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Calcium Sulfate

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Definition: A calcium salt that is used for a variety of purposes including: building materials, as a desiccant, in dentistry as an impression material, cast, or die, and in medicine for immobilizing casts and as a tablet excipient. It exists in various forms and states of hydration. Plaster of Paris is a mixture of powdered and heat-treated gypsum.     
Pharmacological Action Dental Materials 		Other names Plaster of Paris; Gypsum; Dental Stone, Artificial; Dental Gypsum; Sulphate, Calcium; Sulfate, Calcium; Paris Plaster; Lime Anhydrous Sulfate; Hemihydrate Calcium Sulfate; Dihydrate Calcium Sulfate; Anhydrous Calcium Sulfate; Stone, Artificial Dental; Karstenite; Gypsum, Dental; Gypsite; Drierite; Calcium Sulphate; Calcium Sulfate, Hemihydrate; Calcium Sulfate, Dihydrate; Calcium Sulfate, Anhydrous
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Stimulan  0   *Calcium Sulfate Bone Substitutes. J Craniofac Surg. 2011 May;22(3):854-7
Coltosol F  0   *Calcium Sulfate *Zinc Sulfate Dental Restoration, Temporary. Int Endod J 2005 Sep;38(9):653-7
Capset  0   *Calcium Sulfate Bone Substitutes. Dent Implantol Update 2003 Jan;14(1):[Interview] (1-8)
novocast  0   *Dental Casting Investment Calcium Sulfate. J Dent 1999 May;27(4):297-302
Hapset  0   *Calcium Sulfate *Hydroxyapatites Dental Restoration, Permanent. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1998 Dec;86(6):723-9
calcium sulfate, zinc oxide, vinyl acetate, zinc phosphate root canal filling  0   *Calcium Sulfate *Dental Cements *Root Canal Filling Materials *Vinyl Compounds *Zinc Oxide. J Endod 1993 Oct;19(10):516-20
phosphogypsum  13397-24-5   *Calcium Sulfate *Phosphorus Construction Materials Fertilizers Industrial Waste. Gig Sanit 1992 Mar;(3):56-7
baking powder  0   *Alum Compounds *Calcium Sulfate *Starch *Sodium Bicarbonate. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1992 Jul;167(1):98-9
Cavit  66458-08-0   *Calcium Sulfate *Dental Cements *Polyvinyls *Zinc Oxide Dental Cements Root Canal Filling Materials. Oral Surg 48(3):250;1979
sulfopone  52230-04-3   *Calcium Sulfate *Zinc Compounds. Vest Derm Venerol 2:38;1978

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