In recent years, Zirconia-reinforced Lithium Silicate ceramic (ZLS), combining lithium-silicate and zirconia features, has shown to have excellent mechanical and aesthetic characteristics. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the fracture strength of ZLS single crowns cemented with two different cementation techniques. Twenty crowns were realised and cemented on teeth replicas achieved from an extracted premolar human tooth. The samples were divided into two groups of 10 specimens each, Glass-ionomeric cement (GIC) group and Self-Adhesive Resin Cement (ARC) group. The mechanical test was performed using a universal testing machine. The specimens were then evaluated with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to identify for all crowns and related abutments the pattern of fracture after the breaking point. The data obtained were statistically analysed. The mean fracture toughness values and standard deviations (±SD) were 2227 ± 382 N and 3712 ± 319 N respectively for GIC and ARC groups. In fact, -test showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups ( < 0.001). Moreover, the SEM results demonstrated portions of abutments still attached to the crown fragments in the ARC group, whilst these were not present in the GIC group. Within the limitations of this study, these results suggest the use of adhesive cementation for ZLS crowns, which significantly increase the compressive strength of ZLS restorations compared to GIC.
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BMC Oral Health
January 2025
Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Background: Conservative dentistry introduced modern restoration designs, contributing to the greater use of partial-coverage ceramic restorations. New strong bondable ceramic materials made fabricating partial coverage ceramic restorations easier to restore the badly destructed teeth.
Aim Of The Study: This study investigated the impact of three distinct overlay preparation designs on the marginal fit (both before and after thermal aging) and the fracture resistance of overlay restorations fabricated using advanced zirconia-reinforced lithium disilicate (ALD) CAD/CAM glass-ceramic blocks.
BMC Oral Health
January 2025
Department of Basic Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, 66100, Türkiye, Turkey.
Background: Although surface finishing processes are effective against Streptococcus mutans biofilm, the mechanism of action of saliva with different acidity values has not been studied in detail. This study aims to produce four different all-ceramic materials in a single session with CAD/CAM devices and apply two different surface finishing processes, glazing and polishing, and then determine the retention of Streptococcus mutants on the surfaces of the materials in saliva with varying levels of acidity.
Methods: Zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate (Vita Suprinity, Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Saöckingen, Germany), monochromatic feldspar (Vitablocs Mark 2, Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Saöckingen, Germany), leucite glass ceramic (IPS Empress CAD, Ivoclar Vivadent, Liechtenstein), and monolithic zirconia (Incoris TZI (Cerec) Sirona, Germany) were used in the study.
Purpose: The study aims to produce CAD-CAM reference samples for shade communication milled from the material of the restoration zirconia (ZrO2) and zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate (ZLS) and evaluate the color difference with the corresponding conventional Vita Classical (VC) shade tab. Furthermore, it aims to verify the color consistency of the materials.
Materials And Methods: Five-five samples were milled out of ZrO2 and ZLS in five different colors and their color parameters were compared with the corresponding VC tabs both visually and digitally.
Heliyon
December 2024
Prosthodontic Department, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Translucency of dental ceramics have great impact on the esthetic and success of dental restorations. The goal of the study is to investigate the effect of the aging process on the translucency of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate ceramic material, and lithium disilicate ceramic material made using CAD/CAM and press processes.
Methods: Thirty disc-shaped specimens with 0.
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater
December 2024
Department of Biomaterials Science and Turku Clinical Biomaterial Center -TCBC, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland; Research Development and Production Department, Stick Tech Ltd-Member of GC Group, Turku, Finland.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the margin quality of anterior crowns made of experimental short fiber-reinforced CAD/CAM composite (SFRC CAD) block before and after cyclic fatigue aging. Moreover, to investigate the microstructure, homogeneity, and porosity of the SFRC CAD compared with other commercial CAD/CAM materials.
Methods: 40 anterior crowns were milled from five CAD/CAM blocks divided into five groups (n = 8/group).
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