The influence of Y-TZP surface treatment on topography and ceramic/resin cement interfacial fracture toughness

The preferential use of ceramics for fixed dental prostheses is widespread in dentistry today. All-ceramic (metal-free) fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) are considered a reliable alternative material to metal-ceramic FDPs in daily dental clinical practice. Besides its aesthetic quality – perfectly capable of substituting the dental substrate – dental ceramics also have high chemical stability, biocompatibility [1] and superior mechanical properties. These characteristics result in great longevity of all-ceramic dental prosthesis and make its use in dentistry more advantageous over other tooth colored materials, such as composite resins and ceromers [2–6].
Source: Dental Materials - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research