(a.) Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
Example Sentences:
(1) The method used in connection with the well known autoplastic reimplantation not only presents an alternative to the traditional apicoectomy but also provides additional stabilization of the tooth by lengthing the root with cocotostabile and biocompatible A1203 ceramic.
(2) Resorption of calcium and depositon of inorganic phosphates in the implanted ceramics suggested that ions were being exchanged with the body fluids.
(3) Antigenic specificity was demonstrated between tricalcium phosphate ceramic and fetal bovine serum in crisscross.
(4) In the small ceramic workshops in the Gouda region, simple pneumoconiosis is still commonly present (13.3%), whereas the silicosis prevalence in the highly mechanized industries is low (1.7%).
(5) A reference glass, five ceramic materials, and one resin-based composite were tested.
(6) Plaster of Paris, a biocompatible, degradable ceramic material prepared from CaSO4, may have an osteogenic property and become an alternative implant material for ear surgery.
(7) These ceramics can be used as augmentation material in combination with autogenous bone.
(8) It is found that, in contrast to most metallic materials yet in keeping with many ceramics, there are no distinct fracture morphologies in pyro-carbons which are characteristic of a specific mode of loading; fracture surfaces appear to be identical for both catastrophic and subcritical crack growth under either sustained or cyclic loading.
(9) Simultaneously, bone ingrowth at the expense of the ceramic is observed.
(10) The ceramic sections, approximately 15.3 mg, were implanted into both proximal femurs of 10 male and 10 female albino SW rats.
(11) Many ceramists advocate polishing, rather than glazing, to control the surface luster of metal ceramic restorations.
(12) The investment containing 2.0 wt% NbC showed nearly the same casting accuracy for Ni-Cr alloys for metal-ceramic restoration as the commercial phosphate-bonded investment.
(13) Three subsequent phases of interface maturation can be distinguished, finally resulting in firm fixation of the implant by mechanical interlocking of supporting bone and ceramic.
(14) Two different prototypes of columella materials made from aluminum oxide ceramics were newly designed by the author for ossicular reconstruction.
(15) Despite advantages and technological advances in the techniques of dental casts and ceramics attachment to metal, plastic materials for crown and bridge facetting are still of utmost importance for prosthetic procedures.
(16) Male workers with a history of long-term exposure to nonfibrous particulates in different industries (metal, ceramics, brick, glass, stone etc.)
(17) If ceramic inlays and onlays are considered in restorative work, some operations which, more than in other areas of dental engineering, decide upon the success or failure should be given special attention.
(18) This study examined the enhancing effects of newly constructed ceramic implants, consisting of unidirectional macroporous (200 micron in diameter) material, upon in vivo bone formation in dogs' femurs.
(19) The ceramic ball, ceramic cup combination of total hip prostheses may have promise of wear rates that could be thousands of times smaller than polyethylene alone.
(20) The artist covered every inch of the steps in front of his house in tiles, ceramics and mirrors – originally in the green, yellow, blue and white of the Brazilian flag, later adding tiles in other colours brought by visitors.
Porcelain
Definition:
(n.) Purslain.
(n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware.
Example Sentences:
(1) The colors of mixtures of dental opaque porcelains and modifiers were measured with use of the CIE L*a*b* uniform color space.
(2) Part 1 discusses the EsthetiCone, designed for use with multiple-unit restorations, which allows subgingival placement of porcelain for maximal esthetics.
(3) The results are in accord with the findings in an initial study by one of the present authors, in which the fillings were placed in denture porcelain teeth.
(4) The maximum stresses and strains in porcelain for the crowns with a conventional coping thickness (0.3 mm) and a reduced coping thickness (0.1 mm) were not significantly different.
(5) Endocardial fibroelastosis is characterized by a porcelain-like thickening of the endocardium, resulting in a marked increase in echodensity of the endocardium, as well as ventricular dilatation and aortic atresia.
(6) The etched porcelain laminate veneer is a new conservative treatment that offers a solution to fractured, discolored, and worn anterior teeth.
(7) It was found, with microscopic examination, that there is little or no diffusion of the stain into the underlying porcelain and that at a thickness of 22 microns the extrinsic stain layer is grossly evident to an observer.
(8) Porcelain glass transition temperatures and expansion values were derived from length-versus-temperature curves.
(9) Data received was converted to Munsell notation for evaluation of the dimensions of color, i.e., Hue, Chroma, and Value, as related to (1) shade differences, (2) thickness of porcelain, and (3) numbers of firings.
(10) Porcelain veneer restorations including preparations, impression materials, cast materials, refractory casts, handling of porcelain, the try-in, and the final luting are discussed.
(11) Clinical observations of porcelain restorations lead to the hypothesis that certain substructures tend to produce crowns with a lower than expected Value (brightness).
(12) Scanning electron microscopy was initially used to examine the surface configuration of porcelain prepared under various conditions.
(13) Dental porcelain emits some fluorescence under the action of ultra-violet rays.
(14) The bending strength and fracture toughness of the composite porcelains were examined.
(15) It is expected that porcelain veneer restorations will perform successfully in esthetic, conservative and abhesive dentistry.
(16) For example, many porcelain materials do not match their shade guide.
(17) Under four loading conditions, the tensile stress distributions on the ceramics crown were analyzed to evaluate the relations between three kinds of ceramics crown, which were an aluminous porcelain jacket crown, a feldspathic porcelain jacket crown and an Olympus castable ceramics (O.C.C.)
(18) The potential for porcelain fracture in debonding, however, is much increased and it is questionable whether bond strengths of this magnitude are required clinically.
(19) Techniques involving a cemented porcelain-fused-to-metal overcasting have often been successful in restoring the fixed partial denture to form and function.
(20) In children porcelain veneers provide a simple means of splinting traumatised anterior teeth which have coronal fractures either for the immediate or the long term.