Plastics in Dentistry and Estrogenicity : A Guide to Safe Practice / George Dimogerontas, Charis Liapi (auth.), Theodore Eliades, George Eliades (eds.)
Publication year: 2014
ISBN: 978-3-642-29687-1
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Provides a timely and comprehensive review of our current nowledge of BPA release from dental polymers and the potential endocrinological consequences. After a review of the history and evolution of the issue within the broader biomedical context, the estrogenicity of BPA is explained. The basic chemistry of the polymers used in dentistry is then presented in a simplified and clinically relevant manner.
Subject: Dentistry, Bisphenol-A, Dental polymer, Restorative dentistry
