title: All-ceramic restorations: an overview.
abstract: Advantages and disadvantages of metal-ceramic and all-ceramic restorations are reviewed particularly from the aesthetic point of view. All-ceramic restorations offer the best results because they let the light through optimally. In constructing all-ceramic crowns on teeth which have been endodontically treated, the material used to rebuild the pin-abutments must be taken into consideration if the best aesthetic results are to be achieved. Materials which, because of their translucent characteristics, are the most aesthetic alternatives to metal alloy pin-abutments in rebuilding teeth which have been endodontically treated, are then described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, University of Turin.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carossa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Preti
mesh_terms: D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002516:Ceramics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C016447:feldspar; C023506:Glass ceramics