title: Dental materials science--the maintenance of standards.
abstract: Standards for dental materials are available for both biological and chemical/physical properties. In order to predict the clinical performance of a material by means of standard tests, both the test and the method used in the test should ideally simulate clinical usage. However, owing to lack of knowledge with regard to intra-oral failure modes, and technical considerations in the performance of tests, this ideal may not always be achieved.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tyas
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000592:standards; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000592:standards*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003764:Dental Materials