Properties Of Dental Ceramics

Introduction definition of ceramic materials.

Properties of dental ceramics.

Jithendra babu 1 rama krishna alla 2 venkata ramaraju alluri 1 srinivasa raju datla 1 anusha konakanchi 3. Part i an overvi ew of com positi on structure and properties p. Dental porcelain also known as dental ceramic is a dental material used by dental technicians to create biocompatible lifelike dental restorations such as crowns bridges and veneers evidence suggests they are an effective material as they are biocompatible aesthetic insoluble and have a hardness of 7 on the mohs scale. Dental porcelain mainly differs from traditional ceramics in terms of firing techniques which make it more suitable for dental restoration.

Part i an overview of composition structure and properties. Keramikos burnt stuff ceramic materials are inorganic compounds formed of metallic or semi metallic nonmetallic elements which are subjected to high heat treatment firing for a time period to achieve desirable properties. Two physical properties in particular are used to assess the clinical performance of today s dental ceramics. Jithendr a babu 1 rama krishna alla 2 venkata ramaraju alluri 1 srinivas a raju datla 1.

Dental porcelain has very stable chemical properties and outstanding esthetics which are unlikely to be influenced by time. The word ceramic is derived from the greek word. Ceramics is a material that is opaque and porous thus relatively weak. The concern that a ceramic will fracture in service remains a problem for ceramic alloy and all ceramic restorations alike although the newest crystalline ceramics see figure 14 3 are beginning to challenge this notion.

Tanja lube robert danzer in advanced ceramics for dentistry 2014. The term dental ceramics comprises a wide variety of materials that reaches from filled glasses to nearly dense sintered ceramics from products that are shaped from powders and melts to components milled from blanks before or after sintering. College of dental medicine ft. 2 department of dental materials vishnu dental college bhimavaram west godavari andhra.

Lauderdale fl 33328 2018 jeffthom nova edu we will approach all of the major categories of ceramic properties in this module physical chemical and mechanical with key examples for each one. 1 department of prosthodontics vishnu dental college bhimavaram west godavari andhra pradesh india.