Advanced Ceramic Dental Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Ceramic dental materials such as zirconia, lithium disilicate glass ceramics, and dental porcelain are used for dental prostheses. Recently, these prostheses have been fabricated using subtractive manufacturing (SM) and additive manufacturing (AM), aided by  the development and progression of dental computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology and adhesive technology. The advantages of CAD/CAM technology are that it can reduce human resources, fabrication cost, and working time compared to conventional techniques. Currently, 3D-printing technology has enabled the processing of ceramic and composite ceramic-like materials in addition to metals and polymer materials. Ceramic and ceramic-like materials are also used in oral surgery and implantology for jawbone reconstruction. However, there is still not enough evidence to justify the use of the new materials and processing procedures that use this novel technology.

Thus, we are pleased to invite submissions of original research articles and reviews to this Special Issue, “Advances in Ceramic Dental Materials”.

Dr. Tomofumi Sawada
Guest Editor

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