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What Are The Materials Used By Dentists?

Posted on Tue, 3 Feb 2015

Question: Hi,

I need to know all the list of materials used by a dentist grouped by category.

Regards,

Answered by Dr. Shesh Jaiswal (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Materials

Detailed Answer:
Hello

There is a very vast range of materials used in dentistry.

Dental materials includes
Restorative materials like- Cements composites, amalgam etc.

Impression materials like- alginate, agar, rubber base materials etc.

It you can be specific about what purpose you need the names I can help you more with that.

Regards
Dr. Shesh

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Shesh Jaiswal (29 minutes later)

Hi Doc,

I am preparing list of the exhaustive materials/equipments/instruments by category used by dental doctors in XXXXXXX I can see them in many websites, but I wanted the list by category which is more easy/understandable for XXXXXXX doctors.

For example, someone by following three categories (consumables, instruments and equipments), while some others by speciality (such as orthodontics, endodontics, oral care, implants, etc,.)

I wanted to know more comfortable categories divisions by XXXXXXX dental doctors. OR, is it XXXXXXX dental doctors are more comfortable by list all the materials without any category. I hope I am clear here.

Regards,

Answered by Dr. Shesh Jaiswal (23 hours later)

Brief Answer:
List sorted...

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

I am not sure I got the purpose clearly. But I shall anyway give you a list that you asked for. There is no clear boundary between materials used by dental specialist; so I have grouped them as consumables and Instruments/equipments.

Consumables:
Composite material
Glass inomer cement
Calcium hydroxide
EDTA
ZOE
alginate
Rubber base impression
Waxes
Plaster of paris
Dental stone
Zinc phophate cement
Zinc polycarboxylate cement
Formocresol
GP points
Paper points

Instruments and equipments:
Extraction forceps
Elevators
Chisel
Mallet
Micromotor
Airotor
Burs
Restorative instruments
Apex locator
Endo instruments
Autoclave
X ray machine
Scaler
Light cure unit
Chair and compressure
High and low volume suctions
Implant kit
Diode lasers
Orthodontic kit etc.

Hope this serves your purpose.

Regards
Dr. Shesh

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad