title: Strategies for integrating new restorative materials with digital technology and sound restorative principles.
abstract: Restorative dental materials have experienced a significant evolution over the past 40 years. The pace of change has especially accelerated in the past decade, while, concurrently, advances in implant technology and digital dentistry have paralleled this rapid growth. This article outlines the strengths and weaknesses of various popular ceramic restorative materials and how today's technology can be effectively utilized to fabricate these materials into exceptional restorations.
authors.affiliation: CMR Dental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA.
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D018583:Pliability; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013674:Technology, Dental; D013816:Thermodynamics; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C493120:lithia disilicate; D003776:Dental Porcelain; C016447:feldspar; C078519:leucite; C023506:Glass ceramics; D015040:Zirconium; C028541:zirconium oxide