L3: Ceramics & Zirconia Flashcards
Ceramic applications include:
- all ceramic crowns, inlays, onlay, veneers & FPDs
- metal-ceramic crowns & FPDs
- implant abutments (and implants)
- denture teeth
- ceramic ortho brackets
List the benefits of ceramics:
- enhanced esthetics
- physiologic gingival response
Why is ceramics most beneficial for teeth with normally colored dentin?
Dentin color can affect restorations through the ceramic
We see a physiologic gingival response with ceramics when properly:
contoured & highly glazed/polished
____ is the most realistic restoration that looks like a tooth
ceramics
Why and how does ceramic look so much like a real tooth?
- color replication
- refraction
- translucency
Describe the color replication of ceramics that makes it look so much like a real tooth:
ceramics can be tinted/colored to produce nearly any tooth shade
Describe the refraction of ceramics that makes it look so much like a real tooth:
ceramics reflect and absorb light rays simulating enamel
Describe the translucency of ceramics that makes it look so much like a real tooth:
Type of porcelain (incisal/dentin/opaque)
Important properties of ceramics include:
- flexural strength
- fracture toughness
- shrinkage
- thermal insulator
Defined as the strength of a material bending:
flexural strength
Stress on the outermost fibers of a bent test specimen at failure:
flexural strength
Describe the flexural strength of ceramic:
brittle!
Defined as the resistance to fracture when a crack is present:
fracture toughness
____ have high fracture toughness due to plasticity at tip of crack, absorbs energy, making crack propagation more difficult
metals
Describe the fracture toughness of ceramics:
low fracture toughness - little plasticity
What happens to ceramics as they are fired?
They shrink!
Meaning a poor conductor of heat:
thermal insulator
Ceramic is a thermal insulator, meaning:
poor conductor of heat
The coefficient of thermal expansion in ceramic is ____. This means that:
low; ceramics do not expand and contract much with heat and cold
CTE:
coefficient of thermal expansion
What is the major limitation of ceramics?
they are brittle
A.A. Griffith (1921) suggested that the _____ of glass is due to the presence of microscopic flaws in the bulk material
low fracture strength
Surface flaws act as _____ and cause widening and propagation of microcracks through the ceramic material
stress initiators
Ceramic limitations:
- ____ in porcelain propgate cracks
- damage from ____ & ____ propagate cracks
- these porosities can be ___ or ___
- porosities
- grinding & heat
- external or within the material
Why do ceramics fail at lower than expected stress?
crack propagation
A crack will propagate through material or until a particle is met which stops the crack growth:
crack propagation
Crack propagation & stress corrosion are both limitations of:
ceramic
_____ describes how strength is reduced in a moist environment
stress corrosion
_____ is reduced in a moist environment
strength
A stress-dependent chemical reaction between water vapor and crack tip, causing crack growth and fracture with comparatively little occlusal loading (over long periods):
stress corrosion
Stress corrosion is a ____ reaction between ____ & ____, causing crack growth & fracture with relatively little ____ (over long periods)
stress-dependent chemical reaction; water vapor & crack tip; occlusal loading
Ceramic powder/liquid is built up and molded (feldspathic porcelain):
Sintering
What type of ceramic is produce through sintering?
feldspathic porcelain
Process of heating ceramic powder once molded:
sintering
Also called “firing” the ceramic:
sintering
The reduction of porosities between particles as the ceramic becomes more rubbery:
Sintering
Tg:
Glass transition temperature
A range of temperature where porcelain starts to become molten:
Glass transition temperature (Tg)
Glass transition temperature describes a transition from:
solid to rubbery
What is the typical glass transition temperature range of ceramics?
540 - 610 degrees celcius
It is important to note that the glass transition temperature of ceramics is:
BELOW the ceramic melting point
The glass transition temperature of ceramic is a range of temperature where porcelain starts to become:
molten
During firing (sintering) the space between the particle shrinks until the particles:
fuse together, resulting in dense/hard ceramic
Relies on external pressure to sinter and shape the ceramic at high temperature:
heat pressing
Heat pressing replies on _____ to sinter and shape the ceramic at high temperature
external pressure
During heat pressing, the restoration is made from a _____ (_____)
wax pattern (lost wax technique)
Heat pressing is also known as:
High temperature injection molding
CAD:
Computer aided design
CAM:
Computer aided manufacture
Involves a densely sintered material such as silicate, glass ceramics, and resin-based ceramics:
Hard milling (CAD/CAM)
Involves a partially sintered material such as zirconia, and lithium discillicate (e.Max) and the sintering is to be completed in oven AFTER manufacture:
Soft milling (CAD/CAM)
What type of milling involves sintering after the manufacture?
soft milling
What materials are used with hard milling?
- silicate
- glass ceramics
- resin-based ceramics
(already densely sintered material)
What materials are used with soft milling?
- zirconia
- lithium discilicate (e.Max)
(partially sintered material)
For CAD/CAM, ____ are used for the milling process
blocks
What have improved esthetics with CAD/CAM?
- Newer multishade blocks
- a stain & glaze via furnace
List the types of blocks available for CAD/CAM:
- Glass ceramics
- Zirconia
- Resin-ceramics
- Resin
Classify the following blocks:
-vita mark 2
-IPS Emax CAD
-Celtra duo ultra
Glass ceramics
Classify the following blocks:
-IPS Emax ZirCAD
-3M Chairside zirconia
-CEREC zirconia
Zirconia
Classify the following blocks:
-Cerasmart
-Vita enamic
Resin-ceramics
Classify the following blocks:
-telio blocks
Resin
CAD/CAM systems include:
- Itero
- E4D
- Trios
- Planmeca
- Carestream
T/F: More CAD/CAM systems come to the market every year
True
Ceramics that are predominately glass are considered:
veneers
Particle filled glass ceramics are considered:
eMax
Type of ceramics that have the most translucent optical properties:
Veneers (predominately glass)
What is considered the WEAKEST material?
Veneers (predominately glass)
Feldspathic porcelain is an example of:
Veneers (predominately glass)
Can you etch with Veneers (predominately glass)?
Yes
Type of ceramics that has less translucency than veneers but not the least amount of translucency:
Particle filled glass ceramic (eMax)
Particle filled glass ceramic (eMax) has a _____ strength
increased (compared to veneers but less than polycrystalline ceramic (zirconia))
Can you etch with Particle filled glass ceramic (eMax)?
Yes
Lithium discilicate is an example of:
Particle filled glass ceramic (eMax)