Fracture toughness of experimental mica-based glass-ceramics and four commercial glass-ceramics restorative dental materials.

The mica-based glass-ceramics were prepared in the SiO-AlO-MgO-MgF-SrCO-CaCO-CaF-PO glass system. There were four mica-based glass-ceramics produced in this study according to the pigment added (CeO or Pr-ZrSiO/Fe-ZrSiO) and crystallization time (5-35 min). Four dental glass-ceramics, which were leucite-based, lithium disilicate-based and two zirconia reinforced lithium silicate ceramics, were also tested.