DENTAL MATERIALS RESEARCH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DENTAL CERAMICS: A REVIEW OF MODERNMATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND OF CERAMICS -- THE HISTORY OF DENTAL CERAMICS -- CLASSIFICATION OF MODERN DENTAL CERAMICS -- METAL-CERAMICS -- REINFORCED CERAMIC CORE SYSTEMS -- ALUMINA REINFORCED FELDSPATHIC CORES -- GLASS-INFILTRATED HIGH STRENGTH CERAMIC CORES -- PURE ALUMINA CORES -- HIGH DENSITY ZIRCONIA CORES -- DISADVANTAGES OF REINFORCED CERAMIC CORE SYSTEMS -- RESIN BONDED CERAMICS -- GLASS-CERAMICS -- GLASS-CERAMICS FOR DENTAL RESTORATIONS -- COMMERCIAL GLASS-CERAMIC RESTORATIVE MATERIALS -- PROCESSING METHODS OF COMMERCIAL DENTAL CERAMICS -- SURVIVAL RATES AND MODE OF FAILURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-SHRINKAGE DENTALCOMPOSITES IN DENTISTRY: A REVIEWOF THE TRENDS AND TECHNIQUES APPLIED -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT DENTAL COMPOSITES -- CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION -- DEVELOPMENT OF LOW SHRINKING COMPOSITES -- RING-OPENING MONOMERS -- LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MONOMERS -- ORMOCERS -- SILOXANE -- POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SIMULTANEOUS FLUORESCENCE AND REFLECTIONCONFOCAL MICROSCOPY STUDY OF LIVINGOSTEOBLAST BIOENERGETICS AS A TOOLFOR THE DESIGN OF SURFACE TOPOGRAPHYOF DENTAL IMPLANTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Osseointegration -- 2. CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY IN DENTALMATERIAL RESEARCH -- 2.1. Confocal Principles -- 2.2. Backscattered Light Imaging -- 3. CONFOCAL BACKSCATTERED MODE FOR DENTAL IMPLANTSSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION -- 3.1. Dental Implants Surface Characterization -- 4. COMBINED FLUORESCENCE AND BACKSCATTERED CLSM FORTHE ASESSMENT OF OSTEOBLAST ADHESION TO DENTAL IMPLANTS -- 4.1. Cell Adhesion -- 4.2. CLSM of Osteoblasts Adhesion to Implant Surface -- 4.3. CLSM of Living Osteoblasts -- 4.4. Time-Lapse Studies.

4.5. Osteoblast Migration and Adhesion -- 5. COMBINED FLUORESCENCE AND BACKSCATTERED MODESFOR THE STUDY OF MITOCHONDRIAL BIOENERGETICS IN LIVINGOSTEOBLASTS GROWN ON DENTAL IMPLANTS -- 5.1. Mechanotransduction -- 5.2. Mitochondrial Bioenergetics: MMP -- 5.3. Image Collection and Analysis for Δψm -- 6. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- Methodological Approaches -- A.1. Test Substrates -- A.2. Cell Culture -- A.3.Cytoskeletal Organization -- A.4. Mitochondrial Permeability Potential -- A.5. Statistical Analysis -- REFERENCES -- DENTAL MATERIALS IN DAILY PEDODONTICSCLINICAL PRACTICE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ADHESIVE SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH RESIN COMPOSITES -- 3. GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS -- 4. THE DURABILITY OF THE BOND TO DENTIN -- 5. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCEOF ADHESIVE RESTORATIONS -- 6. BIOCOMPATIBILITY -- 7. ADHESIVE RESTORATION ON AFFECTED DENTIN -- 8. SEALING OF LESIONS: NON-REMOVAL OF CARIOUS TISSUE -- 9. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTS OF METHACRYLATES PRESENT IN DENTALCOMPOSITE RESINS ON HL-60 CELL METABOLISM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 2.1. Preparation of All-trans Retinoic Acid and Methacrylates Solutions -- 2.2 Cell Viability -- 2.3 Assays Condition -- 2.4. Differentiation Assay -- 2.5. Oxygen Consumption Rate -- 2.6. Determination of Cellular Glucose Consumption -- 2.7. Determination of Cellular Lactate Production -- 2.8. Determination of G6PDH and GR Enzymatic Activities -- 2.9. Cellular Glutathione Determination -- 2.10. Statistical Analysis -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. HEMA -- 3.2. TEGDMA -- 3.3. Bis-GMA -- 3.4. UDMA -- 3.5. BDDMA -- 3.6. ATRA and DMSO -- 4. DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- COMPARISON OF ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTSOF DENTIN BONDING AGENTS IN VITRO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Agar-Well Method -- Disc Diffusion Method -- Tooth Cavity Model.

Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- Agar Well Diffusion Method -- Disc Diffusion Method -- Tooth Cavity Model -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PROGRESS TOWARDS BONE AND TISSUEREGENERATION USING PRGF TECHNOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NOVEL BIOMATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR GROWTH FACTORSRELEASE IN TISSUE REPAIR -- PIVOTAL AND SPECIFIC PROPERTIES OF PRGF TECHNOLOGY -- THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF PRGFTECHNOLOGY IN DENTISTRY -- IMPROVING DENTAL SURGICAL PROTOCOLSAND THE PREDICTABILITY OF DENTAL IMPLANTS -- PRGF TECHNOLOGY IN OTHER MEDICAL AREAS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT OF FOUR NON-METALPOSTS ON FRACTURE RESISTANCEOF ENDODONTICALLY TREATED TEETH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- SUGGESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- DIFFERENCES IN DENTIN PERMEABILITY AND ITSRELEVANCE TO CYTOTOXICITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF DENTAL MATERIALS:ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DAMAGEAND CELLULAR DEATH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FLUORIDE -- CHLORHEXIDINE -- ENDODONTIC COMPOUNDS -- DENTAL BLEACHING AGENTS -- GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS -- DENTAL BLEACHING AGENTS -- GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS -- OTHER DENTAL MATERIALS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.