Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: James Shen

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0123948363

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The growth of implant and fixed prosthodontics practices in dentistry has created a rapidly increasing demand for advanced ceramics and ceramic processes. Innovations in ceramics and ceramic processes are vital to ensure reliable and affordable dental-restoration solutions with aesthetically pleasing outcomes. The work aims to engage the bioceramics and engineering communities to meet the challenges of modern dental restoration using advanced ceramics. Incorporating fundamental science, advanced engineering concepts, and clinical outcomes, the work is suitable for bioceramicists, ceramics manufacturers, dental clinicians and biologists. - State-of-the-art-coverage encompasses bioresorbable ceramics for bone regeneration and bioactivating surfaces of inert, high-strength ceramics for implantation, keeping research knowledge appropriately updated - Discusses transition from the baseline stable and physically stiff ceramics research into engineering of highly coherent laminate composites for prosthetic crowns and bridges - Showcases current feasible techniques for producing, in cost-effective and materials-saving ways, long-lasting individualized ceramic components with biocompatibility, complexity and high precision

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: Jing Zhao

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 0128060069

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Tooth defects and missing teeth are common oral diseases that threaten the patient’s health, aesthetics, and self-confidence. Prosthodontics is a dental specialty with a long history of providing artificial prostheses to restore or replace the damaged or missing teeth and dentition of patients. Based on type and degree, there are three main categories of tooth damage: tooth defect, partial edentulism, and complete edentulism. Various prosthetic treatments are available for restoration, and each of them has its specific advantages and limitations. This means thect, the patient’s oral and general health condition, and the individual’s expectation. In thiat the decision to pursue prosthetic treatment should be made by fully understanding the characteristics of the defs chapter, background knowledge of the characteristics of tooth defects and edentulism are introduced in combination with commonly used prostheses. Despite the fact that there are no omnipotent prostheses, some general guidelines of prostheses selection are given.

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: Corrado Piconi

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 012806014X

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This chapter reviews the structure, mechanical properties, and biocompatibility of load-bearing ceramics used in dentistry. The development of this class of ceramic biomaterials is traced from the late sixties when alumina was introduced in dentistry. The literature on both polycrystalline and single crystal alumina dental implants is reviewed. The use of alumina declined when zirconia-toughened ceramics were introduced in orthopedics in the eighties. The use of yttria partially-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Y-TZP) in dentistry allowed the production not only of dental implants and abutments, but also a broad range of load-bearing fixed partial dentures, such as multi-unit bridges and crowns, thanks to the development of CAD/CAM technology. Today, the trend is to use alumina and zirconia ceramics for making more aesthetic parts by improving their optical translucency.

Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage
Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage

Author: Olivier Guillon

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 750

ISBN-13: 0081027842

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In order to enable an affordable, sustainable, fossil-free future energy supply, research activities on relevant materials and related technologies have been intensified in recent years, Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage describes the current state-of-the-art concerning materials, properties, processes, and specific applications. Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, and engineers will be able to get a broad overview of the use of ceramics in energy applications, while at the same time become acquainted with the most recent developments in the field. With chapters written by recognized experts working in their respective fields the book is a valuable reference source covering the following application areas: ceramic materials and coatings for gas turbines; heat storage and exchange materials for solar thermal energy; ceramics for nuclear energy; ceramics for energy harvesting (thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics, and sunlight conversion); ceramic gas separation membranes; solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysers; and electrochemical storage in battery cells. Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage offers a sound base for understanding the complex requirements related to the technological fields and the ceramic materials that make them possible. The book is also suitable for people with a solid base in materials science and engineering that want to specialize in ceramics. - Presents an extensive overview of ceramic materials involved in energy conversion and storage - Updates on the tremendous progress that has been achieved in recent years - Showcases authors at the forefront of their fields, including results from the huge amount of published data - Provides a list of requirements for the materials used for each energy technology - Includes an evaluation and comparison of materials available, including their structure, properties and performance

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: Belinda Reinhardt

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0128060077

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Titanium and titanium alloys are considered standard materials for dental implants with very well documented, high rates of success and survival. Potential immunologic and aesthetic drawbacks associated with titanium implants have resulted in the development of alternatives like zirconia-based dental implants. Zirconia seems to be a suitable implant material because of its tooth-like color, mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and low plaque affinity. However, the use of zirconia in clinical implant dentistry is still controversial. The aim of this chapter is to review clinical and research articles conducted on zirconia dental implants, and to provide information on zirconia dental implant osseointegration, mechanical strength, and microbiology. Compared to titanium-based dental implants zirconia implants show promising results in clinical studies. However, there are a limited number of long-term studies on the outcome of zirconia implants and additional clinical research needs to be done to fully appraise zirconia-based dental implants.

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: Simon Jegou Saint-Jean

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0128060158

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Feldspathic porcelains, leucite, and lithium disilicate glass-ceramics are important materials used in restorative dentistry for their biocompatibility, excellent aesthetic properties, good mechanical strength, and relative ease of use. As a general rule in clinical practice, the choice of material should be dictated by the specific clinical situation. It depends on the space available to build the aesthetic and functional restoration, but also on the nature of the underlying tooth or restorative structure. The best aesthetic results are obtained with feldspathic porcelain restorations directly resin-bonded to the tooth, whereas the best function is obtained with the stronger and tougher fully anatomical or veneered glass-ceramic crowns and bridges. The main limitation with these ceramics is their insufficient strength for use as posterior crowns and bridges. Possible means to obtain aesthetically pleasing and long-term performing posterior restorations are the development of stronger glass-ceramics, the use of translucent colored zirconia, or the use of the new class of more elastic hybrid polymer-ceramic materials.

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: Dag Henrik Bergsjö

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 0128060182

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In the early 1980s the industrialization of products based on the osseointegration principle discovered by Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark started. The industrialization system has since gone through digitalization and automation, where now computer-aided imprisoning, design, and milling are standard features of a highly flexible production process for customized products. Lab production and central production are two ways of producing dental products. The central production principle offers the potential for better economy of scale and turnover of products, and the local dental lab can offer a higher degree of customization and personal service. Quality of dental products has always been of central importance and continues to grow. New technology and a highly digital treatment process are open for even better quality by the use of production simulations and tolerance analysis in all parts of the manufacturing process.

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: Erik Adolfsson

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 0128060204

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The mechanical reliability and aesthetic appearance of ceramic dental prostheses are strongly influenced by the presence of defects. When several processes are used during fabrication of ceramic dental prostheses, additional defects are unavoidably introduced in each process step; these are in addition to the ones that already exist in raw materials. To avoid the degeneration of material performance by the accumulated defect population, process optimization is needed to minimize the defects introduced. Standardized mechanical evaluations are usually performed on samples with carefully prepared surfaces in order to minimize the influence from the defects usually induced by fabrication processes. The results from such mechanical evaluation indicate the strength level that is achievable by the material with the given population of bulk defects. In order to avoid a reduction in the performance of the ceramic material by the additional defects normally induced by the fabrication process, it must be understood how these defects are introduced, and solutions must be found to reduce their size and frequency through modifications of the material and processes. The aim of this chapter is to elucidate the sources of defects that are common for ceramic dental prostheses and to determine how to minimize them.

Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry
Advanced Ceramics for Dentistry

Author: David Salamon

Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 0128060093

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This chapter gives an introduction to advanced ceramics from the perspective of restorative dentistry. Fundamentals of composition and functionality are used for defining and classifying advanced ceramics. A historical overview helps differentiate advanced ceramics from traditional ceramics. The focus of the chapter is on linking ceramic properties to their compositions and structures described hierarchically from the atomic level onward.