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DST 313 Dental Materials

HND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences13 topics

DST 313 covers 13 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Introduction to dental materials
  2. Types and composition of dental materials
  3. Chemical properties of dental materials
  4. Physical properties of dental materials
  5. Selection criteria for dental materials
  6. Classification of dental materials
  7. Restorative, preventive and prosthetic materials
  8. Impression compounds and hydrocolloids
  9. Uses of dental materials
  10. Advantages and disadvantages of dental materials
  11. Manipulation of dental materials
  12. Setting time and handling terms
  13. Instruments for manipulating dental materials

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Introduction to dental materials

Introduction to dental materials covers the basic classification, properties, and selection principles of materials used in dentistry. Understanding these fundamentals is essential for exam questions on material choice, performance, and clinical application.

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