5. All-Ceramic crowns Flashcards
Define all ceramic crown
Ceramic FPD without supporting metal framework
Land’s classical jacket crown? (3)
- Obsolete
- feldespathic porcelain fused over platnium foil
Mclean and hughes’ classical jacket crown? (5)
- Obsolete
- Aluminous porcelain coping (40% Al2O3).
- Feldspathic veneering porcelain.
- Opaque coping.
- Low fracture toughness
Mclean’s classical jacket crown?
- obsolete
- Aluminous porcelain with platinum foil coping
- is a variant of MClean and hughes’
- tougher
- less esthetic
Why is mclean’s classical jacket crown less esthetic?
Decreased light transmission
What is the defining characteristic of current jacket crowns?
Reinforced to provide improved toughness and/or esthetics
Material characteristics of dental ceramics? (4)
- Inert
- Metallic oxides
- no liberation of ions into the mouth
- Highly biocompatible
What are the different phases of dental ceramics? (2)
- Vitreous
- Crystalline
What are dental ceramics made of? (2)
Vitreous matrix and mineral crystals
What provides the different properties of ceramics?
The percentage of vitreous matrix vs mineral crystals
How is the marginal fit of dental ceramics?
Good
What are the mechanical properties of dental ceramics? (2)
- Resistance to compression
- Low resistance to flexion
What is flexion?
Bending strength
Why do ceramics have low resistance to flexion? (2)
They lack the previous state of elastic deformation
- this is improved in high resistance porcelains
Which ceramic is low resistance?
Feldspathic porcelain (empress esthetic)
What is the resistance of feldspathic porcelins?
70-90 MPa
Which ceramic is moderate resistance?
Lithium disilicate (E-max press/ CAD)
What is the resistance of lithium disilicate?
360-400 MPa
Which ceramic is high resistance?
Zirconia
What is the resistance of zirconia?
900 MPa
What materials are classified as vitreous ceramics? (3)
- Feldspathic
- Leucite
- Lithium disilicate
What materials are classified as crystalline ceramics? (2)
- Aluminous
- Zirconia based (Y-ZTP)
Whats the manufacturing methods for all ceramic crowns? (3)
- Layered
- Pressed
- CAD/CAM
What strength are feldspathich viterous ceramics? (2)
- low strength
- high strength
Which are the glass matrix ceramics? (3)
- Feldspathic
- Synthetic reinforcemed
- Glass infiltrated
Which are the glass matrix ceramics with synthetic reinforcement? (3)
- Leucite based
- Lithium disilicate
- Fluorapatite-based
Which are the glass matrix ceramics that are glass infiltrated? (3)
- Alumina
- Alumina & magnesium
- Alumina & zirconia
What are the different polycrystalline ceramics? (4)
- Alumina
- Stabilized zirconia
- Zirconia-toughened alumina
- Alumina-toughned zirconia
What are the different resin matrix ceramics? (3)
- Resin nanoceramic
- Glass-ceramic in a resin interpenetrating matrix
- Zirconia-silica ceramic in a resin interpenetrating matrix
Which are the glass ceramics?
Feldspathic
Which are the glass ceramic with fillers? (3)
- Leucite reinforced
- lithium disilicate
- glass infiltrated
Which are the glass-free ceramics, polycrystalline? (2)
- Alumina
- Zirconia
What are the high strength feldspathic porcelains? (2)
- Leucite reinforced
- Lithium disilicate
What was the first all ceramic crown?
Low strength feldspathic porcelains
What are low strength feldspathic porcelins composed of? (3)
- Feldspar
- Quartz
- Kaolin
What is the purpose of the feldspar in low strength feldspathic porcelains?
Translucency
Quartz in low strength feldspathic porcelains?
Crystalline phase
What is the purpose of the kaolin in low strength feldspathic porcelains?
Plasticity
Low strength feldspathic porcelains have an important ___ phase
Glass
Main use of low strength feldspathic porcelains?
Veneering porcelain
Pro’s of low strength feldspathic porcelains?
Esthetics
Con’s of low strengh feldspathic porcelains
High fragility
When do you use leucite high strength feldspathic porcelains?
For high esthetic demand
What are Leucite reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelains made of?
Leucite microcrystals
What is the fracture strength of leucite reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelains?
120Mpa
What is the resistance of lithium disilicate reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelains?
360-400MPa
What are lithium disilicate reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelains made of?
reinforced with a higher percentage of lithium disilicate
Example of leucite-reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelain?
IPS empress II
IPS empress II?
Leucite-reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelain
Examples of lithium disilicate-reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelain? (3)
- IPS e.max CAD
- IPS e.max Press
- IPS e.max Press Multi
IPS e.max CAD?
Lithium disilicate-reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelain
IPS e.max Press?
Lithium disilicate-reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelain
IPS e.max Press Multi
Lithium disilicate-reinforced high strength feldspathic porcelain
Properties of IPS e.max Press? (2)
◦ Varies from HT (high translucency) to HO (high opacity).
◦ 400MPa
IPS e.max Press strength?
400 MPa
Properties of IPS e.max CAD?
◦ Varies from HT (high translucency) to HO (high opacity).
◦ Typical blue initial color.
◦ Gives the option for monolithic restorations
◦ Resistance of 360Mpa
What is the composition of aluminous porcelains?
Aluminum oxide instead of quartz
What are the mechanical properties of aluminous porcelains ?
Good
How is the translucency of aluminous porcelains ?
Low
What are aluminous porcelains used for?
Full cast crown copings
Porosity of aluminum oxides?
high
Is aluminous porcelain used often? Why or why not?
Diminished use due to the better properties and survival
of LDS and Zr
What is the chemical composition of zirconia based porcelains?
ZrO2
What are the three phases of zirconia based porcelains?
- tetragonal
- monoclinic
- cubic
Which is the third stable phase that was developed of zirconia based porcelains
Cubic