Sciences of dental materials encompass the development, characterization, use and evaluation of the materials used to repair, replace or help regenerate tissues in dentistry. It represents a nexus between the basic and clinical sciences.
This discipline to dentistry is an interdisciplinary area that applies Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Metallurgy to the development, understanding, and evaluation of materials used in the practice of dentistry; principally involved in restorative dentistry, Prosthodontics, Peadodontics, and Orthodontics.
This subject is taught in 2nd year and it forms the pillar of basic clinical dental practice & the undergraduate students at UMDC will be taught the material handling and their applications with the passage of time at different levels of their educational career in dentistry.
By the end of 2nd year BDS, students will be able to recognize the clinical, technical and scientific rationale for the use of materials and related technologies in dentistry, and how scientific principles can be applied to the study and development of dental materials.
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