Reference guide

Biomimetic Dentistry Glossary

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.

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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

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

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

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See the terminology in use

A term list only gets you so far. Biomimetic Foundations & Adhesion is the opening rail of the lecture library: watch these terms put to work on real cases, from the Six Lessons Approach onwards. The free Biomimetic Learning Pathway then puts the whole library in order.