Dental Materials Glossary

An adhesive system applied to etched or conditioned tooth structure to facilitate micromechanical and chemical bonding b...

Microscopic fluid-filled channels radiating through dentine from the pulp chamber to the enamel–dentine junction, releva...

A standardised indirect test method for measuring the tensile strength of brittle dental materials by compressing a disc...

A measure of a dental material's stiffness, expressing the ratio of stress to strain within its elastic deformation rang...

A cement-like material used to fill the space between root canal filling material and dentine walls during root canal ob...

An acidic agent—most commonly 30–40% phosphoric acid gel—applied to enamel or dentine to remove the smear layer and crea...

The biomechanical reinforcement of an endodontically treated tooth conferred by a circumferential band of sound coronal...

The proportion of inorganic filler particles incorporated into a resin-based dental material, typically expressed as a p...

The maximum stress a dental material can withstand in bending before fracture, measured in megapascals (MPa) and used as...

A low-viscosity resin composite with reduced filler loading that exhibits sufficient flow to adapt to cavity walls witho...

A material property indicating a dental material's resistance to crack propagation, expressed as the critical stress int...

The generation of an electrical current in the oral environment caused by the contact of dissimilar metals in the presen...

Standard abbreviation for glass ionomer cement, a fluoride-releasing dental material used in restorations, luting, and b...

A dental material that bonds chemically to tooth structure by reacting an acid-degradable glass with a water-soluble pol...

A thermoplastic natural polymer derived from the Palaquium tree, used as the primary filling material in root canal obtu...

A calcium sulfate-based material used in dental laboratories to fabricate study models, working casts, and dies from den...

2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate; a hydrophilic monomer used in dental adhesive systems to promote resin infiltration into mo...

The micro-anatomical zone formed at the adhesive–dentine interface where resin monomers infiltrate and co-polymerise wit...

A surface-conditioning technique in which hydrofluoric acid is applied to silica-based ceramics to create microporosity...

A dental prosthetic component fabricated outside the oral cavity — typically in a dental laboratory — and subsequently c...

An intracoronal indirect restoration fabricated outside the mouth and cemented within a tooth cavity preparation that do...

The accuracy of adaptation between the internal surface of an indirect restoration and the prepared tooth surface, typic...

The radiant power per unit area delivered to a dental material's surface by a curing unit, expressed in milliwatts per s...

A microindentation hardness value obtained using an elongated pyramidal diamond indenter, used to assess the surface har...