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Review Article Volume 9 Issue 6
A review on restorative and preventive materials used in dentistry
Hamid Reza Mohammadi Asl, Ehsan Mohammadi Asl
Prosthodontist, Restoration and Replacement of Teeth, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran
Student of Research Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, International Campus Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Received: November 14, 2018 | Published: December 17, 2018
Citation: Mohammadi Asl HR, Mohammadi Asl E. A review on restorative and preventive materials used in dentistry. J Dent Health Oral Disord Ther. 2018;9(6):526-529. DOI: 10.15406/jdhodt.2018.09.00442
Abstract
Restorative and preventive dental materials were designed to augment and improve on the limitations of amalgam alloy in terms of toughness, durability, changes in oral temperature and pH, force of abrasion opposing teeth, basicity of the saliva and the acidic regurgitated stomach fluids. It is expected that these materials will generally accepted, harmless and importantly highly biocompatible to reduce any risk to the patients and dental staff. There are wide varieties of restorative materials used in dentistry, which include dental metal amalgam, glass ionomer cements, zinc polyacrylate cements, zinc phosphate cements and pre/post preventive materials like etching agents, bonding, bleaching and sodium hypochlorite. Therefore, this review will give a comprehensive summary on available restorative and preventive materials used in dentistry.
Keywords: restorative materials, preventive materials, biocompatibility, dental materials, resin composite materials
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