title: Updates in dental materials--Part 4. Ceramic materials.
abstract: Recent years have seen a number of innovations and developments with respect to dental materials and their applications in clinical dentistry. This series of short articles considers the more important aspects of these developments under the general term 'Updates in Dental Materials'. Dental composite systems and bonding to tooth material were discussed in Part I. Resin cements were treated in Part 2 and dental amalgams in Part 3. Part 4 deals with advances in ceramic materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, University Dental School & Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D013674:Technology, Dental
chemical_list: D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain