title: [Dental ceramics: its history and development].
abstract: This article presents an historical background of dental ceramics. It synthesises the evolution of such material and its technical improvements from the stone-age to our time. Focusing on the importance of dental aesthetics, it shows the investigations realised to upgrade the prosthetic results.
authors: Service de prothèse fixe, Université de Liège, Institut de Dentisterie, policliniques L. Brull 45, quai G. Kurth, 4020 Liège.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Moureau
authors: Alain
authors: A
authors: Vanheusden
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000266:history; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain