Materials and clinical applications
1
2018-2019
02020835
Dental Material
Portuguese
English
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
2.0
Compulsory
Non Degree Course
Recommended Prerequisites
The acquired in the Pre-Graduate Course (MD) or in the Specialty of Stomatology (M).
Teaching Methods
Teaching methods include addition of theoretical explanations the conduct of clinical work by applying the theoretical and practical knowledge. The electronic media and e-learning will also be used. The evaluation will be theoretical performance of a test (70%) and continuing clinical work performed (30%).
Learning Outcomes
The purpose of this subject is the transmission and update knowledge of dental materials, their compositions, mechanical properties, handling characteristics and clinical indications. Within this framework will be addressed all materials suitable for use in Operative and Aesthetic Dentistry, like is the realization of the final treatment, or in the intermediate steps until the final results.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
General Properties of Dental Materials. Impression materials: types, properties, handling, clinical indications. Gypsum: types, properties, handling, indications. Adhesive systems: composition, classification, manipulation, clinical indications. Composites: composition, classification, manipulation, clinical indications. Amalgam: composition, reactions, classification, handling, environment.
Head Lecturer(s)
Eunice Virginea Valdez Faria Bidarra Palmeirão Carrilho
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Clinical work performed: 30.0%
Frequency: 70.0%
Bibliography
1- J Dent Res (recommended issues)
2- Dental Materials (recommended issues)
3- Phillips’ Science of Dental Materials. Anusavice. 11th Edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Science, 2003.
4- Restorative Dental Materials. Robert Craig & Jonh M. Powers. 12th Edition. Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 2006.
5- Dental Materials: properties and manipulation. RG Craig, JM Powers, JC Wataha, 8th Edition St. Louis: Mosby, 2004.