Foreword
Preface
Section I: Overview
1 General Aspects of Biomaterial Surface Alterations Following Exposure to Biologic Fluids/George Eliades, Theodore Eliades, and Manolis Vavuranakis
Section II: Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry
2 Aging of Casting Alloys Used in Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry/William A. Brantley
3 Ceramic Behavior Under Different Environmental and Loading Conditions/James L. Drummond
4 Characterization of Retrieved Implants: Titanium, Titanium Alloys, and Hydroxyapatite Coatings/Efstratios Papazoglou, William A. Brantley, and Edwin A. McGlumphy
Section III: Restorative Dentistry
5 Alterations of Dental Amalgam/Miroslav I. Marek
6 Aging of Glass-Ionomer Cements/Aphrodite I. Kakaboura
7 Degradation Mechanisms of Dental Resin Composites/Karl-Johan Söderholm
Section IV: Orthodontics
8 Disintegration of Orthodontic Appliances/Arne Hensten-Pettersen and Nils Jacobsen
9 Characteristics of Used Orthodontic Brackets/Claude G. Matasa
10 Aging of Orthodontic Utilities and Auxiliaries/Theodore Eliades, George Eliades, William A. Brantley, and David C. Watts
Section V: Endodontics
11 Aging of Endodontic Instruments and Materials/Spiros Zinelis and John Margelos
Section VI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
12 Aging of Stainless Steel Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Implants/Elliott J. Sutow
13 Leaching of Metallic Ions from Plates and Screws Used in Jaw Fracture Fixation/Ian R. Matthew
Section VII: Periodontology
14 Sutures in the Oral Cavity/J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
15 Aging of Bioactive Glass Bone-Grafting Materials/John C. Mitchell
