Dublin Descriptors
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student will have to know the main characteristics of materials for dental applications.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The student must be able to carry out a detailed examination of the properties of materials illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of individual cases. Particular attention will be paid to interdisciplinary argumentation skills.

Making judgments
The student must be able to autonomously evaluate, choosing among the various possibilities, which is the most suitable material for the specific dental application.

Communication skills
The student must be able to describe the topics covered during the course with an adequate property of language.

Learning skills
The notions acquired during the frontal lessons will be applied to practical examples in which the student will be asked to participate actively.

Fundaments of chemistry and physics.

The lectures are intended to give detailed information about the properties of dental materials.
Hereafter a summary of the topics.
Materials Science and Technology
1. Introduction to Materials Science and Technology
2. Types of materials:
i. Metal materials
ii. Polymeric materials
iii. Ceramic materials
iv. Composite materials
3. Structure and bonds of atoms:
i. Structure of atoms, atomic numbers and atomic masses
ii. Types of atomic and molecular bonds
4. Crystal geometry structure:
i. Spatial pattern and elementary cells
ii. Bravais crystalline systems and reticules
iii. Main crystalline metallic structures (CCC, CFC, EC)
5. Solidification and crystalline imperfections:
i. Solidification of metals
ii. Solid metallic solutions (substitutional and interstitial)
iii. Crystal defects (point, line, planar, and volume)
6. Metals and metal alloys:
i. Status charts of pure substances
ii. Rule of GIBBS Phases
iii. Cooling curves
iv. Isomorphic binary alloys
v. Eutectic binary alloys
7. Metal alloys:
i. Aluminum alloys
ii. Copper alloys
iii. Stainless steel and cast iron
iv. Titanium and nickel magnesium alloys
v. Titanium and titanium alloys
vi. Metals for biomedical applications - biomaterials (bioglasses)
8. Mechanical properties of metals:
i. Strain and deformations in metals
ii. Tensile test and strain-deformation diagram
iii. Hardness, toughness and resilience
iv. Metal fracture
9. Corrosion and protection of metallic materials
10. Polymeric materials:
i. Polymerization reaction
ii. Deformation and stiffening of polymeric materials
iii. Creep and fracture of polymeric materials
11. Ceramic Materials:
i. Crystalline structures of ceramic materials
ii. The crystalline defects of ceramic materials
iii. Processing of ceramic materials
iv. Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Materials
12. Composite materials:
i. Manufacturing Processes and Mechanical Properties

Applied Dental Materials di John McCabe (9th edition)

1. Introduction to Materials Science and Technology
2. Types of materials:
i. Metal materials
ii. Polymeric materials
iii. Ceramic materials
iv. Composite materials
3. Structure and bonds of atoms:
i. Structure of atoms, atomic numbers and atomic masses
ii. Types of atomic and molecular bonds
4. Crystal geometry structure:
i. Spatial pattern and elementary cells
ii. Bravais crystalline systems and reticules
iii. Main crystalline metallic structures (CCC, CFC, EC)
5. Solidification and crystalline imperfections:
i. Solidification of metals
ii. Solid metallic solutions (substitutional and interstitial)
iii. Crystal defects (point, line, planar, and volume)
6. Metals and metal alloys:
i. Status charts of pure substances
ii. Rule of GIBBS Phases
iii. Cooling curves
iv. Isomorphic binary alloys
v. Eutectic binary alloys
7. Metal alloys:
i. Aluminum alloys
ii. Copper alloys
iii. Stainless steel and cast iron
iv. Titanium and nickel magnesium alloys
v. Titanium and titanium alloys
vi. Metals for biomedical applications - biomaterials (bioglasses)
8. Mechanical properties of metals:
i. Strain and deformations in metals
ii. Tensile test and strain-deformation diagram
iii. Hardness, toughness and resilience
iv. Metal fracture
9. Corrosion and protection of metallic materials
10. Polymeric materials:
i. Polymerization reaction
ii. Deformation and stiffening of polymeric materials
iii. Creep and fracture of polymeric materials
11. Ceramic Materials:
i. Crystalline structures of ceramic materials
ii. The crystalline defects of ceramic materials
iii. Processing of ceramic materials
iv. Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Materials
12. Composite materials:
i. Manufacturing Processes and Mechanical Properties

Lectures, lab classes

For more info please contact the teacher: gturco@units.it

The assessment of learning will be conducted through partial oral exams related to the teaching modules that make up the integrated course. The grade for each partial exam will be expressed in thirtieths. During the partial oral exams, the student’s level of knowledge and competence on the program topics will be evaluated, and the correct understanding of the course contents will be verified through specific questions. In answering these questions, the student must demonstrate adequate language skills and reasoning abilities by connecting the various topics. The duration of the partial exams varies depending on the progress of the exam itself but will not be less than 30 minutes. The results of each partial exam will be published using the "Partial Exams" tool provided by the Esse3 platform. There will be a final call in which the Commission will review the results of the individual partial exams and record the final exam grade.
To pass the exam for the course, the student must obtain a grade of at least 18/30 in each of the partial exams. The student cannot reject the result of the individual partial exam but can only reject the final grade of the integrated course exam. In this case, the student will have to retake all the partial exams.
The student must register for the partial exam through the ESSE3 platform. The grade of the partial exam is valid until the end of the special session of the academic year in which the partial exam is taken. The final grade of the integrated course exam will be calculated as the weighted average of the grades of each partial exam, weighted by the CFU of each module. For the purposes of defining the weighted average of the final exam, any honors obtained in the partial exams will be valued as 1 point, i.e., a grade of 30 with honors in the partial exams corresponds numerically to a score of 31/30. To award honors to the final exam grade, the grade must be greater than 30.5/30.

Exam assessment
30 -30 cum laude: excellent knowledge of the topics and excellent language skills; the student is able to brilliantly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and to readily connect the notions.
27 -29: good knowledge of the topics, remarkable language skills, good analytical skills; the student is able to correctly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases and to connect the notions.
24-26: good knowledge of the main topics, good command of the language; the student shows an adequate ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
21-23: the student does not demonstrate full mastery of the main teaching topics, even if fundamental knowledge is possessed; the intervention of the teacher is needed to answer the questions correctly; however, satisfactory properties of language is shown.
18-20: minimal knowledge of the main teaching topics and technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
Insufficient (<18): the student does not have an acceptable knowledge of the program contents.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)