Internal and marginal fit Of pressed and cad lithium disilicate crowns made from digital and conventional impressions

Recommended Citation Anadioti, Evanthia. "Internal and marginal fit Of pressed and cad lithium disilicate crowns made from digital and conventional impressions. ii To my family, your love and support made it all worthwhile. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost I wish to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to Dr. Steven A. Aquilino, my thesis supervisor, for his phenomenal knowledge, invaluable guidance, patience during the frustrating times and commitment to the highest standards in every step of this research project. I would, also, like to thank my thesis committee, their help, time, encouragement and recommendations throughout the last three years. I, also, wish to thank Dr. Fang Qian, for the statistical analysis and Dr. Marcos Vargas for his help with the E4D system. Special thanks to Mr. R Henry Husemann for his time, skills and help with the pressing procedure and to Mr. Josh Kistner, from the Geomagic technical support, for his generous time, support and knowledge in developing a protocol for the measuremnets. I would like to acknlowledge the University of Iowa for providing me the facilities to complete this project. I am grateful for the financial support received from the Academy of Esthetic Denstirty and the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics, as well as for the generous donation of their porducts from Ivoclar Vivadent and Whip Mix Corp.