Textbook of Dental Materials, 1st Edition

This book contains 30 chapters which are written sequentially and divided into eight sections based on the purpose of each material. Section 1 is on the General Properties of Dental Materials which includes three chapters, one chapter on biocompatibility of dental materials. Section 2 contains five chapters which includes the Auxiliary Dental Materials such as Gypsum products, Dental waxes, Casting investments, Die and die materials and finishing and polishing materials. Section 3 is dedicated to various Impression materials covered in four chapters. Special focus is on the chapter Elastomeric impression materials. Section 4 is based on Denture Base Materials with a chapter each on Dental polymers and Denture base resins including the recent developments.