Objectives Lithium-based glass-ceramics are currently dominating the landscape of dental
restorative ceramic materials, with new products taking the market by storm in the last years …

Nucleation is one of the primary contributions to the microstructure of glass-ceramics.
However, the nucleation process within glass-ceramics is not understood across all glass …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of ZnO content on the physical,
mechanical and chemical properties of CaO–Al 2 O 3–SiO 2 (CAS) glass-ceramics …

Objectives Diamond machining of lithium silicate glass-ceramics (LS) induces extensive
edge chip** damage, detrimentally affecting LS restoration functionality and long-term …

In manufacturing reliable glass-ceramics, bulk chemistry and appropriate thermal treatments
are critical points. To better understand the influence of nucleation parameters on the …

After testing over 50 experimental lithium disilicate (LS2)-based glass-ceramic (GC)
compositions and evaluating their glass-forming ability and the effect of various heat …

Glass-ceramics have found widespread use in dentistry due to their favorable properties:
biocompatibility, chemical inertness, high fracture strength and toughness, superior …

The composition governs the crystallization ability, the type and content of crystal phases of
glass-ceramics. Glass-ceramic joining materials have generated more research interest in …

Wastes such as coal and rice husk ashes, which are widely available in Colombia, were
successfully used to synthesize glass-ceramics in the (Na 2 O)–CaO–Al 2 O 3–SiO 2 system …

We investigate here the crystallization kinetics of two pre-crystallized multicomponent dental
glass-ceramics (IPS e. max® CAD, Ivoclar-Vivadent; Suprinity® PC, Vita Zahnfabrik) by …