ADVANCEMENT IN CERAMICS

Ceramic materials have been used in dentistry for well over 200 years. They are the most biocompatible dental restorative materials, chemically very stable. A desirable feature of ceramics is that their appearance can be customized to simulate the colour, transluency, and fluorescence of natural teeth. A major problem with ceramics is its structure only exhibits a very low flexibility before fracture. Newer ceramic materials and innovative processing techniques have been introduced in restorative dentistry since the early 1980's. Recent advances includes CAD/CAM and machining which has greatly changed the esthetics and clinical longevity of ceramic restorations.

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BURAGOHAIN, ABHIJEET Dr. Abhijeet Buragohain has done BDS and MDS in Prosthodontics from ITS Dental College Hospital and Research Center, Greater Noida, Uttar pradesh. He is very talented and dedicated dentist and has published his research works in several journals.