title: Composite resin: a versatile, multi-purpose restorative material.
abstract: Introduced more than some 50 years ago, composite resin technology has simplified the manner in which clinicians practice restorative dentistry, offering greater predictability and improved physical properties. Decades of material science and laboratory development along with clinical trials in human subjects have culminated in composite resin being validated as a reliable, multifunctional restorative material. With a wide range of composite resins available today, clinicians can benefit from knowing the infrastructure of a given material in order to determine which type will work best in a particular clinical situation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margeas
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017269:Dental Prosthesis Repair; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials