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The first uses of ceramics as dental material date from the early XVIII century. Today, ceramics are being used on a large scale as restorative materials in Dentistry. This includes materials for dental crowns, prosthesis cementation and total and partial dentures.
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Bergmann, C.P., Stumpf, A. (2013). Ceramic Materials for Prosthetic and Restoration Use. In: Dental Ceramics. Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38224-6_3
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