… of all-ceramic restorations over the past 10 years. With a plethora of ceramic materials and
… PURPOSE: This article reviews the current literature covering all-ceramic materials and …

… This advanced ceramic material offers practical laser generation and … ceramic lasers, the
principle of laser generation based on this material, some typical results achieved with ceramic …

… and glass ceramic, are frequently used to veneer metal frameworks (commonly referred
to as metal ceramic restorations or PFMs) 114 or high-strength ceramic copings for all-ceramic …

Materials scientists continue to develop stronger, more versatile ceramics for advanced
technological applications, such as electronic components, fuel cells, engines, sensors, catalysts…

… has inspired research into all-ceramic restorations. The purpose of … ceramic crowns with
castings 2 mm short of the shoulder preparation and 360-degree porcelain margins;(2) In-Ceram …

An updated edition of the essential guide to the technology of glass-ceramic technology
Glass-ceramic materials share many properties with both glass and more traditional crystalline …

… ceramic and ceramic-like restorative materials in an attempt to systematize and include a new
class of materials. This new classification system categorizes ceramic … differentiate ceramic …

… ceramic is very high, and its refractive index distribution is within 10 −5 . Basically, this type
of ceramic … The sintering time in the YAG ceramic process was much shorter than the time …

Zirconium dioxide (zirconia) has three allotropes: monoclinic, tetragonal and cubic. The
transition between the first two involves a large volume expansion which prevents the refractory …

This book is intended to be a concise and comprehensive coverage of the key ceramic and
glass materials used in modern technology. A group of international experts have contributed …