Biomaterial Database

W A Smyth

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.
D013674	Technology, Dental	The field of dentistry involved in procedures for designing and constructing dental appliances. It includes also the application of any technology to the field of dentistry.	Dental Technology
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