Food for Thought re: Zirconia Wear Characteristics

June 23, 2010

Here’s a link to a study done by Wieland on their brand of zirconia with regards to the wear of zirconia against opposing natural dentition.  I can’t speak to any special processing that Wieland does that would make their zirconia much different from other products on the market, so I can’t say for sure that this data could be used to support all full contour zirconia restorations, like our CrownZilla.  However, if its a yytrium-stablized zirconia it seems one could draw a similar conclusion…

http://www.box.net/shared/5ra6qj87pg

Seems a little polishing, and you’re good to go!

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