CASE REPORT
Customized posts and cores made of zirconium oxide ceramics performed
in the CAD/CAM systems
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Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University of Lodz, Poland, Polska
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Zakład Protetyki Stomatologicznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Polska
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Uczelniane Laboratorium Badań Materiałowych, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Polska
Submission date: 2022-10-25
Final revision date: 2022-11-06
Acceptance date: 2022-12-12
Publication date: 2022-12-12
Corresponding author
Beata Dejak
Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University of Lodz, Poland, ul. Pomorska 251, 92-213, Łódź, Polska
Prosthodontics 2022;72(4):360-368
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ABSTRACT
The aim of the study is to present the procedure
for making a customized post and core made of
zirconium oxide ceramic in the CAD/CAM system
and to describe the advantages and disadvantages
of this type of prosthetic restorations.
The post and core impression and the plaster
model, the model of the opposing teeth and the
lateral occlusion recorder were scanned in the
Edge device (DOF, Korea). Virtual models of
the impression and the working model were
superimposed in the DOF scan-app scanner
programme. The data was sent to the CAD
Exocad programme, where a virtual post
and core was designed, and then to the CAM
Millbox programme. The restoration was milled
from the 3Y-TPZ Aidite Suprfect Zir HTW
block in the CORiTEC 350i PRO + Loader
milling machine (imes-icore). Difficulties in
the manufacture of ceramic posts and cores,
problems with the selection of the appropriate
thickness of a zirconia ceramic block have been
described. The advantages and disadvantages of these restorations are presented. The fracture
resistance of teeth restored with ceramics posts
and their durability are shown in this paper.
The CAD/CAM technology enables the production
of zirconia post and cores. The clinical use of
these restorations should always be considered
with respect to their properties, advantages and
disadvantages.