This course is a solely theoretical course with no practical component. It is one of two dental materials courses that run over the course of the first and second semesters. The theory part of the course will be presented to students in the form of weekly 2 hour lectures that provide students of basic and advanced knowledge of dental materials composition, properties, manipulation and clinical handling. Such knowledge will be applied firstly in preclinical laboratories, and then as part of the dental services within the dental clinics. This knowledge will also be instrumental in educating patients in the home maintenance of restorations and prostheses.