Eichmiller F C
American Dental Association Health Foundation, Paffenbarger Research Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Compend Contin Educ Dent. 1997 Mar;18(3):254-6, 258, 260 passim.
The rapidly evolving field of materials science is providing dentistry with new treatments and alternatives. Calcium phosphate materials are under development for bone repair and replacement, root surface desensitization, and for caries prevention, by greatly increasing the remineralizing efficiency of fluorides. Composites fabricated from calcium phosphates and polymers may have application as pulp capping and cavity-basing materials. An alternative to mercury dental amalgam is being investigated; it is composed of silver powders that are cold-welded in the presence of a dilute acid. These materials are only a few of the technologies that may profoundly affect the future delivery of dental care.
材料科学领域的迅速发展为牙科提供了新的治疗方法和替代方案。磷酸钙材料正在研发用于骨修复和置换、牙根表面脱敏以及预防龋齿，因为它能大大提高氟化物的再矿化效率。由磷酸钙和聚合物制成的复合材料可能用作牙髓盖髓材料和洞衬材料。人们正在研究一种替代汞合金的材料；它由银粉组成，在稀酸存在下进行冷焊。这些材料只是可能深刻影响未来牙科护理的少数技术。
