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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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