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| CHIM9210-1

 | Chemistry of Dental Materials

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| Duration : | 10h Th, 5h Pr | |
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| Holder(s) : | Pierre Colson | |
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| Course contents :
| - Introduction : definitions, choice of dental materials and properties used to characterize them.
-Matter states (alloys and amalgams)
-Solubility of mineral salts (including dental enamel) and influence of the pH and fluorure anion
-General properties of polymers and their more specific use in dentistry. | |
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| Course objective :
| To demonstrate the importance of the chemical properties of materials used every day in the dental practice in relation with their ultimate fate ( filling materials, inlays, partial or total dentures, restoration materials, etc...) | |
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| Prerequisites :
| Basic course of general and organic chemistry | |
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| Organization :
| 1h30 per week in the second quadrimester during 7 or 8 weeks. An interactive reexamination of the course is programmed some days before the written examination (according to the wishes of the students). | |
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| Written notes :
| Lecture notes are sold at the beginning of the second quadrimester | |
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| Assessment :
| Written examination | |
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| Contacts :
| Pierre Colson, Chargé de Cours Chemistry Department Biospectroscopy and Physical Chemitry Unit - Office : 3/73B Chemistry Institute, Sart-Tilman (B6c) 4000 - Liège 1 (Belgium) Call : 00 32 (0)4/366.34.06 Fax : 00 32 (0)4/366.45.77 E-mail : P.Colson@ulg.ac.be Sec : Mme J. Moers (call : 00 32 (0)4/336.34.05) | |
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