Can material properties predict survival of all-ceramic posterior crowns?
Increasingly strong all-ceramic materials have been introduced often with great fanfare and promise for long-term clinical performance. However, especially on posterior teeth, performance has been less than anticipated. This article reviews failure rates and modes of all-ceramic crowns and addresses the question of whether material properties can accurately predict clinical survival. Guidelines for selecting new and existing ceramics are provided.
Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, USA.
Dianne
D
Rekow
Yu
Y
Zhang
Van
V
Thompson
D003442:Crowns; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D004548:Elasticity; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016062:Porosity
D003776:Dental Porcelain