January 11, 2025, 06:57:25 AM
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Topic: Methacrylate Ester Monomer - can its ionic bond with tooth enamel be broken?  (Read 1958 times)

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Offline Hospice1

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Hi all,
I don't know whether this is the right board to post this in, and I also don't know much about chemistry in general!  However, I thought somebody here might know the answer to this...
Is it possible to remove a filling made with this material (Methacrylate Ester Monomer) without physically breaking it with something like a dentist's drill?  Could it be turned into a liquid and then dabbed away somehow?  I'm sort of imagining it like an epoxy that requires another substance to change state, and if that's the case, it should be able to go back again.
Anybody have any ideas?

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I don't really recognize the reactant you mention.  However, I'm going to assume its something like what's mentioned in this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_composite#Composition  Anyway, such materials are usually chosen to fit their application, so I'd don't suspect dental composites are easy to breakdown or dissolve.
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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