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    Abrasive materials used in Dentistry and their Uses

    Lucy AriaBy Lucy AriaJanuary 21, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Abrasive materials, which are primarily minerals, are employed in finishing and polishing restorations in order to remove any irregularities or rough surfaces that could collect dirt and reduce the smoothness of the surface.

    By rotating the bur with a hand piece, these dental abrasives material particles operate on the tooth or restorative materials by coating the bur’s surface. Some abrasives are used as paste, while others are used as polishing strips.

    Here is a list of Abrasive materials in Dentistry and their respective uses:

    1 Natural diamond

    Used in composite materials made of ceramic and resin.

    1. Synthetic Diamond

    Used on tooth structures, ceramic materials, and resin-based composite materials are synthetic diamonds.

    1. Arkansas Stone

    For finely grinding metal alloys and dental enamel, use an Arkansas stone.

    1. Chalk

    Used to polish plastic, gold foil, amalgam, and dental enamel.

    1. Corundum

    White stone corundum is used to mill metal alloys.

    1. Emery: Used to polish acrylic resin or metal alloys.
    2. Garnet

    Metal alloys and materials made of acrylic resin can be ground using garnet.

    1. Pumice

    Using pumice to polish acrylic resins, gold foil, and dental amalgam

    1. Quartz

    Finish metal alloys and grind dental enamel with quartz

    1. Sand

    Materials for grinding acrylic polymers and metal alloys

    11 Zirconium Silicate

    An ingredient in toothpaste for oral hygiene

    1. Cuttle

    Polishing dental amalgam restorations and metal edges

    1. Silicon Carbide

    Metal alloys, ceramics, and acrylic resin compounds comprise silicon carbide.

    1. Aluminum Oxide

    Used to finish metal alloys, resin-based composites, and ceramic materials, as well as to modify dental enamel.

    1. Tin Oxide

    For polishing teeth and metallic restorations, use tin oxide.

    Why use dental abrasives?

    An essential component of dental treatments is a dental abrasive. This area of expertise focuses on the polishing and finishing of direct dental restorative materials as well as complete dentures, detachable partial dentures, crowns, and bridges. Effective polishing and finishing of direct or indirect dental restorations may not only contribute to good oral health and the durability of the restorative material, but also to good aesthetics.

    Three types of dental abrasives (DA) can be categorised: finishing, polishing, and cleaning abrasives.

    Finishing abrasives are typically harsh, coarse, and used largely to preserve and develop a restoration’s desired contour, prepare teeth, and remove imperfections from surfaces. Polishing abrasives often have finer particles and are softer than those used for finishing. The cleaning abrasives are typically soft and the particles are small in size and are intended to remove softer material that adheres to enamel or restorative material substrate, whereas the polishing abrasives are responsible for smoothing the surfaces that were typically roughened by finishing abrasives.

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