The Glossary below contains a list of common terms and acronyms that you may come across when learning about Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry. The list can be useful as a reference guide, and each page contains a brief summary of the Biomimetic term and links to relevant pages with further information. These are continually being updated.
You may find it beneficial to begin by reading about the Six Lessons Approach to Biomimetic Dentistry.
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A
- AA – Air Abrasion
- AIL – Air Inhibition Layer
- APA – Air Particle Abrasion
- AP-X – Clearfil AP-X Kuraray Composite
B
- BB – Biobase
- BD – BioDome
- Bis-GMA – Bisphenol A-glycidyl Methacrylate
- BR – BioRim
- BRD – Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry
C
- CDD – Caries Detector Dye
- C-Factor
- CHX – Chlorhexidine
- Clearfil SE Protect
- CRE – Caries Removal Endpoints
- CrRE – Crack Removal Endpoints
- CSZ – Central Stop Zone
- CQ – Camphorquinone
D
- DBS – Dentin Bonding System
- DDS – Delayed Dentin Sealing
- DEC – Dentino Enamel Complex
- DEJ – Dentino Enamel Junction
- Delibits
- DME – Deep Margin Elevation
- DWT – Decoupling With Time
E
- ETT – Endodontically Treated Tooth
- EXF – Ever-X Flow FRC
- EXP – Ever-X Posterior
F
- FRC – Fibre-Reinforced Composite
G
- GS-DBS – Gold Standard Dentin Bonding System
H
- HAp – Hydroxyapatite
- HL – Hybrid Layer
- HOB – Hierarchy of Bondability
- HSC – Horizontal Structural Compromise
- HT – High Translucency
I
- ICD – Inner Carious Dentin
- IDS – Immediate Dentin Sealing
- IES – Immediate Endodontic Sealing
- IPDS – Immediate Pre-Endodontic Dentin Sealing
L
- Li2Si2 – Lithium Disilicate
- LT – Low Translucency
M
- MDP – 10-Methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate
- MDPB – 12-Methacryloyloxydodecyl pyridinium bromide
- MID – Minimally Invasive Dentistry
- MMPs – Matrix Metalloproteinases
- MOE – Modulus of Elasticity
O
- OCD – Outer Carious Dentin
- OCT – Optical Coherence Tomography
- OEC – Occlusal Effect Caries
- OIL – Oxygen-Inhibited Layer
- Optibond FL
P
- PMMA – Polymethyl methacrylate
- PRF – Peripheral Rim Fracture
- PSZ – Peripheral Seal Zone
R
- RC – Resin Coating
- RD – Rubber Dam
- Ribbond
S
- SC – Structural Compromise
- SFRC – Short Fibre-Reinforced Composite
- SLA – Six Lessons Approach
- SOOTR – Sub Occlusal Oblique Transverse Ridge
- SRDC – Stress Reduced/Relieved Direct Composite
- SRDR – Stress Reduced/Relieved Direct Restoration
- SZ – Sub-transparent Zone
T
- TBS – Tensile Bond Strength
- TEGDMA – Triethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
- TL – Turbid Layer
- TZ – Transparent Zone
U
- UDMA – Urethane Dimethacrylate
V
- VSC – Vertical Structural Compromise