This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH

Mesh

Mesh consists of semi-permeable barrier made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material. Mesh is similar to web or net in that it has many attached or woven strands.-Types of mesh:...

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--- alloys

--- chromium alloys --- vitallium

Vitallium

Vitallium is a trademark for an alloy of 60% cobalt, 20% chromium, 5% molybdenum, and other substances. The alloy is used in dentistry and artificial joints, because of its light weight and resistance to corrosion. It is also used for components of turbochargers because of its thermal resistance....

 --- gold alloys --- metal ceramic alloys --- cermet cements --- steel

Steel

Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

 --- stainless steel

Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....

--- biocompatible materials

--- bone substitutes --- coated materials, biocompatible --- polydioxanone

Polydioxanone

Polydioxanone or poly-p-dioxanone is a colorless, crystalline, biodegradable synthetic polymer.-Chemistry:Chemically, polydioxanone is a polymer of multiple repeating ether-ester units. It is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of the monomer p-dioxanone...

--- cariostatic agents

--- acidulated phosphate fluoride --- fluorides, topical --- sodium fluoride

Sodium fluoride

Sodium fluoride is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula NaF. A colorless solid, it is a source of the fluoride ion in diverse applications. Sodium fluoride is less expensive and less hygroscopic than the related salt potassium fluoride....

 --- tin fluorides

--- dental materials

--- composite resins --- bisphenol a-glycidyl methacrylate --- compomers --- dental alloys --- chromium alloys --- vitallium

Vitallium

Vitallium is a trademark for an alloy of 60% cobalt, 20% chromium, 5% molybdenum, and other substances. The alloy is used in dentistry and artificial joints, because of its light weight and resistance to corrosion. It is also used for components of turbochargers because of its thermal resistance....

 --- dental amalgam --- gold alloys --- metal ceramic alloys --- cermet cements --- dental casting investment --- dental cements --- compomers --- dentin-bonding agents --- glass ionomer cements --- cermet cements --- polycarboxylate cement --- resin cements --- silicate cement --- zinc oxide-eugenol cement --- zinc phosphate cement --- dental implants --- dental impression materials --- inlay casting wax --- dental porcelain

Dental porcelain

Dental porcelain is a porcelain used by a dental technician to create biocompatible lifelike crowns, bridges, and veneers for the patient...

 --- pit and fissure sealants --- root canal filling materials --- gutta-percha

Gutta-percha

Gutta-percha is a genus of tropical trees native to Southeast Asia and northern Australasia, from Taiwan south to the Malay Peninsula and east to the Solomon Islands. The same term is used to refer to an inelastic natural latex produced from the sap of these trees, particularly from the species...

--- dentifrices

--- denture cleansers --- toothpaste

Toothpaste

Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush as an accessory to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth. Toothpaste is used to promote oral hygiene: it serves as an abrasive that aids in removing the dental plaque and food from the teeth, assists in suppressing...

--- membranes, artificial

--- liposomes --- virosomes

--- polymers

--- biopolymers --- cellulose

Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....

 --- cellophane

Cellophane

Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria and water makes it useful for food packaging...

 --- collodion

Collodion

Collodion is a flammable, syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol. There are two basic types; flexible and non-flexible. The flexible type is often used as a surgical dressing or to hold dressings in place. When painted on the skin, collodion dries to form a flexible cellulose film...

 --- latex

Latex

Latex is the stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic.Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants . It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins,...

 --- lignin

Lignin

Lignin or lignen is a complex chemical compound most commonly derived from wood, and an integral part of the secondary cell walls of plants and some algae. The term was introduced in 1819 by de Candolle and is derived from the Latin word lignum, meaning wood...

 --- rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

 --- colestipol

Colestipol

Colestipol is a bile acid sequestrant.It works in the gut trapping bile salts, and preventing them from being reabsorbed.This leads todecreased enterohepatic recirculation of bile salts,increased synthesis of new bile salts by the liver,...

 --- cyanoacrylates --- enbucrilate --- bucrylate --- elastomers --- polyurethanes --- rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...

 --- neoprene

Neoprene

Neoprene or polychloroprene is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene. Neoprene in general has good chemical stability, and maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range...

 --- silicone elastomers --- fluorocarbon polymers --- polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene that finds numerous applications. PTFE is most well known by the DuPont brand name Teflon....

 --- proplast --- glass

Glass

Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...

 --- hexadimethrine --- latex

Latex

Latex is the stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic.Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants . It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins,...

 --- plastics --- nylons --- polyethylenes --- polyethylene

Polyethylene

Polyethylene or polythene is the most widely used plastic, with an annual production of approximately 80 million metric tons...

 --- polyethyleneimine --- polypropylenes --- polystyrenes --- cholestyramine

Cholestyramine

Cholestyramine or colestyramine is a bile acid sequestrant, which binds bile in the gastrointestinal tract to prevent its reabsorption. It is a strong ion exchange resin, which means that it can exchange its chloride anions with anionic bile acids in the gastrointestinal tract and bind them...

 --- polyurethanes --- polyvinyl

Polyvinyl

Polyvinyl is a group of polymers derived from vinyl monomers.Polyvinyl may also refer to:* Polyvinyl chloride* Polyvinyl acetate* Polyvinyl alcohol* Polyvinyl Record Co., an independent record label...

s --- polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol is a water-soluble synthetic polymer .-Properties:...

 --- polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer constructed of repeating vinyl groups having one hydrogen replaced by chloride. Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene. PVC is widely used in...

 --- povidone --- povidone-iodine --- resins, synthetic --- acrylic resins

Acrylic resins

Acrylic resins are a group of related thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic substances derived from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or other related compounds. Polymethyl acrylate is an acrylic resin used in an emulsed form for lacquer, textile finishes, adhesives and, mixed with clay, to gloss paper...

 --- polymethacrylic acids --- methylmethacrylates --- methylmethacrylate --- polymethyl methacrylate --- polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate --- bone cements --- composite resins --- bisphenol a-glycidyl methacrylate --- compomers --- epoxy resins --- resin cements --- polyanetholesulfonate --- polyesters --- polydioxanone

Polydioxanone

Polydioxanone or poly-p-dioxanone is a colorless, crystalline, biodegradable synthetic polymer.-Chemistry:Chemically, polydioxanone is a polymer of multiple repeating ether-ester units. It is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of the monomer p-dioxanone...

 --- polyethylene terephthalates --- polyglactin 910 --- polyglycolic acid --- polyethylene glycols --- cetomacrogol --- hydrogel --- nonoxynol --- octoxynol --- poloxalene --- poloxamer

Poloxamer

Poloxamers are nonionic triblock copolymers composed of a central hydrophobic chain of polyoxypropylene flanked by two hydrophilic chains of polyoxyethylene . The word "poloxamer" was coined by the inventor, Irving Schmolka, who received the patent for these materials in 1973...

 --- polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate --- polysorbates --- polygeline --- polyphloretin phosphate --- pyran copolymer --- siloxanes --- silicones --- dimethylpolysiloxanes --- simethicone

Simethicone

Simethicone is an oral anti-foaming agent used to reduce bloating, discomfort and pain caused by excess gas in the stomach or intestinal tract. It is a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane and silica gel.-Chemical action and pharmaceutical effects:...

 --- silicone elastomers --- silicone gels --- silicone oils

--- tissue adhesives

--- cyanoacrylates --- enbucrilate --- bucrylate