Expert Level of Dental Resins - Material Science & Technology

Resin materials are broadly used in dentistry for almost all indications, and they will gain even more importance in the future. Especially the increasing performance and efficiency of the CAD/CAM technology and 3D-printing open possibilities to use resins which were not used up to now in dentistry. Besides dentists, dental students or dental technicians, there are many other specialists such as researchers, material scientists, industrial developers or experts of adjoining professional disciplines who are technically engaged in dental resins. The 'Expert Level' is the third book of the series 'Dental Resins - Material Science & Technology'. The 'Expert Level' includes all information and data presented in the 'Basic Level' and 'Advanced Level' of this series, but enormously expands the knowledge base. From a total database of 8.198 references, 1.707 were selected and used for this textbook. It comprises more than 1,000 manuscript pages, 384 figures and 124 tables. The 'Expert Level' describes very accurately and comprehensively all details of the material science and technology of dental polymers and composites. Furthermore, their production methods and applications are discussed in detail. Therefore, this book is a unique treatise of the complete present knowledge about dental resins and dental resin composites. This includes the discussion of the - raw/starting materials together with the explanation and presentation of their chemical structures and properties, their CAS Numbers and the names of the manufacturers. - amounts of the raw/starting materials usually used to formulate the finished products. - important material and toxicological properties of the starting materials and the finished products. - detailed description of the production processes of essential starting materials such as the syntheses of essential monomers, the silanization of inorganic fillers or the manufacturing of unfilled and filled splinter polymers. - detailed description of the formulation and the properties of the finished products. Furthermore, for many commercial endproducts rather detailed formulations as well as the exact production processes are described. All ISO standards that are relevant for dental resins are listed, too. Furthermore, many essential methods to test the mechanical, chemical and toxicological properties are also presented and explained. The 'Expert Level' enables every scientist with a good chemical knowledge not only to understand how dental polymers function, but also to develop new and improved products.

Ralf Janda was born in 1953 in Berlin. He obtained his Abitur (secondary school-leaving examination in 1973 and pursued chemistry at the Free University Berlin (FUB) from 1973 to 1978, thereby obtaining the degree Diploma-Chemist (summa cum laude). While working as a scientific assistant and researcher at the FUB he wrote his doctoral thesis and graduated in 1979 as a natural science doctor, Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude). His professional career as a scientific assistant and lecturer at the FUB came to an end in 1980. Ralf Janda also joined the dental industry in this year as head of research and development. He worked for many internationally leading dental companies (Kulzer GmbH, Germany, Degussa AG-Dental Division, today Degudent/Dentsply GmbH, Germany, Dentsply/Detech GmbH, Germany, Dentsply INC., USA, Dentaurum GmbH & Co. KG, Germany) in different leading positions as head of: R&D, production, quality assurance, dental technology, worldwide project leader until 2003. During this time, he was a member of many dental standard commissions, and from 1987 to 2000, he was also a member of the drug commission A at the drug institute of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2003, he joined the cosmetic industry specialized on light-curing artificial nail products and stayed there until 2017. In addition to his professional pursuits, Ralf Janda has maintained a lengthy and extensive scientific career as a researcher and lecturer at numerous universities, beginning at the FUB in 1978. From 1988 to 1990, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Material Sciences of the Technical University Berlin, where he taught resin composite materials. From 1991 to 1999, he worked as a researcher and lecturer for non-metallic dental materials at the dental department of the Medical Faculty of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/M. In 1992, he obtained his Habilitation (qualification for a teaching career at universities) and the degree Privatdozent (associate professor) in dental material science at the same university. From 1999 to 2004, Ralf Janda was Privatdozent at the Center of Dental Medicine of the Medical Faculty, Charité, Humboldt-University Berlin. From 2004 to 2021 he worked as a researcher and lecturer at the dental clinic of the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. In 2006, he was appointed as apl. Professor (adjunct professor) in dental material science. Since 2021 he put his focus on writing textbooks about dental materials.