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Dental Materials

Introduction

The Science of Dental Biomaterials is a basic applied science; it entails the study of physical, mechanical, biological and chemical properties of materials used in dentistry, with emphasis on material in correlation with both clinical and non-clinical aspects.

An understanding of these properties as well as their handling is critical.

The subject provides an insight of dental materials that are currently used in dentistry, and cover the underlying principles of their functional properties, bioactivity and biocompatibility.

It includes the preventive dental materials, restorative (direct and indirect) dental materials and auxiliary dental materials.

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Mission

Principal's Message

The Dental Materials Department at the Dental College at HITEC-Institute of Medical Sciences is dedicated to provide a thorough knowledge and guidance for second year undergraduate dental students. Our mission is to equip the students with all the necessary knowledge of this core basic dental science which is pertinent for their successful advancement towards subsequent years. Our primary objective would be to ensure that each student has an advocate knowledge base of dental materials which is imperative for the successful clinical dentistry.

Objectives

Introduce different materials and instruments to future dentists with an aspiration of helping them in getting a translational step when they step in their clinical practice.
Enable aspiring dentists to acquire critical skills to evaluate and select dental materials on the basis of their properties and structure such as restorative, endodontic, and impression materials.
Facilitate students to attain elementary understanding of clinical dental practice to promote a better understanding of application of dental materials in clinical environments.

Faculty of Dental Materials

Head of Department

Name: Dr.Nausheen Ashraf

Designation : Assistant Professor & Head of Department

Qualification :BDS, MPhil (DM),CHPE,C-Restorative Dentistry

Dr. Nausheen Ashraf completed Bachelors in Dental surgery BDS in the year 2004 from Baqai Medical University. After completing bachelors and house job from parent institute, she served private clinical practice for seven years in Karachi. She also served as a senior lecturer at Sir Syed dental college Karachi in the department of periodontology. After moving to Islamabad she completed MPhil in dental materials from Riphah university in 2021. She has to her credit six national publications. To enhance her clinical and teaching skills she has done C- Restorative dentistry from Islamic international dental college Islamabad and CHPE from NUMS.

She joined Dental college HITEC-IMS in march 2021. She is serving till date as an Assistant Professor and HOD dental materials. She is the coordinator of the second year BDS programme and is also both assistant coordinator and member of the mentoring committee. Her field of interest is tissue regeneration for which she wishes to pursue PHD in future.

Faculty

Sr. No	Name	Designation	Qualifications
1.	Dr. Nausheen Ashraf	Assistant Profressor & Head of Department	BDS, M. Phil(DM), C-Restorative Dentistry, CHPE
2.	Dr. Zuleikha Malik	Assistant Professor	BDS, MPhil
3.	Dr. Saira Bibi	Demonstrator	BDS

Dental Materials

Introduction

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Faculty of Dental Materials

Head of Department

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