Ceramic brackets have gained widespread acceptance in orthodontic treatment due to their superior aesthetic appeal. The immediate popularity of these brackets, after their initial marketing, was tempered by their potential to damage the enamel during debonding. This paper describes the design and development of a ceramic bracket that addresses the failings of most ceramic brackets on the market...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to evaluate fracture strength of collarless metal-ceramic FPDs according to their metal coping designs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four different facial margin design groups were investigated. Group A was a coping with a thin facial metal collar, group B was a collarless coping with its facial metal to the shoulder, group C was a collarless coping with its f...

The increasing demand for total hip arthroplasty (THA) in relatively young, high-demand patients has led to the use of hard-on-hard bearing surfaces. Adverse local tissue reaction/pseudotumor and elevated serum metal ion levels are commonly reported complications encountered in metal-on-metal THA, while audible articulation and rim fracture are reported in ceramic-on-ceramic THA. For this reaso...

in this study, porcelain bond strength to three different alloys of gold-base, pd-ag and base-metal were compared and the effect of repeated porcelain sintering on bond strength was evaluated. the obtained results showed best bond strength of porcelain with gold-base alloy. pd-ag and base-metal alloys showed less strength respectively. during repeated sintering of porcelain, bond strength has n...

STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective study comparing polyethylene wear between ceramic ball heads and metal ball heads in total hip arthroplasty. BACKGROUND The ceramic-on-polyethylene bearing option has been introduced as an alternative to metal-on-polyethylene to minimize polyethylene wear debris and reduce subsequent osteolysis and aseptic loosening. However, the reported data were debatab...

A mechanically retentive structure and meticulous surface cleanliness are critical factors in providing fracture resistance and clinical success of metal ceramic restorations. This investigation compared the porcelain/metal interfaces of deliberate compressive fractures of ceramic crowns between conventional preparation and application of the Radio Frequency Glow Discharge Treatment (RFGDT) bef...

In the present paper we have theoretically predicted the physical parameters viz. coordination number, constraints, molar volume, fraction of floppy modes, number of lone pair electrons, bond energy, cohesive energy, heat of atomization and mean bond energy for Ge20Te80-xBix (x = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25) glassy alloys. It has been found that average number of constraints, cohesive energy and mean ...

The aim of this study was to screen patients with fixed prosthodontic appliances that were in oral cavity for a period of 5 years or more and to assess clinically and radiologically root caries, gingival recession, pocket formation, alveolar ridge resorption, as well as gingival (GI) and plaque index (PI). The aim also was to find out the differences between materials and constructions, between...