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Biomedical and Dental Materials

Medical Definition: Substances used in biomedicine or dentistry predominantly for their physical, as opposed to chemical, properties.
Guide Notes: GEN; prefer specifics; used for mapping supplementary chemicals
Biomedical and Dental Materials Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Biocompatible Materials - Synthetic or natural materials, other than drugs, that are used to replace or repair any body tissue or bodily function.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cariogenic Agents - Substances that promote DENTAL CARIES.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cariostatic Agents - Substances that inhibit or arrest DENTAL CARIES formation. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Ceramics - Products made by baking or firing nonmetallic minerals (clay and similar materials). In making dental restorations or parts of restorations the material is fused porcelain. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dental Materials - Materials used in the production of dental bases, restorations, impressions, prostheses, etc.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dentifrices - Any preparations used for cleansing teeth; they usually contain an abrasive, detergent, binder and flavoring agent and may exist in the form of liquid, paste or powder; may also contain medicaments and caries preventives.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Mouthwashes - Solutions for rinsing the mouth, possessing cleansing, germicidal, or palliative properties. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Plasticizers - Materials incorporated mechanically in plastics (usually PVC) to increase flexibility, workability or distensibility; due to the non-chemical inclusion, plasticizers leach out from the plastic and are found in body fluids and the general environment.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Polymers - Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., polypeptides, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, plastics).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Root Canal Irrigants - Chemicals used mainly to disinfect root canals after pulpectomy and before obturation. The major ones are camphorated monochlorophenol, EDTA, formocresol, hydrogen peroxide, metacresylacetate, and sodium hypochlorite. Root canal irrigants include also rinsing solutions of distilled water, sodium chloride, etc.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Tissue Adhesives - Substances used to cause adherence of tissue to tissue or tissue to non-tissue surfaces, as for prostheses.

Biomedical and Dental Materials Medical Definitions and Terms

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