Dental Medicine · Year 1 · MU Plovdiv
Dental Materials
The full MU Plovdiv syllabus for Dental Materials, Dental Medicine, Year 1: 85 topics, 41 topics with a free study note (2 hours of reading), and 656 flashcards. Updated 10 November 2026.
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Syllabus
The topics in the order of the MU Plovdiv syllabus. Each one with a note opens in AceMed once you're signed in.
- 1. Requirements for dental materials. National and international standards for dental materials.Being written
- 2. Medico-biological requirements. Biocompatibility, bioacceptability. Tests for biological evaluation.Being written
- 3. Structure of materials. Type of bonds.Being written
- 4. Crystalline and amorphous materials.Being written
- 5. Surface phenomena and adhesion to tooth structure. Adsorption, absorption and sorption. Wetting, capillary penetration.Being written
- 6. Physical properties of materials.Being written
- 7. Optical properties of materials: colour, transparency, translucency, fluorescence, opalescence.31. Optical properties of dental materials3 min · 14 cards
- 8. Theory of colours – Munsell colour system for three dimensional characteristics of colours.Being written
- 9. Shade matching in dental profession. Shade guides.31. Optical properties of dental materials3 min · 14 cards
- 10. Factors that affect the colour determination. Metamerism.Being written
- 11. Mechanical properties of materials. Strength of materials.15. Stress-strain diagram5 min · 14 cards
- 12. Hardness of materials. Methods for evaluation of hardness.16. Hardness of dental materials2 min · 15 cards
- 13. Technological properties of materials.Being written
- 14. Classification of dental materials.Being written
- 15. Metals and alloys. Precious and non-precious alloys.19. Advantages and disadvantages of dental alloys · 20. Noble dental alloys - characteristics · 21. Base dental alloys - characteristics7 min · 40 cards
- 16. Full insolubility in solid condition (mechanical mixture).Being written
- 17. Full solubility in solid condition (solid solution).Being written
- 18. Methods for evaluation of metals and alloys.Being written
- 19. Noble metal alloys.20. Noble dental alloys - characteristics2 min · 12 cards
- 20. Gold alloys. Carat and fineness.Being written
- 21. Silver dental alloys. Titanium.Being written
- 22. Errors with processing of dental alloys.Being written
- 23. Nickel-chromium alloys.21. Base dental alloys - characteristics3 min · 15 cards
- 24. Cobalt-chromium alloys.21. Base dental alloys - characteristics3 min · 15 cards
- 25. Cold working of alloys.Being written
- 26. Heat treatment of alloys.Being written
- 27. Heat sources.Being written
- 28. Melting and casting. Methods of casting.Being written
- 29. Spruing the wax pattern for casting. Investement.Being written
- 30. Crystalization.Being written
- 31. Homogenizing heat treatment. Diffusion, annealing, recrystallization.Being written
- 32. Soldering.Being written
- 33. Corrosion.22. Electrochemical corrosion in the oral cavity3 min · 13 cards
- 34. Oral electrogalvanism (polymetalism).22. Electrochemical corrosion in the oral cavity3 min · 13 cards
- 35. Classification of dental ceramic.33. Types of dental ceramics2 min · 14 cards
- 36. Ingredients for manifacture of dental porcelains.39. Dental ceramics3 min · 14 cards
- 37. Properties of ceramic materials. Glass transition temperature. Leucite and devitrification39. Dental ceramics3 min · 14 cards
- 38. Dental metal-ceramic. Porcelains with extremely low fusing temperature. Hydrotermal ceramic.40. Porcelain fused to metal2 min · 12 cards
- 39. Alloys for metal-ceramic. Nickel allergy.34. Chromium and titanium alloys. Alloys for porcelain fused to metal · 35. Noble alloys for porcelain fused to metal4 min · 28 cards
- 40. Technology of metal-ceramic and ceramic restorations: sintering, pressing, casting, cutting- CAD/CAM restorations.Being written
- 41. Bonds between porcelains and alloys. Coefficient of thermal expansion.40. Porcelain fused to metal2 min · 12 cards
- 42. Chemical properties of polymers.36. Polymers for dental purposes2 min · 13 cards
- 43. Physical properties of acrylic polymers.Being written
- 44. Characteristic of acrylic resins’ monomer and polymer.36. Polymers for dental purposes2 min · 13 cards
- 45. Polymerization of acrylic resins. Heat-cured acrylic.38. Heat-cured polymers3 min · 15 cards
- 46. Changes and defects of acrylic resins.Being written
- 47. Cold-curing (auto-curing) acrylic resins.37. Cold-cured polymers2 min · 15 cards
- 48. Soft lining materials.23. Elastic/soft resins2 min · 14 cards
- 49. Fabrication of artificial teeth. Comparison between teeth made from porcelain and acrylic.Being written
- 50. Temporary dental cements.42. Dental cements3 min · 14 cards
- 51. Zink phosphate cements.42. Dental cements3 min · 14 cards
- 52. Zink silicophosphate cements.Being written
- 53. Zink polycarboxylate cements.42. Dental cements3 min · 14 cards
- 54. Glass ionomer cements.3 min · 15 cards
- 55. Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (hybrid ionomers).30. Types of glass-ionomer cements · 43. Glass-ionomer cements7 min · 28 cards
- 56. Composite restorative materials.44. Composite materials. Light-curing and dual-curing composites2 min · 14 cards
- 57. Compomers.Being written
- 58. Traditional low-copper dental amalgams.Being written
- 59. High-copper dental amalgams.Being written
- 60. Impression materials. Requirements. Classification.28. Requirements for impression materials · 47. Classification and requirements for elastic impression materials4 min · 28 cards
- 61. Hard impression materials. Gypsum impression material. Zink oxide–eugenol impression material. Self-curing impression materials.Being written
- 62. Thermoplastic impression materials. Impression Compound. Guttapercha. Wax impression materials.Being written
- 63. Reversible hydrocolloids (agar). Special devices.48. Hydrocolloid impression materials3 min · 14 cards
- 64. Alginate (irreversible) hydrocolloids.48. Hydrocolloid impression materials3 min · 14 cards
- 65. Condensation silicones.49. Silicone impression materials4 min · 12 cards
- 66. Addition (vinyl) silicones.49. Silicone impression materials4 min · 12 cards
- 67. Polyether.Being written
- 68. Polysulfide.Being written
- 69. Errors in processing and storage of impression materials.Being written
- 70. Dental waxes.Being written
- 71. Properties of dental waxes.Being written
- 72. Gypsum products.46. Plaster materials3 min · 14 cards
- 73. Plasters and stones. Setting reaction.25. Types of plaster model materials · 46. Plaster materials5 min · 28 cards
- 74. Thermoplastic modeling materials.Being written
- 75. Investment materials. Refractory components and binder.18. Requirements for casting investment materials · 52. Types of casting investment materials5 min · 25 cards
- 76. Gypsum-bonded investments.52. Types of casting investment materials3 min · 12 cards
- 77. Phosphate-bonded investments.52. Types of casting investment materials3 min · 12 cards
- 78. Ethyl silicate-bonded investments.52. Types of casting investment materials3 min · 12 cards
- 79. Technology of investing. Investment mould.Being written
- 80. Fluxes and antifluxes.Being written
- 81. Chemical cleaning of casting alloys- pickling.Being written
- 82. Abrasive materials.2 min · 15 cards
- 83. Abrasion, grinding.50. Abrasive materials2 min · 15 cards
- 84. Polishing.50. Abrasive materials2 min · 15 cards
- 85. Cutting effect of rotating instruments.Being written
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