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Properties of dental ceramics.
The word ceramic is derived from the greek word.
Introduction definition of ceramic materials.
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Part i an overview of composition structure and properties.
Ceramics is a material that is opaque and porous thus relatively weak.
In the following module we will focus on brittle fracture of ceramic materials.
Dental porcelain mainly differs from traditional ceramics in terms of firing techniques which make it more suitable for dental restoration.
Their properties vary over a wide range.
For certain dental prostheses such as three unit molars porcelain.
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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.
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.
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.
Dental porcelain has very stable chemical properties and outstanding esthetics which are unlikely to be influenced by time.
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Tanja lube robert danzer in advanced ceramics for dentistry 2014.
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