Applications of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fibres in Dentistry: A Review Article
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Introduction: Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fibre (UHMWPE) is one of the most versatile materials that have been introduced in dentistry. It proves to be a boon to the clinicians on accord of its valuable and multifarious applications pertaining to every field of dentistry such as prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, endodontics, paedodontics, orthodontics as well as periodontics. It has earned the designation of miscellaneousness because it possess extraordinary set of physical properties as it is highly aesthetic compared to cast metal or metal mesh as it is tooth colored secondly, it has high flexibility, is thin as well as strong and is being used to strengthen dental composite in large restorations. Previously the materials that were used such as cast metal or metal mesh had the disadvantage of being unesthetic and unhygenic.Whereas the bonding ability between resin and reinforcing fibre is superior to that between resin and casting metal and hence is used diversely. In the present review, the varied clinical applications of UHMWPE are comprehensively stated and discussed.
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