Medical Material
dental porcelain
den·tal por·ce·lain
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Dental Materials
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(porcelain) White translucent dense ceramic material produced by fusing under high temperature a mixture of feldspar, kaolin, quartz, whiting and other substances; dental porcelain is used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns and is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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A type of porcelain used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns. It is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz, the feldspar melting first and providing a glass matrix for the quartz. Dental porcelain is produced by mixing ceramic powder (a mixture of quartz, kaolin, pigments, opacifiers, a suitable flux, and other substances) with distilled water. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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