To systematically review the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and compare the survival rates and complications of all-ceramic fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) with those of metal-ceramic FDPs. Eligible studies were retrieved in relevant electronic databases from their inception to June 8th, 2016. Then, quality of the included studies was assessed using Cochrane Collaboration’s tool. Heterogene...

Several industrial processes produce large amounts of heavy metals-rich wastes, which could be considered as “trash-can raw materials”. The incorporation in ceramic systems can be regarded as a key process to permanently incorporate hazardous heavy metals in stable matrixes. In particular the aim of this work is to prepare and evaluate environmental risk assessment of coloured glass and glass-c...

Microstructural control of MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 (MAS) glass-ceramic (GC) with precipitated enstatite (MgSiO3) in the 0.68–12 µm range from a parent glass having one composition was achieved by using titanium oxides varying particle sizes and crystallinities as nucleation agents. Specifically, compared MAS-GC prepared TiO2 50–200 nm relative high crystallinity (TiO2-L-H), mixing TiO2-L-H single nanome...

OBJECTIVES Our study aimed to examine not only the incidence but also the impact of noise from two types of total hip replacement articulations: ceramic-on-ceramic and ceramic-on-polyethylene. METHODS We performed a case-controlled study comparing subjective and objective questionnaire scores of patients receiving a ceramic-on-ceramic or a ceramic-on-polyethylene total hip replacement by a si...

BACKGROUND Silica dioxide (SiO2) has been used in various industrial products, including paints and coatings, plastics, synthetic rubbers, and adhesives. Several studies have investigated the genotoxic effects of SiO2; however, the results remain controversial due to variations in the evaluation methods applied in determining its physicochemical properties. Thus, well characterized chemicals an...

Information on the vaporization processes and thermodynamic properties of glass-forming oxide melts in the systems MgO-B2O3-SiO2, CaO-B2O3-SiO2, SrO-B2O3-SiO2, BaO-B2O3-SiO2, PbO-B2O3-SiO2, CdO-B2O3-SiO2, ZnO-B2O3-SiO2, Bi2O3-B2O3-SiO2 and Bi2O3-GeO2-SiO2 together with the earlier obtained data is discussed. These data were obtained by high-temperature mass spectrometric method. Various types o...

We present a systematic study on the preparation, characteration and potential application of Fe3O4 and Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles. Fe3O4 nanoparticles of controllable diameters were successfully synthesized by solvothermal system with tuning pH. The magnetic properties of nanoparticles were measured by vibration sample magnetometer. Fe3O4@ SiO2 nanoparticles were obtained via classic Stöber proc...

We report the first-of-its-kind, self-organized gate-stack heterostructure of Ge-dot/ SiO2/SiGe-shell on Si fabricated in a single step through the selective oxidation of a SiGe-nanopatterned pillar over a Si3N4 buffer layer on a Si substrate. Process-controlled tunability of the Ge-dot size (7.5–90 nm), the SiO2 thickness (3–4 nm), and the SiGeshell thickness (2–15 nm) have been demonstrated, ...

Soft x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation was employed to study the valence-band offsets for the HfO2 /SiO2 /Si and HfO2 /SiOxNy /Si systems. We obtained a valence-band offset difference of 21.0560.1 eV between HfO2 ~in HfO2/15 Å SiO2 /Si! and SiO2 ~in 15 Å SiO2 /Si!. There is no measurable difference between the HfO2 valence-band maximum positions of the HfO2/10 Å SiOxNy...

Xerogels consisting of SiO2 and TiO2 were explored for controlled release of brilliant blue FCF (BBF). Both SiO2 and SiO2–TiO2 xerogels were prepared by way of sol–gel processing, and the BBF release behavior was compared. SiO2–TiO2 xerogels with varying TiO2 content were also studied and the BBF release behavior was determined for each SiO2–TiO2 xerogel. It was found that the release of BBF fr...