Materials Flashcards
Ceramic restorations: What are ceramics?
Compounds of metallic and non-metallic elements:
most frequently oxides, nitrides and carbides.
Ceramic restorations: What are the traditional ceramics?
China Porcelain Bricks Tiles Glasses
Ceramic restorations: What is a ceramic building block made of?
Silica
Crystalline (tetrahedra structure) e.g. Quartz, Cristoballite
Amorphous e.g. Alumino-silicate glasses
usually a combo used - mixed oxide glass to strengthen properties
Ceramic restorations: What is dental porcelain primarily a mixture of?
Feldspar and quartz
Ceramic restorations: What is the composition of early dental porcelain?
Feldspar 73-85%, quartz 13-25%, Kaolin 0-4%
Ceramic restorations: How is feldspathic ceramic supported?
It is weak
Support using one of 3 methods:
Metal substructure – PFM
High strength ceramic substructure - zirconia?
Bond to the tooth and therefore use tooth as substructure. Resin Bonded Crown (DBC)
Ceramic restorations: How is metal ceramic produced?
Metal substructure – PFM Lost Wax Casting (Metal substructure) - make a mould of the wax, fill with molten metal etc
Ceramic Sintering (Ceramic veneer) with feldspathic ceramic
Ceramic restorations: Why is the ceramic overbuilt?
Shrinks in furnace
Ceramic restorations: What are the problems with metal ceramic production?
Space
- 0.5mm for metal substructure
- 1.0mm for ceramic veneer
- people don’t cut as much tooth away as needed always
Aesthetics
- Metal substructure prevents light transmittance
- Often appear opaque, dead, grey
- Metal margin can be seen
- this is all a result of too little space cut away
Metal Ceramic Bond - weak
Metal Ceramic Junction - particularly weak where they meet
Metal Ceramic Compatibility* - check this in lab, need circumferential compressive stresses
Support for Ceramic*
- need to make sure TEC for ceramic and metal are the same to get good. bond
Ceramic restorations: How is the TEC of the ceramic and metal matched?
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)
Ceramic restorations: What are the indications for PFM?
Single unit restorations
Multiple unit bridges
Support for partial dentures
Ceramic restorations: What are the properties of a porcelain jacket crown?
Alumina reinforced core
Vita (Vitadur N)
Good aesthetics but opaque core Strength 80 MPa (anteriors only) Tooth reduction Non-adhesive Pt foil technique therefore poor marginal fit
GONE
Ceramic restorations: What are the types of high strength ceramic substructure restorations?
porcelain jacket crown - 60s
Glass Infiltrated Materials (Early ‘90s)
Lanthanum
- comes in 3 varietie - spinel,l alumina, zirconia
Pure alumina substances
Examples:
Procera All-Ceram (Nobel Biocare)
Vita Al (Vita Zahnfabrik)
Zirconia e.g 3M Lava
Ceramic restorations: What was the strength of sp, al, zr?
Strength (MPa) PJC = 80-100 In-Ceram Sp = 280-300 In-Ceram Al = 350-380 In-Ceram Zr = 530-550
Ceramic restorations: What are the properties of Zirconia (high strength ceramic substructures)
Many available on the market
In-house milling is readily available
Stained prior to sintering
Various translucencies - 50%, high translucency = lower strength, shades A1-D4
Requires sintering after milling (10 hours)
mill it big - shrinks by about 25%
Extended sintering times for veneering ceramics
Can be used as monolithic material - all made from one