[Dental ceramics: its history and development].
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.
Moureau
Thomas
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Service de prothèse fixe, Université de Liège, Institut de Dentisterie, policliniques L. Brull 45, quai G. Kurth, 4020 Liège.
Vanheusden
Alain
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