The use of modified Portland cement as a dental core build-up material
Josette Camilleri
Broschiertes Buch

The use of modified Portland cement as a dental core build-up material

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Portland cement has been introduced in dentistry as mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) by adding bismuth oxide as a radiopacifier. The material has limited uses in dentistry due to its long setting time and inadequate compressive strength. Modifications to the Portland cement were made by addition of calcium aluminate cement and by elimination of gypsum which is used as a set retardant in Portland cement manufacture. The resultant prototype materials were composed of tricalcium silicate, dicalcium silicate and tricalcium aluminate. On hydration calcium hydroxide was produced which accounted for ...