title: Color analysis of different ceramic systems.
abstract: This study compared the color properties of three different ceramic systems. Three groups of 10 specimens each were prepared: Dental porcelain alloy was used as a framework for conventional and ProBOND metal-ceramic systems, while glass-ceramic ingots were used as a framework for 10 samples using an all-ceramic system. For the former, dentin porcelain was applied and a ceramic veneering material was applied to the ingot frameworks. Using a dental spectrophotometer, the pre- and post-glaze color compatibility between disc specimens and A3 shade was evaluated. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare color differences among groups in this study, while the Mann-Whitney U test was used to make bilateral comparisons among the three different ceramic systems. The values obtained during the dentin stage revealed a significant difference in the all-ceramic group (p < 0.05). After glazing, there was no significant difference between ProBOND samples and all-ceramic samples (p > 0.05). These results suggest that ProBOND can yield esthetically superior results in clinical applications compared to conventional ceramic systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Ege Universitiy, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aladag
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gungor
authors.forename: Celal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Artunc
mesh_terms: D003124:Colorimetry; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain