1DDS, MSc, graduate student, Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, Ribeirão Preto Dental School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical, Toxicological and Bromatological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc, PhD, Associa...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, University North of Paraná (UNOPAR), Londrina, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc, PhD, Graduate student (Doctor degree), Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and De...

This paper describes a short overview of the history and classification of different materials used in dentistry, and represents the challenge and usage of the latest inventions in the field of dental materials, with special focus on gold-based alloys. Chapter 1 gives an introductory overview of dental materials’ historical evolution; chapter 2 contains a review of dental material’s classificat...

introduction : the purpose of this clinical study was to compare the blood mercury levels before and after endodontic surgery using amalgam as a root-end filling material. materials and methods: fourteen patients requiring periradicular surgery participated in this prospective clinical study. a zinc-free amalgam was employed as root-end filling material. blood samples were collected at three in...

some manufacturers claim to have produced new irreversible hydro-colloids that are able to maintain their dimensional stability during storage. the present study evaluated the effect of storage time on dimensional stability of three alginates: hydrogum 5, tropicalgin and alginoplast.in this experimental in-vitro trial, a total of 90 alginate impressions were made from a dentoform model using hy...