Biomechanics play a critical role in influencing the clinical applications of all-ceramic dental restorations. The restorative biomaterials have to demonstrate mechanical durability in the oral environment because they are always exposed to a variety of oral environments. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of soaking time, notch and saliva pH values on the impact energy of three com...

PURPOSE The most common failure seen in restorations with a zirconia core is total or layered delamination of the ceramic veneer. In the present study, the shear bond strengths between veneering ceramics and colored zirconia oxide core materials were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Zirconia discs (15 × 12 × 1.6 mm) were divided into 11 groups of 12 discs each. Groups were colored according t...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to compare the fracture toughness (KIc) obtained from the single edge V-notched beam (SEVNB) and the fractographic analysis (FTA) of a glass-infiltrated and a zirconia ceramic. MATERIALS AND METHODS For each material, ten bar-shaped specimens were prepared for the SEVNB method (3 mm × 4 mm × 25 mm) and the FTA method (2 mm × 4 mm × 25 mm). The starter V...

The development of new carbon nanofibers-ceramic nanocomposite materials with excellent mechanical, thermal and electrical properties is interesting for a wide range of industrial applications. Among the ceramic materials, zirconia stands out for their excellent mechanical properties. The main limitations in the preparation of this kind of nanocomposites are related with the difficulty in obtai...

Porous yttria-stabilised zirconia ceramics have been gaining popularity throughout the years in various fields, such as energy, environment, medicine, etc. Although yttria-stabilised zirconia is a well-studied material, voided yttria-stabilised zirconia powder particles have not been demonstrated yet, and might play an important role in future technology developments. A sol-gel synthesis accomp...

An aqueous ceramic precursor solution was sprayed axially into an oxy-acetylene flame to produce yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramic deposits. Temperature and velocity fields of the oxy-acetylene flame were characterized by chemiluminescence and particle image velocimetry. Deposit samples were extracted from the flame at several downstream locations to study deposit evolution. The deposit phase ...

Zirconia bio-ceramic hollow fiber membranes were developed using a sequence of mixing, extrusion, phase inversion and sintering steps. ZrO2 p g m m w e f ©

INTRODUCTION Zirconium is a metal with excellent biocompatibility, which when oxidized is converted to the ceramic, zirconia. Composite-bearing materials have recently become available consisting of a metal zirconium core with an oxidized zirconia surface. The metal-ceramic composite has the wear characteristics of a ceramic bearing but with a much lower propensity for fracture. This dual advan...

The Ceramic On-Demand Extrusion (CODE) process is a novel additive manufacturing process for fabricating dense ceramic components from aqueous pastes of high solids loading. In this study, 3 mol% Y2O3 stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (3Y-TZP) parts were fabricated using the CODE process. The parts were then dried in a humidity controlled environmental chamber and sintered under atmosp...