Objectives Ceramics can simulate the visual character of the tooth substance successfully
and are biocompatible materials. However, a wide range of ceramic materials and systems …

Objectives Dentists enrolled in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
completed a study questionnaire about techniques and materials used for single-unit crowns …

The gathering of clinical data on fractures of dental restorations through prospective clinical
trials is a labor-and time-consuming enterprise. Here, we propose an unconventional …

Simple Summary In the last decades, the science and technology of all-ceramic teeth
restorations witnessed the fastest-growing field of restorative materials in research and …

The IPS e. max system by Ivoclar Vivadent, offering a variety of products and indications, is
widely used for all-ceramic restorations. We analyzed the clinical track record of these …

Objectives To predict the lifetime and fracture probability of anterior crowns made of a lithium
disilicate glass-ceramic (IPS e. max CAD, LD, Ivoclar Vivadent, Liechtenstein) and a zirconia …

PURPOSE The prospective follow-up aimed to assess the performance of lithium disilicate
crowns and clinical reasons of adverse events compromising survival and quality …

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of silica nano-filler particle diameters in a
computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) composite resin (CR) block on physical …

Objectives To explore the effect of adhesive failure and defects between the crown and
cement on the stress distribution within all-ceramic crowns and the corresponding risk of …

For adhesively retained ceramic crown of various types, it has been clinically observed that
the most catastrophic failures initiate from the cement interface as a result of radial crack …