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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Rubber > Gutta-Percha
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Rubber > Gutta-Percha
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Biopolymers > Rubber > Gutta-Percha
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Elastomers > Rubber > Gutta-Percha
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Elastomers > Rubber > Gutta-Percha
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Elastomers > Rubber > Gutta-Percha
Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Plant Exudates > Gutta-Percha
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Dental Materials > Root Canal Filling Materials > Gutta-Percha
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Dental Materials > Root Canal Filling Materials > Gutta-Percha

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Gutta-Percha  

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  • Guttapercha

Scope note

  • Coagulated exudate isolated from several species of the tropical tree Palaquium (Sapotaceae). It is the trans-isomer of natural rubber and is used as a filling and impression material in dentistry and orthopedics and as an insulator in electronics. It has also been used as a rubber substitute.

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