title: Custom fabrication of reinforced lithium disilicate ceramic ingot.
abstract: A method of formulating a reinforcement lithium disilicate ceramic ingot was proposed. The ceramic ingot was broken manually with a mallet to finer particles. The sectioned ingot is ball milled along with 10% of nano zirconia by weight to obtain the desired powder. The reinforced powder is condensed in a 5 ml disposable syringe by powder slurry technique. The compacted ceramic were sintered at 900°C to obtain ceramic ingots. The reinforced ceramic ingots were used in pressable ceramic machines to obtain the desired advantages of zirconia reinforcement and pressable ceramic system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Gopi Naveen
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Chander
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasikala
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mutukumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dhanasekar
keywords: Lithium disilicate pellets; nano zirconia; zirconia reinforcement