title: Performance of dental ceramics: challenges for improvements.
abstract: The clinical success of modern dental ceramics depends on an array of factors, ranging from initial physical properties of the material itself, to the fabrication and clinical procedures that inevitably damage these brittle materials, and the oral environment. Understanding the influence of these factors on clinical performance has engaged the dental, ceramics, and engineering communities alike. The objective of this review is to first summarize clinical, experimental, and analytic results reported in the recent literature. Additionally, it seeks to address how this new information adds insight into predictive test procedures and reveals challenges for future improvements.
authors.affiliation: Engineering and Technology, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, Room 1238, New York, NY 10012, USA. Dianne.rekow@nyu.edu
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Rekow
authors.forename: N R F A
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guess
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D003801:Dental Veneers; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D013499:Surface Properties; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015019:Yttrium; D015040:Zirconium
chemical_list: C499362:yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D015019:Yttrium; D015040:Zirconium