Aging resistance, mechanical properties and translucency of different yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramics for monolithic dental crown applications

The dental market moves towards high-translucency monolithic zirconia dental crowns, which are usually placed either with – or without – a thin glaze layer. The microstructural features and the mechanical performances of these materials are still controversial, as well as their susceptibility to aging. This paper aims at studying these aspects in the current generation of zirconia dental crowns showing different de grees of translucency.
Source: Dental Materials - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research