Dental Cements
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About dental cements
This group holds the traditional cements: zinc phosphate, zinc polycarboxylate and the reinforced zinc oxide-eugenol cements. Zinc phosphate cement comes from mixing zinc oxide powder with a liquid of phosphoric acid, water, aluminium phosphate and zinc phosphate. Zinc polycarboxylate cement comes from mixing zinc oxide and magnesium oxide powder with an aqueous solution of polyacrylic acid and copolymers. Zinc oxide-eugenol cement comes from mixing zinc oxide with eugenol, the oil of cloves, and the reinforced version is also known as EBA cement.
A water-based cement of this kind sets by an acidic reaction and holds the restoration without bonding to it. A crown cemented with zinc phosphate or polycarboxylate can be removed with care instead of being sectioned.
Sources: The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · Heboyan et al. 2023, Dental Luting Cements: An Updated Comprehensive Review (Molecules)