Dental Ceramics: What's New?

From Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2002 | Pages 25-33

Authors

Alison J.E. Qualtrough

BChD, MSc, PhD, FDS, MRD RCS (Edin.)

Restorative Dentistry, University of Manchester Dental Hospital

Articles by Alison J.E. Qualtrough

Valerie Piddock

MSc, PhD, MRSC, CChem

Restorative Dentistry, University of Manchester Dental Hospital

Articles by Valerie Piddock

Abstract

The advances in dental ceramic materials and systems continue to be related to improvements in strength, fitting accuracy and aimed towards avoidance of the use of metal substructures both in posterior and anterior teeth. Many of the changes seen within the last few years have been associated with modifications to, and improvements of, existing techniques. These are considered in this paper, and ceramic post systems are also reviewed.

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