Dental Materials
Explore common restorative and implant materials, their typical properties and how clinicians select between them.
Materials
Material selection depends on clinical location, design, strength, aesthetics, hygiene, opposing teeth and patient-specific factors.
Zirconia
A high-strength ceramic used for crowns, bridges, and full-arch restorations, with formulations offering different balances of strength and translucency.
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A lithium-disilicate glass ceramic known for natural translucency and commonly used for veneers, crowns, inlays, and onlays.
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A pressed glass-ceramic system historically valued for aesthetic veneers, inlays, onlays, and selected anterior restorations.
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A biocompatible metal widely used for dental implants, abutments, and frameworks because of its strength and clinical track record.
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Commercially pure titanium grade with high corrosion resistance and established use in dental implant components.
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A titanium alloy, commonly Ti-6Al-4V, offering increased mechanical strength for selected implant and prosthetic components.
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Acrylic resin used for provisional crowns, bridges, dentures, and temporary full-arch implant restorations.
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A lightweight high-performance polymer used in selected dental frameworks, components, and removable prosthetic applications.
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A ceramic-reinforced PEEK-based material used in selected prosthetic frameworks where low weight and resilience are desired.
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A tooth-coloured resin reinforced with filler particles and used for fillings, bonding, veneers, and repair procedures.
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A family of aesthetic dental ceramics used to reproduce natural tooth colour and translucency in veneers, crowns, and bridges.
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A broad group of metal-free restorative materials selected according to required strength, translucency, thickness, and clinical location.
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