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<p>Nowadays, patients require the highest quality of treatment, but generally prefer to spend as little time as possible in the dental chair. Therefore, there is significant benefit for using new technologies such as CAD/CAM (computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing), which provides both quality and speed. There is an increase in ceramic materials and ceramic blocks/discs available, with varying properties. This has resulted in some confusion and difficulty in making an informed decision about which material is best for a specific clinical situation. The objective of this review is to provide an overview and comparison of basic mechanical properties of currently used CAD/CAM ceramic materials based on a review of the currently available literature.</p>
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Nowadays, patients require the highest quality of treatment, but generally prefer to spend as little time as possible in the dental chair. Therefore, there is significant benefit for using new technologies such as CAD/CAM (computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing), which provides both quality and speed. There is an increase in ceramic materials and ceramic blocks/discs available, with varying properties. This has resulted in some confusion and difficulty in making an informed decision about which material is best for a specific clinical situation. The objective of this review is to provide an overview and comparison of basic mechanical properties of currently used CAD/CAM ceramic materials based on a review of the currently available literature.

Compendium of current ceramic materials used for the CAD/CAM dentistry.

Acta Stomatologica Marisiensis Journal

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Nowadays, patients require the highest quality of treatment, but generally prefer to spend as little time as possible in the dental chair. Therefore, there is...

Compendium of current ceramic materials used for the CAD/CAM dentistry.

Published Online: Jun 12, 2021

Page range: 7 - 17

Received: Dec 10, 2020

Accepted: Jan 16, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asmj-2021-0002

Keywords
Dental ceramics, CAD/CAM, mechanical properties

© 2021 Kristýna Hynková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Compendium of current ceramic materials used for the CAD/CAM dentistry.

Published Online: Jun 12, 2021

Page range: 7 - 17

Received: Dec 10, 2020

Accepted: Jan 16, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asmj-2021-0002

KeywordsDental ceramics, CAD/CAM, mechanical properties

© 2021 Kristýna Hynková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Dental ceramics, CAD/CAM, mechanical properties