dental crowns

Effects of coffee and whitening systems on lithium disilicate glass-ceramics

By Lisa McDonald / December 10, 2021

Some all-ceramic dental crowns are relatively new to the marketplace, and researchers are still learning what factors affect the performance of these crowns in the long term. Researchers in Saudi Arabia investigated the effect of a coffee beverage and two whitening systems on the surface roughness and gloss of glazed lithium disilicate glass-ceramics.

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Smile! All-ceramic dental restorations take a bite out of other materials

By Jim Destefani / August 15, 2013

  Real or “false”? Dental prosthetics are getting so good even patients may not be able to tell the difference after a while. (Credit: David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons.) When it comes…

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