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Porcelain teeth chemically bonded to denture base. 1967

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003776 Dental Porcelain A type of porcelain used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns. It is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz, the feldspar melting first and providing a glass matrix for the quartz. Dental porcelain is produced by mixing ceramic powder (a mixture of quartz, kaolin, pigments, opacifiers, a suitable flux, and other substances) with distilled water. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) Porcelain,Porcelain, Dental,Dental Porcelains,Porcelains,Porcelains, Dental
D003813 Dentistry The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
D003819 Denture Bases The part of a denture that overlies the soft tissue and supports the supplied teeth and is supported in turn by abutment teeth or the residual alveolar ridge. It is usually made of resins or metal or their combination. Base, Denture,Bases, Denture,Denture Base
D000180 Acrylic Resins Polymers of high molecular weight which are derived from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or other related compounds and are capable of being molded and then hardened to form useful components. Acrylic Resin,Resin, Acrylic,Resins, Acrylic
D014093 Tooth, Artificial A fabricated tooth substituting for a natural tooth in a prosthesis. It is usually made of porcelain or plastic. Artificial Teeth,Artificial Tooth,Teeth, Artificial

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