Materials
What is the ability of a material to resist fracture?
Toughness
What coincides with the end of working time and is the time at which the material can no longer be manipulated in the mouth?
Initial Set Time
What is the ability of a material to withstand fracture at a thin edge, such as at margins of a restoration?
Edge Strength
What would an amalgam restoration be considered?
Direct Restorative Material
Why might increasing the operatory temperature or using warm mixing tools reduce the available period for manipulating a dental material before it sets?
Working Time
Which metal restoration is an example of ductility?
Gold
What responses easily to compressive stress?
Malleability
What is expected to only last days or weeks?
Temporary Restoration
Thixotropy
What is the ability of a liquid material to resist flow?
Viscosity
When the material is mixed to completion, it would be considered?
Final Set Time
What is the material set through a timed chemical reaction and is combined with a catalyst and a base?
Chemical Set Materials
What is a restoration that should last forever?
Permanent Restorations
What can withstand damage due to pressure or wear?
Durability
When a dental impression made of alginate is removed from a patient’s mouth, it briefly distorts as it passes over undercuts, but then returns exactly to its original shape without permanent change. This reversible process is known as what?