CAD/CAM and lithium disilicate: an anterior esthetic case study.
Digital technology has brought a new and exciting dimension to dental esthetics. Innovative ways to take impressions and create chair-side restorations are continuing to expand and new dental materials specifically made for CAD/CAM are allowing for extremely esthetic restorations. Lithium disilicate is one such material that is efficiently milled, has a favorable flexural strength, and provides highly esthetic chair-side restorations. The following is a case study that utilizes lithium disilicate for esthetic full coverage crowns on teeth #7, 8, 9, and 10.
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Mail Code 7914, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. zimmermannr@uthscsa.edu
Richard
R
Zimmermann
Stefanie
S
Seitz
Jim
J
Evans
Justin
J
Bonner
D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018583:Pliability; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; C520133:IPS e.max CAD LT; C493120:lithia disilicate; D003776:Dental Porcelain