Ceramic systems Flashcards
Ceramics
Compounds of metallic and non-metallic elements: most frequently oxides, nitrides and carbides
Traditional ceramics
China Porcelain Bricks Tiles Glasses
Ceramic building block is
Silica (SiO2)
- crystalline e.g. quartz, cristoballite
- amorphous e.g. alumino-silicate glasses
Crystalline silica
Tetrahedra
SiO2
Silica glass
Orthosilicic acid
Si(OH)4
Mixed oxide glass
Mixture of crystalline (SiO2 tetrahedra) or silica glass (orthosilicic acid SiOH4)
Composition of early dental porcelain
Feldspar
Kaolin
Quartz
Types of dental ceramics
Feldspathic glasses Leucite reinforced feldspathic glasses Alumina reinforced feldspathic glasses Lanthanum glass infiltrated alumina Pure alumina Zirconia Glass ceramics -mica -lithium disilicate -canasite -apatite/ mullite
Dental ceramic processing
Sintering
Casting
Hot pressing
CAD-CAM machining
Feldspathic ceramic is weak
Support using one of 3 methods:
- Metal substructure – PFM
- High strength ceramic substructure
- Bond to the tooth and therefore use tooth as substructure. Resin Bonded Crown (DBC)
Metal ceramic restoration
Metal substructure – PFM Lost Wax Casting (Metal substructure) Ceramic Sintering (Ceramic veneer)
Metal ceramic production - problems
Space 0.5mm for metal substructure 1.0mm for ceramic veneer Aesthetics -metal substructure prevents light transmittance -often appear opaque -metal margin can be seen
Technical metal ceramic production problems
Metal Ceramic Bond Metal Ceramic Junction Metal Ceramic Compatibility -thermal expansion coefficient (shrinkage) Support for Ceramic!!!! - remember
Metal-ceramic compatibility
TEC of ceramic must be equal to or slightly less than that of the metal.
Metal = 13-14 ppm/°C
Ceramic = 8 ppm/°C
Therefore add Leucite (23ppm/°C)
CAD demonstration
CAD can resolve some of the labour intensive design problems