DENTAL PORCELAIN Flashcards
A low melting glass with embedded leucite crystal
Dental porcelain
Crystalline material + Fluxes = ?
Dental porcelain
2 composition of dental porcelain
Crystalline materials
Fluxes
3 crystalline materials
Silica
Feldspar
Alumina
2 fluxes
Sodium carbonate
Lithium carbonate
3 Classification of porcelain according to fusing temperature
High fusing
Medium fusing
Low fusing
Fusing temperature of 871- 1066 degrees celsius
Low fusing
Fusing temperature of 1093-1260 degrees celsius
Medium fusing
Fusing temperature of 1288- 1371 degrees celsius
High fusing
3 properties of dental porcelain
Transverse strength
Coefficient of thermal expansion
Color
If high transverse strength= ?
Better resistance to fracture
Transverse strength of dental porcelain is
56-446 MPa
The amount of expansion of the porcelain when heated and the amount of shrinkage when cooled
Coefficient of thermal expansion
For selction of porecelain color
Shade guide
Universally used shade guide
Vitapan shade guide