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Dental Ceramics

Abstract

In this chapter, we will draw attention to the importance of the chemistry and microstructural features of the different classes of dental ceramics for the subsequent understanding of local interactions to the growing crack, which ultimately governs the mechanical behavior of materials at larger scales. For that, one cannot disentangle aspects related to the different fabrication processes, such as powder synthesis and compaction, compositional deviations from stoichiometry, sintering parameters, glass melting, nucleation and crystallization, etc. The material as it is commercialized, and the changes it undergoes following mandatory heat treatments are addressed by seizing on methods for the characterization of crystalline phases. Those analytical techniques supply valuable information for better grasping phase diagrams and crystallization reactions, unveiling individual roles of particular oxides. Having the perspective of materials science will ease one to establish important relationships to mechanical properties, failure modes, and clinical performance.

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