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Influence of bruxism on survival of porcelain laminate veneers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objectives: This study aims to determine whether bruxism and the use of occlusal splints affect the survival of porcelain laminate veneers in patients treated with this technique.
Agustín Panadero, Rubén   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Esthetic rehabilitation with minimally invasive feldspathic ceramic veneers: 30 months of clinical follow-up

open access: yesBioscience Journal, 2016
Diastemas among maxillary incisors and gingival contour disharmony are common findings among patients in dental practice. Ceramic veneers are indicated for esthetic rehabilitation of anterior diastemas due their predictable results, optical ...
Paulo Vinícius Soares   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

In vitro comparative study of fibroblastic behaviour on polymethacrylate (PMMA) and lithium disilicate polymer surfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and lithium disilicate are widely used materials in the dental field. PMMA is mainly used for the manufacture of removable prostheses; however, with the incorporation of CAD-CAM technology, new applications have been ...
Castillo-Oyagüe, Raquel   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights on Ceramics as Dental Materials. Part I: Ceramic Material Types in Dentistry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Ceramics are widely used biomaterials in prosthetic dentistry due to their attractive clinical properties. They are aesthetically pleasing with their color, shade and luster, and they are chemically stable.
Ho, GW, Matinlinna, JP
core   +2 more sources

Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
wiley   +1 more source

Flexural strength and hardness of direct and indirect composites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The objective of this study was to evaluate the flexural strength (σf) and hardness (H) of direct and indirect composites, testing the hypotheses that direct resin composites produce higher σf and H values than indirect composites and that ...
BORBA, Márcia   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Advances and challenges in zirconia-based materials for dental applications

open access: yesJournal of the Korean Ceramic Society
Zirconia ceramics, as a category of metal oxide ceramics, stand out due to their impressive physicochemical and mechanical properties. Recognized for being bioinert, these ceramics are non-toxic, exhibit excellent biocompatibility, and offer superior ...
Mi-Kyung Han
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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