OBJECTIVES This retrospective survey assessed the clinical survival of zirconia-based crowns (PFZ) and conventional porcelain- fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns on posterior teeth in private practice. METHOD AND MATERIALS A print survey of 13 private practitioners was conducted to assess the long-term survival of previously placed full-coverage crowns. The practitioners reported a total of 2,182 pr...

ABSTRACT Statement of problem protective and restorative dentistry's basic function is to protect the continuity integrity tissues restore function, phonation, esthetics lost due any cause. The success dental ceramics affected by flexural strength, but little data are available on their clinical performance. Purpose: This study evaluated strength İn-Ceram Alumina, In-Ceram Zirconia, Finesse pre...

The efficiency of overhead power lines can be increased by series compensation or HVDC transmission. These complex systems can be protected from overvoltages by metal oxide surge arresters. Both porcelain and polymer tube design surge arresters are used for these applications, however, polymer tube design surge arresters offer various advantages over porcelain arresters such as light weight, ex...

UNLABELLED Although the literature has provided clinicians with some awareness of restorative material alternatives, such as laboratory-processed composite resin, these systems are not yet fully understood and implemented in daily practice, despite their benefits to dental patients. Whereas part I highlights treatment planning, preparation design, and impression making for an indirect resin onl...

The heat treatment of dental alloys prior to porcelain application/veneering has been proposed as a way ensure sufficient oxide scale and promote the porcelain’s adherence in porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) fixed prostheses. present study investigates relationship between bond strength selective-laser-melted (SLM) titanium temperature titanium’s pre-oxidation. SLM Ti-6Al-4V substrates were airbo...

Temperature dependencies of thermal expansion coefficients for the alloys of Pd-Ag, Pd-Cu and Pd-Co binary systems were measured at temperatures up to 900 degrees C, with heating and cooling rates of 5 degrees C/min. The coefficient of thermal expansion of alloys with no transformation in the temperature range of interest in porcelain firing was well approximated by a linear equation of tempera...

This clinical report describes the fabrication and bonding of porcelain laminate veneer restorations in a patient with anterior open spaces. Laminate veneer restorations made of feldspathic porcelain were etched with 5% hydrofluoric acid, rinsed under tap water, ultrasonically cleaned with methanol, and primed with a chemically activated three-liquid silane bonding agent (Clearfil Porcelain Bon...

A new esthetic solution to restore dental implants in combination with limited interdental, facial or labial, or interocclusal space is presented. This article describes the translational application of novel-design porcelain veneers and adhesive restorative principles in the implant realm. A patient is presented who was treated with a single implant-supported restoration replacing a missing ma...