Repairing porcelain and ceramic materials. 1995

D Cauchie
Belgian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, Brussels, Belgium.

Technologic breakthroughs in bonding and ceramics have given us materials and techniques that are more reliable in the long term. Nevertheless, we may still be confronted with fractured composites or porcelain. For reasons of finance, technology, psychology, or time, we may find it difficult to abandon the restoration and redo the job. We are then confronted with the problem of repairing the esthetic material, either temporarily or permanently. This paper reviews the recently published articles on techniques and materials used in the repair of dental restorations.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002516 Ceramics Products made by baking or firing nonmetallic minerals (clay and similar materials). In making dental restorations or parts of restorations the material is fused porcelain. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed) Ceramic
D003188 Composite Resins Synthetic resins, containing an inert filler, that are widely used in dentistry. Composite Resin,Resin, Composite,Resins, Composite
D003776 Dental Porcelain A type of porcelain used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns. It is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz, the feldspar melting first and providing a glass matrix for the quartz. Dental porcelain is produced by mixing ceramic powder (a mixture of quartz, kaolin, pigments, opacifiers, a suitable flux, and other substances) with distilled water. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) Porcelain,Porcelain, Dental,Dental Porcelains,Porcelains,Porcelains, Dental
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016876 Metal Ceramic Alloys The fusion of ceramics (porcelain) to an alloy of two or more metals for use in restorative and prosthodontic dentistry. Examples of metal alloys employed include cobalt-chromium, gold-palladium, gold-platinum-palladium, and nickel-based alloys. Metal Ceramic Restorations,Metallo-Ceramic Alloys,Porcelain-Metal Alloys,Metal Ceramic Alloy,Metallo-Ceramic Alloy,Metalloceramic Alloy,Metalloceramic Alloys,Alloy, Metal Ceramic,Alloy, Metallo-Ceramic,Alloy, Metalloceramic,Alloys, Metal Ceramic,Alloys, Metallo-Ceramic,Alloys, Metalloceramic,Alloys, Porcelain-Metal,Metallo Ceramic Alloy,Metallo Ceramic Alloys,Porcelain Metal Alloys,Restorations, Metal Ceramic
D017269 Dental Prosthesis Repair The process of reuniting or replacing a broken or worn dental prosthesis or its part. Dental Prosthesis Repairs,Prosthesis Repair, Dental,Prosthesis Repairs, Dental,Repair, Dental Prosthesis,Repairs, Dental Prosthesis

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