6. Intro to ceramics Flashcards
LOs
Main applications of ceramics
•Inlays
•Onlays
•Veneers
•Crowns
•Implant components
•Fixed partial prostheses
•Denture Teeth
Why are ceramics used widely / popular?
Used widely because of their optical similarities to teeth
can mimic shade, translucency and lustre of tooth structure better than other materials
Disadvantages of ceramics
•Brittle in nature (undergo very little deformation before they fail)
microstructure and defects/flaws play a major role in determining strength
Ceramics definition
Examples of ceramic materials
Ceramics can be either :
Type of bonding involved in ceramics
- ionic
- covalent
Are porcelain and ceramics the same
Porcelain is a ceramic but not all ceramics are porcelains
Main types of ceramics used in dent?
Key properties of dental ceramics?
(Chemically unreactive - don’t react with anything in oral environment , no rapid reactions)
Recap differences between glassy and crystalline states
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What does it mean by the fact that ceramics are brittle?
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What factors are do ceramics mechanical strength depend on?
2nd q right?
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What is fracture toughness
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What is ceramics relative fracture toughness
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Why is the theoretical tensile strength so high for ceramic compared to the actual tensile strength?
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Tensile strength varies depending on?
Feldspathic Ceramics (Porcelain)
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Overall structure
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Main component in it?
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- type of ceramic
-mainly glassy
–minor crystalline component
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Feldspar is main component, KAlSi3O8
first ceramics used in dent
Feldspathic Ceramics (Porcelain)
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When melted it forms
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What happens when it cools
Feldspathic Ceramics (Porcelain)
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Relative flexural strength?
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Why is it used in aesthetics?
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Is it mechanically strong?
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typically 60-80MPa
- relatively weak
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- Translucent in nature
- Can closely match the shade, translucency and luster of natural dentition
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- But is low strength and prone to mechanical failures
- Addition of other crystal phases (e.g. fluorapatite) in contemporary materials increases mechanical performance
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How may mechanical toughening of glassy cements be done
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What condition must be met for this to be effective
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EG
- subtle changes to crystalline component of ceramics is used to produce materials with different properties