A New Classification System for All-Ceramic and Ceramic-like Restorative Materials

Abstract

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Dental ceramics: a review of new materials and processing methods

“…Both materials have similar composition as shown in Table 3. 52 These novel zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass-ceramics have good mechanical properties associated with an excellent esthetic quality, thus being a valid alterative to lithium disilicate materials for prosthetic rehabilitations with high aesthetic demand. The main advantage of these materials is their timesaving ability for the production of dental restorations, since they are faster to be milled in CAD-CAM machines than lithium disilicate glass-ceramics 53 and are already offered in their fully crystallized state (CELTRA Duo, Dentisply-Sirona, Bensheim, Germany) no furnace need) or need a very short crystallization cycle (Suprinity, Bad Sachingen, Germany).…”

Aesthetic Ceramics for Dental Restorations

“…These material can be used as veneers, inlays/onlays, monolithic anterior and posterior crowns 12) . Lava Ultimate (3M ESPE) is the first resin nano ceramic.…”

“…Particularly, over the last thirty years, computer-aided digital manufacturing of dental crowns and bridges has accelerated the development of many new materials and processing techniques [6][7][8][9][10][11] . Today there is a wide range of dental ceramic or ceramic-like restorative materials available for clinical applications 7,12) . It is difficult for clinicians to make decisions on materials selection in restorative processes, many of which were made based on advertising claims, other than on the basis of a scientific understanding of characteristics of the materials.…”

“…From a materials science point of view, materials should be classified according to their compositions and microstructures, because these determine the properties and functional behavior of the materials. Thus, dental ceramic and ceramic-like materials can be scientifically classified as glass ceramics, polycrystalline ceramics and resin matrix ceramics 12) . This paper reviews current aesthetic dental ceramics and their reliability with respect to their microstructures and mechanical properties to provide insights into rational materials selection to dental clinicians.…”

Adhesive Bonding to Computer-aided Design/Computer-aided Manufacturing Esthetic Dental Materials: An Overview

“…Dental ceramics have recently been classified into three main categories: Glass-matrix ceramics, polycrystalline ceramics, and resin-matrix ceramics or hybrid ceramics. 5 Effective adhesive bonding of indirect restorations may minimize microleakage, ensure marginal adaptation, improve fracture strength, and increase clinical success of indirect restorations. [6][7][8] Adhesive bonding is usually achieved via the use of composite resin cements for luting of indirect restorations.…”