Nanomaterials have been studied in many products such as drug delivery, impression materials, restorative materials, dental implants, sensors, dental devices, and a widespread nanoparticles’ research has been done on various aspects of prosthetic dentistry. In dental materials, the nanoparticles are widely used in denture base materials, ceramics, implants, luting cements, and impression materi...

Koichi FUJII*, Junichi OKU*, Hiroyuki ARIKAWA*, Hiroto YAMAUCHI**, Hideo OHNO****, Tadashi OGURA*** and Katsuichiro INOUE* * Department of Dental Materials Science, ** First Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, *** Department of Pediatric Dentistry , Kagoshima University Dental School, 1208-1 Usuki, Kagoshima 890, Japan **** Department of Pediatric Dentistry , Nagasaki University School of Denti...

1Department of Restorative Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait 2Department of Clinical Dentistry-Prosthodontics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Arstadveien 17, 5009 Bergen, Norway 3Department of Clinical Dentistry-Cariology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Arstadveien 17, 5009 Bergen, Norway 4D...

504 THE JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY phase because new components must be purchased. This article describes a simple technique to limit the trapping of air bubbles in the cast-to abutments or prosthetic cylinders. This procedure reduces the risk of trapping air bubbles in the screw access holes of the abutment by directly injecting the investment into the cast-to abutment or prosthetic cylin...

Alexandre Durval Lemos1 Flávia Riqueto Gambareli2 Marcia Diaz Serra2 Rafael de Liz Pocztaruk3 Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião2 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, BR 2Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School of Piracicaba State University of Campinas (FOP/UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, BR 3Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Dental School of ULBRA-SO...