Craig's Restorative Dental Materials

Dr. Sakaguchi integrates a systems perspective, design tools, and strategic innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on execution in collaborating with graduate students in healthcare management and executive leaders. Dr. Sakaguchi has a clinical and biomaterials science research background, with experience in business development, design for strategic initiatives, facilitation of strategy development, and coaching. In the Division of Management, Dr. Sakaguchi is the course director for an MBA course in healthcare innovation and the graduate capstone business consulting program.

• 1. Role and Significance of Restorative Dental Materials2. The Oral Environment3. Principles of Design with Restorative Dental Materials4. Fundamentals of Materials Science5. Testing of Dental Materials 6. Biocompatibility and Tissue Reaction to Biomaterials7. General Classes of Biomaterials8. Preventative and Intermediary Materials9. Restorative Materials-composites and polymers10. Restorative Materials-metals11. Restorative Materials-ceramics12. Impressions, Casts, and Investments13. Materials for Adhesion and Luting14. Digital Imaging and Processing for Restorations15. Dental and Orofacial Implants16. Tissue EngineeringAppendix A: Weights and MeasuresAppendix B: Mind Maps (on Evolve)