PFM and ALL Ceramic Restorations: Preference, Confidence and Convenience Tyagi Amit1,*, Chaudhary Shivangi2, Mittal Rohit3, Kapoor Karan4 1PG Student, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar-201204, (UP) 2PG Student, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar-201204, (UP) 3PG Student, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar-201204, (UP) 4Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar-201204, (UP) *Address for Correspondence: Dr. Amit Tyagi, PG student IIIrd year, Department of Prosthodontics and Implantology, D.J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar-201204 (UP) E-mail: dr_rohitmittal@yahoo.in
Online published on 18 May, 2016. Abstract Discussion about porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) or all-ceramics are not about which is better than the other. Rather, they're about preference, confidence, and convenience. PFM has always had one limitation, “esthetics”. Dentists jumped on the opportunity to create better-looking restorations and prosthetics, as they developed. Same thing happened with introduction of the ceramics. The all-ceramic restoration has gone from being an incipient, new, disruptive technology to a mainstay in dentistry. Clinicians are increasingly moving towards all-ceramic zirconia restorations from PFMs because they enable better “esthetics” with additional advantages of biocompatibility, fit, chairside cementation and preparation options. This article describes a brief review over the trends used in dentistry for selecting the PFM or all ceramic restorations. Top Keywords PFM, all ceramic, zirconia, aesthetics. Top |