title: The importance of the optical properties in dental silica-based ceramics.
abstract: To make esthetic rehabilitation similar to the natural teeth, all-ceramic restorations must have equal optical properties to the natural teeth in terms of color, translucency, fluorescence, and opalescence. Furthermore, a correct communication process with the laboratory is the key to success and biointegration with the ceramic indirect restoration and the teeth.
authors.affiliation: CiiEM (Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal. paulojorgemonteiro@yahoo.ca
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D003116:Color; D003142:Communication; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003815:Dentists; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007754:Laboratories, Dental; D008027:Light; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain; D012822:Silicon Dioxide