Zirconia: Material Properties and Surgical Principles for Dental Implants and Restorations

Zirconium oxide has made its way as a ceramic alternative to titanium wherever aesthetics or the patient's reluctance towards metal weigh on the decision, and Piconi and Özcan examine what supports that choice. The work covers the reliability, the long-term behaviour and the mechanical properties of zirconia ceramics, the response of hard and soft tissues to the ceramic implant and the restorative materials compatible with it, without concealing the questions still open. A section of cases contributed by members of the European Society for Ceramic Implantology carries those fundamentals into practice. Useful for the implantologist who wants to judge when ceramic is the right indication; text in English.