents classifications offering clinically relevant ways of differentiating between commercially available materials

  • Describes the mechanical, aesthetic, and biological properties of dental composites

  • Discusses a wide range of clinical considerations

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Development and Composition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Development of Dental Composites

      • Vesna Miletic
      Pages 3-9
    3. Composition of Dental Resin-Based Composites for Direct Restorations

      • Luc D. Randolph, William M. Palin, Julian G. Leprince
      Pages 11-24
  3. Polymerization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
    2. Curing Reaction and Kinetics

      • Ana Paula Piovezan Fugolin, Ataís Bacchi, Carmem S. Pfeifer
      Pages 27-42
    3. The Dental Curing Light

      • Richard B. Price
      Pages 43-62
    4. Degree of Conversion

      • Zrinka Tarle, Matej Par
      Pages 63-85
  4. Classification and New Formulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. Developing a More Appropriate Classification System for Modern Resin-Based Composite Technologies

      • Luc D. Randolph, William M. Palin, Julian G. Leprince
      Pages 89-96
    3. Low-Shrinkage Composites

      • Vesna Miletic
      Pages 97-112
    4. Bulk-Fill Composites

      • Annelies Van Ende
      Pages 113-118
    5. Fiber-Reinforced Composites

      • Sufyan Garoushi
      Pages 119-128
    6. Self-Adhering Composites

      • Paulo H. P. D’Alpino, Nádia da Rocha Svizero, Marcela Carrilho
      Pages 129-151
  5. Esthetics of Dental Composites

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
    2. Esthetics of Dental Composites

      • Dayane Oliveira
      Pages 155-176
  6. Biological Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
  7. Clinical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
    2. Bonding to Tooth Tissues

      • Vesna Miletic, Salvatore Sauro
      Pages 199-218

About this book

This book covers both basic scientific and clinically relevant aspects of dental composite materials with a view to meeting the needs of researchers and practitioners. Following an introduction on their development, the composition of contemporary composites is analyzed. A chapter on polymerization explains the setting reactions and light sources available for light-cured composites. The quality of monomer-to-polymer conversion is a key factor for material properties. Polymerization shrinkage along with the associated stress remains among the most challenging issues regarding composite restorations. A new classification of dental composites is proposed to offer more clinically relevant ways of differentiating between commercially available materials. A review of specific types of composites provides an insight into their key issues. The potential biological issues of dental composites are reviewed in chapters on elution of leachable substances and cariogenicity of resin monomers. Clinical sections focus on material placement, finishing procedures, and the esthetics and clinical longevity of composite restorations. Bonding to tooth tissues is addressed in a separate chapter, as is the efficiency of various composite repair methods. The final chapter discusses future perspectives on dental composite materials.

Editors and Affiliations

  • DentalNet Research Group, University of Belgrade, School of Dental Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vesna Miletic

About the editor

Vesna Miletic, BDS, MSc, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia. She gained her BDS in 2000 from the University of Belgrade School of Dental Medicine, where she went on to complete her MSc in 2005. She obtained her doctorate in 2010 from Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK for a thesis on “Micro-Raman spectroscopic studies on the adhesive-dentine interface and the degree of conversion of dental adhesives”. She subsequently worked as a postdoc in Edinburgh and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. 

Dr. Miletic is an active member of the International Association for Dental Research and the Academy of Dental Materials.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dental Composite Materials for Direct Restorations

  • Editors: Vesna Miletic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60961-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60960-7Published: 18 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86970-4Published: 30 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60961-4Published: 25 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 319

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 174 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Dentistry

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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