CAD/CAM and lithium disilicate: an anterior esthetic case study

Tex Dent J. 2013 Feb;130(2):141-4.

Abstract

Digital technology has brought a new and exciting dimension to dental esthetics. Innovative ways to take impressions and create chair-side restorations are continuing to expand and new dental materials specifically made for CAD/CAM are allowing for extremely esthetic restorations. Lithium disilicate is one such material that is efficiently milled, has a favorable flexural strength, and provides highly esthetic chair-side restorations. The following is a case study that utilizes lithium disilicate for esthetic full coverage crowns on teeth #7, 8, 9, and 10.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bulimia / complications
  • Composite Resins / chemistry
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Crowns*
  • Dental Materials / chemistry
  • Dental Porcelain / chemistry*
  • Dental Prosthesis Design
  • Dental Restoration, Temporary
  • Esthetics, Dental*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incisor
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Pliability
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Tooth Erosion / etiology
  • Tooth Erosion / therapy

Substances

  • Composite Resins
  • Dental Materials
  • IPS e.max CAD LT
  • lithia disilicate
  • Dental Porcelain