Dental materials are the natural and synthetic substances used to restore, replace, and rehabilitate teeth and supporting oral structures, encompassing restorative, prosthetic, regenerative, and implant-related materials. They are conventionally classified into direct materials, placed and set within the cavity such…
Dental materials are the natural and synthetic substances used to restore, replace, and rehabilitate teeth and supporting oral structures, encompassing restorative, prosthetic, regenerative, and implant-related materials. They are conventionally classified into direct materials, placed and set within the cavity such as resin composites and glass-ionomer cements, and indirect materials fabricated extra-orally such as ceramics, metal alloys, and laminate veneers. Selection is governed by mechanical performance, including fracture toughness, wear, and surface roughness, by physicochemical behaviour such as fluoride release and polymerisation kinetics, and above all by biocompatibility, since materials contact vital tissues for extended periods. In implant and bone-augmentation contexts, additional classes are important, including titanium and titanium-mesh frameworks, hydroxyapatite, beta-tricalcium phosphate, calcium phosphosilicate, and recombinant growth-factor carriers used to regenerate bone and support osseointegration. The research collected here examines fracture toughness, surface roughness, and fluoride release of glass ionomers, composite photopolymerisation and temperature behaviour, alloplastic graft materials in sinus augmentation, hydroxyapatite and beta-tricalcium phosphate grafting, titanium-mesh reconstruction of atrophic ridges, and implant surface and osseointegration outcomes. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the composition, properties, and clinical performance of dental and implant materials.
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