Table 1.
Description of materials used in the study.
| Legend | Material | Mean Grain Size (standard- deviation)b |
Cubic Content b | Mean Flexural Strength (standard- deviation)b |
Fracture Toughnessa |
Mean Translucency Parameter (standard- deviation)b |
Clinical Indication a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULTI | IPS e.max ZirCAD Multi (Ivoclar Vivadent) | Enamel layer: 1.87 (0.35) μm T1: 1.72 (0.32) μm T2: 1.40 (0.15) μm Dentin Layer: 1.12 (0.21) μm |
Enamel layer: 80 wt.% T1: 64 wt.% T2: 49 wt.% Dentin Layer: 46 wt.% |
Enamel layer: 387 (60) MPa Dentin layer: 744 (104) MPa |
3.6 MPa·m1/2 | Enamel layer 36.7 (1.7) Dentin layer 29.0 (0.7) |
Full-contour crowns, full-contour 3-unit bridges, implant-supported superstructures |
| 3Y | IPS e.max ZirCAD LT (Ivoclar Vivadent) | 1.08 (0.23) μm | 15 wt.% | 851 (97) MPa | 5.0 MPa·m1/2 | 26.3 (0.0) | Full-contour crowns, full-contour 3- and 4-unit to multi-unit bridges, frameworks, implant-supported superstructure |
a
Information from manufacturer’s data sheets.
b
Measured in the author’s laboratory.