All-ceramic material selection: how to choose in everyday practice.

THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRY Nowadays, clinicians have access to a great variety of restorative materials. As there is restricted access to test materials in private practice, most clinicians make their selection of esthetic biomaterials on the basis of scientific articles,1 lectures, company recommendations, and through the sharing of information and experience among colleagues. In order to choose the right restorative material, it is important as a dentist and as a technologist to be knowledgeable about the material’s composition, physical characteristics, and indications. Recently, new approaches to classifying ceramic restorative materials2