This book comprehensively reviews bonding to enamel, dentin and cementum and analyses relevant adhesion mechanisms. It is addressed to both the dental researcher and the clinician. Emphasis is placed on the characterization of material interfaces with dental tissues in situ. The volume also stresses the importance of appropriate experimental protocol design in facilitating clinically-relevant research methods, clarifies the mechanisms of adhesion of polymeric materials to hard dental tissues and furnishes a handy reference for routine clinical procedures in restorative and prosthetic dentistry as well as orthodontics. The book introduces important aspects of the chemistry of dental materials and their adaptation to dental hard tissues. It also analyses interfacial phenomena occurring during application of materials, including mechanical properties, and structural-compositional alterations. The text presents the current instrumental approaches in studying related issues and a summary of the current status of theories concerning bonding to dental tissues. This work, in its scope and scientific content, provides an in-depth view of the way in which aesthetic dentistry is currently being practiced.

This book comprehensively reviews bonding to enamel, dentin and cementum and analyses relevant adhesion mechanisms. It is addressed to both the dental researcher and the clinician. Emphasis is placed on the characterization of material interfaces with dental tissues in situ. The volume also stresses the importance of appropriate experimental protocol design in facilitating clinically-relevant research methods, clarifies the mechanisms of adhesion of polymeric materials to hard dental tissues and furnishes a handy reference for routine clinical procedures in restorative and prosthetic dentistry as well as orthodontics. The book introduces important aspects of the chemistry of dental materials and their adaptation to dental hard tissues. It also analyses interfacial phenomena occurring during application of materials, including mechanical properties, and structural-compositional alterations. The text presents the current instrumental approaches in studying related issues and a summary of the current status of theories concerning bonding to dental tissues. This work, in its scope and scientific content, provides an in-depth view of the way in which aesthetic dentistry is currently being practiced.

This book is based on experimental studies of maxillofacial prostheses. The effect of fibre reinforcement at the interface between silicone and acrylic polymers was investigated. Treatments that enhance bonding of silicone to acrylic substructures for intra-oral dental and obturator prostheses were established. Bond strengths were studied following aggressive thermo-cycling procedures. All acrylic interfaces tested had a clinically acceptable range of bond strength with silicone. The net-fibre reinforcement of the acrylic interfaces enhanced the bonding to silicone, increasing clinical serviceability.

In 1983 numerous young adults with a family history of Huntington's chorea attended genetics departments for information about a new genetic test. This provided the opportunity for a larger scale study than had previously been possible of subjects affected by the illness and their unaffected relatives, and in particular, of the incidence of functional psychiatric disorder of various types. This monograph reports the findings of the study, and considers the relation of Huntington's chorea to functional psychiatric disorder and the future prospects of the genetics of Huntington's chorea.