Introduction; dental materials and the oral environment; structure and properties of dental materials - adhesion, elasticity; properties of materials - permanent deformation, rheology, thermal properties, and colour; dental gypsum products - dental plaster and stone; dental impression materials - inelastic materials; aqueous elastomeric impression materials - dental hydrocolloids; nonaqueous elastomers - rubber impression materials; dental polymers - synthetic resins - denture base materials; synthetic resins - restorative materials; metallurgy - solidification, wrought metals, and direct filling gold; dental metallurgy - alloys; dental metallurgy - corrosion; dental amalgam - microstructure and properties; dental amalgam - manipulation; alloys for dental castings; dental casting waxes and other pattern materials; casting investments; casting the inlay or crown; dental ceramics; dental cements - restorative materials; luting cements; dental implant materials; miscellaneous materials; abrasion, cutting and polishing materials.
