Papers by Keyword: Dental Glass-Ceramics

Abstract: Glass-ceramics are especially useful for the dental restorations because of their good biocompatibility, chemical stability, aesthetic, mechanical strength and wear resistance. The aim of this work was to obtain one mica glass-ceramic, which can be easily used for rapid machining into all-ceramic tooth with computer assisted design/computer assisted manufacture (CAD/CAM) devices. In the study, on the base of low melting machinable fluorosilicic mica glass ceramics, the effects of CeO2 and Fe2O3 in SiO2-B2O3-K2O-Na2O-Li2O-Al2O3-MgO-F system on color were studied. By orthogonal experimental design, the effects of crystallized parameters on the color, three point flexural strength and machinability of the glass ceramics were obtained, and the samples were analyzed by differential thermal analysis(DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM), respectively. Experimental results showed that the glass-ceramics with color close to the tooth can be obtained by adjusting the percentage of CeO2 and Fe2O3, and the glass-ceramics crystallized at 680°C for 2h have excellent mechanical properties and machinability.

Abstract: The aim of this study was the fabrication using a sol-gel technique of a new glass-ceramic with potential use in dental applications. The characterization of the composition and microstructural properties of the produced material confirmed the similarity between the new sol-gel derived glass-ceramic and a commercial leucite based fluorapatite dental glass-ceramic. The produced material has potential application in dental restorations and it is expected to exhibit better control of composition, microstructure and properties due to the intrinsic advantages of the sol-gel preparation method.

Abstract: Surface and subsurface contact damage in dental ceramics and the influence of microstructure on damage tolerance were investigated in this study through indentation methods. The dependence of the damage tolerance on common materials properties was discussed. A simple expression to estimate quantitatively the damage tolerance via basic material parameters, based on the features of damage tolerance and fracture mechanics is confirmed. And the residual strength of damaged specimen was measured via three-point bending tests.