Updates in dental materials--Part 2: Resin cements.

Recent years have seen a number of innovations and developments with respect to dental materials and their applications in clinical dentistry. This series of short articles considers the more important aspects of these developments under the general term 'Updates in Dental Materials'. Dental composite systems and bonding to tooth material were discussed in Part I. Resin cements are treated in this article. Part 3 presents dental amalgams and Part 4 deals with advances in ceramic materials.