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What type of indirect restorative material combines strength, translucence, and the ability to match the natural tooth?

Porcelain

What type of dental cement is composed of zinc oxide with a small amount of magnesium oxide powder and mixed with a solution of phosphoric acid in water?

Zinc phosphate

When the oral fluids act as a carrier between two metals that are present in the mouth and cause of small electrical shock, it is called?

Galvanism

A liquid catalyst for the self curing tray resin is a?

Monomer

What soft wax is used to form a wax box around an impression prior to pouring it with gypsum?

Boxing wax

What is the physical or chemical forces or attraction that hold unlike substances together?

Adhesion

The ratio of water to powder for stone is?

Less than plaster

The ability of a material to flow over a surface is?

Wetability

What type of stress and strain pulls and stretches a material?

Tensile

Which materials have rubber like qualities, are used for areas that require precise duplication, and are not as affected by atmospheric changes?

Elastomeric impression material

Any push or pull on an object defines?

Force

Also known as adhesives, these materials are used to improve the retention between the tooth structure and the restoration.

Bonding agent

What irreversible hydocolloid impression material can be used when less accuracy is needed?

Algenite

What type of direct restorative material is placed in a thin layer on the walls and floor of the cavity preparation and protects the pulp from bacteria and irritants?

Liner

In dentistry, gold, palladium, and platinum metals used for cast restorations are classified as?

Noble material

What is the average biting force on the molars for a person with natural dentition?

130-175

What is the ratio of water to powder for plaster?

50 milliliters of water to 100 grams of powder

What type of gypsum material is the weakest?

Impression plaster

Which custom trays require equipment with a frame that holds the sheets directly under a heating element and when they are softened, drops the sheet onto the cast as the material is drawn to the model?

Vacuum formed

The ability of a material to withstand compressive stresses without fracturing is?

Malleability

These elastomeric impression materials have high accuracy, no shrinkage, dimensional stability, high tear resistance, no taste, and no odor.

Silicone

Most of these types of waxes have a certain degree of hardness, toughness, resistance to flaking, and ability to achieve smooth surface.

Pattern wax

Orthodontic stone is a mixture of laboratory plaster and?

Laboratory stone

What classification of impressions are taken by the dentist or dental assistant to produce a reproduction of occlusal relationship of the maxillary and mandibular teeth when the mouth is occluded?

Bite registration

What broad group encompasses the hard wax used to crown and bridge casting?

Pattern wax

A type of wax that is also known as periphery or bending wax, it can be molded to most surfaces with additional heat.

Utility

Single paste systems that are light cured and release fluoride

Compomers

Place between tooth and restoration to protect pulp from chemical irritants and temperature changes

Base

Can occur when the gold restoration in one arch contacts the amalgam restoration in the opposing tooth in the opposite arch.

Galvanism

Impression material that is stiffer than many other materials and can be used for custom tray and syringe

Polyether