Oral Materials Science and Pharmacy

Author: Yang Jiaren
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Oral materials science is a discipline that introduces the types, composition, properties, applications, and usage methods of commonly used materials in dentistry. It serves as an interface between oral medicine and materials science and is a fundamental course for dental medicine majors. There are many varieties and classification methods for oral materials, and this book primarily adopts the classification approach based on the properties of materials science as its organizational structure. It provides detailed introductions to the types, composition, properties, applications, and usage methods of oral organic polymer materials, oral inorganic non-metallic materials, oral metallic materials, and oral auxiliary materials, emphasizing practicality.
Oral pharmacology primarily studies the pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and therapeutic principles of drugs in the treatment of oral diseases, exploring how to use drugs safely and effectively. This book focuses on introducing the overview of oral pharmacology, local anesthetics, disinfectants and antiseptics, drugs for caries and pulp diseases, drugs for periodontal diseases, drugs for mucosal diseases, and traditional Chinese medicine drugs, covering their types, pharmacology, and clinical applications.
This book is suitable for students majoring in dental medicine at vocational and technical colleges. It can also serve as a reference for dentists at all levels. Additionally, this book is accompanied by teaching slideshows, which can be downloaded from the Science Press website at www.sciencep.com.