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Bio Materials PRS 101 First Year (2024-2025)

• Course title: Bio Materials
• Course code: PRS 101
• Year: First Year
• Academic Year: 2024-2025

Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine

• Vision: The Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine aspires to be a recognised educational institution, regionally and internationally, by providing advanced educational programs, innovative applied research, and sustainable community development.
• Mission: The mission of the Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine is to prepare knowledgeable and well-trained dentists committed to human values and professional ethics, by developing advanced educational programs that correspond to the actual needs of the local and global labor market. The Faculty is also committed to preparing applied research in line with national strategies, as well as providing sustainable community service following international quality standards.

Basic Biomaterials Fall 2024

• Structure of Matter ILOs: Explain the atomic relations and space lattices of different types of dental materials. Recognize the physical properties of dental materials.

• Physical Properties ILOs: Discuss the mechanical behaviour of materials used in the dental laboratory or clinic. Outline the basic principles of adhesion to oral soft and hard structures.

• Adhesion ILOs: List the properties of metals and alloys; estimate their uses in the dental field. Outline the basic types and causes of tarnish and corrosion of metallic restorations in the oral cavity.

• Metallurgy ILOs: Describe polymeric materials and report their specific properties. Recite types and properties of noble and base metal alloys used as metallic denture bases. Introduction to Nanotechnology [Define Nanotechnology, classify the materials at nanoscale and list the fabrication techniques of nanostructures].

• Appendix: Chapter topics and page references for chapters 1 to 10.

• Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs): a1- Explain properties of dental materials with reference to the atomic relations and energy levels; a2- Recognize physical/thermal/optical properties of dental materials; a3- Discuss mechanical behavior of dental materials used in the lab/clinic; a4- Give description about polymeric materials and their properties;a5- Outline the basic principles of adhesion to oral tissues and artificial structures; a6- Report the properties of metals and alloys with estimation of their uses in the dental field; a7- Outline the types and causes of tarnish and corrosion for noble/base metals.

• Academic Departments:

  • Biomaterials (Dental Materials)
  • Oral Biology
    • Human Dentition
    • Oral Histology
  • Oral Pathology

• Clinical Departments:

  • Diagnosis, Oral Medicine & Periodontology
  • X-ray
  • Operative Dentistry
  • Endodontics
  • Oral Surgery
  • Crown & Bridge
  • Prosthesis
  • Pedodontics
  • Orthodontics

• Oral Biology Subtopics: Human dentition (Dental Anatomy), Oral Histology.

• Oral Pathology Subtopics: Deals with soft and hard oral and dental tissues in diseased conditions.

• Operative Dentistry: Deals with the treatment of dental caries (the irreversible bacterial disease of hard tissue).

• Endodontics: Deals with pulp and periapical diseases.

• Oral Surgery: Deals with tooth extraction, tumors, and fractures.

  • Prosthodontics: May be fixed (Crown and Bridge) or Removable (Prosthesis)
    • Crowns, Bridges, and dentures.

• Dental implants: Made from Titanium (Ti) or Titanium alloys because they are biocompatible.

• Pedodontics: Dentistry that deals with children's teeth.

• Orthodontics: Specialty of dentistry concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions.

Structure of Matter

• Introduction: All materials are built up of atoms and molecules which relate to their properties.
• Structure of Atoms & Atomic Bonding: The basic unit of the internal structure of any material.

Physical Properties

• Mass Related Properties: Density and Specific Gravity. (Density figures for Gold alloy, Chromium cobalt alloy, Acrylic Resin).
• Thermal Properties: Heat of fusion, thermal conductivity, coefficient of thermal expansion and contraction, melting/freezing temperatures, specific heat, and thermal diffusivity.
• Electrical Properties: Electrical conductivity, resistivity, electromotive force, and electrochemical corrosion.
• Less Specific Properties: Water sorption and shelf life.
• Optical Properties: Transparency, Translucency, Opacity. Light has wavelengths which can be identified by the human eye (400-700 nanometers).
• Reflection, Refraction, Scattering, Luminescence. (Fluorescence, Phosphorescence).

Mechanical Properties

• Force: Result of an applied force on a body (displacement, acceleration, and deformation).
• Stress (σ): Internal reaction to external force (Force/Area). Types (normal tensile, compressive, and tangential shear). Units (Ib/in², Kg/cm², MN/m²).
• Strain (ε): Change in length (Deformation/Length). Types (temporary elastic, permanent plastic).
• Stress-Strain Curves: Elastic portion (obeys Hooke's law with proportional limit and elastic limit), plastic portion.
• Yield Strength (Y.S.) and Ultimate Strength (U.S.).
• Modulus of Elasticity (Young's Modulus): Measures stiffness (slope of elastic straight line).
• Fracture Stress: Stress at which a material fractures.
• BENDING, Stress-strain properties (e.g. stiffness, ductility, toughness), impact test.
• Toughness and fracture toughness.

Surface Phenomena and Adhesion

• Outline the basic principles of adhesion to oral soft and hard structures.
• Define adhesion;
  • Adhesion: Bonding between dissimilar materials resulting from chemical reaction of atoms and molecules.
  • Cohesion: Bonding between similar materials.
  • Adhesive: Liquid material used for adhesion
  • Adherend: Solid substance to which adhesive is applied.
• Types of adhesion (True Adhesion, Mechanical Attachment)
• Wetting / Wettability: Ability of adhesive to wet the surface of a solid. (Measured by Contact Angle).
• Factors affecting Wetting.

Metallurgy

• Outline properties of metals and alloys, and their use in the dental field.
• Types of Metal Alloys: Solid Solution Alloys, Eutectic Alloys, Intermetallic Compounds.
• Formation of Metallic Alloys: Methods of altering mechanical properties (Work Hardening, Aging treatment, solution hardening, and precipitation hardening).
• Processes of shaping metals:
  • Casting
  • Cold Working
  • Powder Metallurgy (sintering)
  • Electroforming

Tarnish and Corrosion

• Outline types and causes of tarnish and corrosion of metallic materials in the oral cavity, including examples.
• Types of corrosion (Dry/Chemical corrosion, Electrolytic/Electrochemical corrosion).
• Types of Corrosion (Galvanic Corrosion, Compositional Cell Corrosion, Stress Corrosion).

Introduction to Nanotechnology

• Define the concept.
• Classify materials at the nanoscale according to dimensionality.
• Provide a list of fabrication techniques for nanostructures.

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