coatings in dentistry—a review of some basic principles涂料在dentistry-a评论的一些基本原则.pdf

Coatings 2012, 2, 138-159; doi:10.3390/coatings2030138 OPEN ACCESS coatings ISSN 2079-6412 /journal/coatings/ Review Coatings in Dentistry—A Review of Some Basic Principles Karl-Johan M. Söderholm Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, 1395 Center Drive, PO Box 100415, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; E-Mail: ksoderholm@; Tel.: +1-352-392-0575; Fax: +1-352-846-1643 Received: 8 May 2012; in revised form: 11 June 2012 / Accepted: 6 July 2012 / Published: 26 July 2012 Abstract: Different coatings are used in dentistry in an attempt to prevent caries, improve bonding of restorative materials to tooth tissues, and coat implant surfaces in efforts to speed up osseointegration. These are just a few of the many coating applications used in dentistry. The intention of this review is not to cover the entire field of different coatings used in dentistry, because that topic is just too big to be covered in one single paper. Therefore, this review aims to highlight some fundamental coating principles and present these principles to an audience consisting mainly of dentists. To do so, this review will focus on the fundamental principles of coatings, namely surface properties/adhesives in general, since these topics form the foundation for most coating procedures used in dentistry. Keywords: Lennard-Jones formula; silane coating; acid-base induced