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Preclinical and Clinical Investigations of Zirconia Dental Ceramics Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing Technologies (ZIRAMDENT)

Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
3.02.00  Medical sciences  Stomatology   

Code Science Field
3.02  Medical and Health Sciences  Clinical medicine 
Keywords
prosthodontics, dental ceramics, zirconia, Y-TZP, additive manufacturing, low-temperature degradation, fixed partial dentures, mechanical testing, surface analysis, clinical trial
Evaluation (rules)
source: COBISS
Points
3,329.77
A''
770.22
A'
1,547.88
A1/2
2,331.72
CI10
6,610
CImax
1,097
h10
34
A1
11.97
A3
1.58
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on April 18, 2024; A3 for period 2018-2022
Data for ARIS tenders ( 04.04.2019 – Programme tender, archive )
Database Linked records Citations Pure citations Average pure citations
WoS  241  7,334  6,663  27.65 
Scopus  249  8,447  7,696  30.91 
Researchers (11)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  35460  PhD Anže Abram  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2021 - 2023  100 
2.  17286  Darko Eterović    Technical associate  2022 - 2024 
3.  51653  Nina Grguraš Lestan  Stomatology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  13 
4.  30874  PhD Aljaž Iveković  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  127 
5.  13229  PhD Peter Jevnikar  Stomatology  Head  2021 - 2024  174 
6.  26457  PhD Andraž Kocjan  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  317 
7.  10745  PhD Milan Kuhar  Stomatology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  109 
8.  51654  Tine Malgaj  Stomatology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  28 
9.  54277  Tadej Mirt  Stomatology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  24 
10.  04292  PhD Saša Novak Krmpotič  Materials science and technology  Researcher  2021 - 2024  668 
11.  52057  Ipeknaz Ozden  Materials science and technology  Junior researcher  2021 - 2022  10 
Organisations (2)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  0381  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine  Ljubljana  1627066  48,195 
2.  0106  Jožef Stefan Institute  Ljubljana  5051606000  90,649 
Abstract
The introduction of zirconia ceramics (ZrO2) into dentistry in the early 90s broke new grounds in broadening the clinical indications for prosthetic metal-free restorative solutions. Zirconia's appealing advantages compared to metals were sought in excellent biocompatibility, superior mechanical properties and naturally pleasing appearance. However, such invasive ceramic-to-metal transition was only possible due to the development and successful implementation of digitalised computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD-CAM) technology into the ceramic processing workflow. Overall, the past three decades have witnessed the evolution of new generations of zirconia dental ceramics varying in composition, translucency, and mechanical response to accommodate comprehensive clinical indications. However, the currently prevailing CAD/CAM technology is based on subtractive milling process of preformed yttrium-containing zirconia presintered blanks by removing the material with expensive milling tools accumulating an environmentally unconscious abundance of waste material, up to 90 %, which goes against to EU`s call of employment of advanced materials and processes for the recovery and reuse of critical raw materials and/or their sustainable replacement to meet the Circular Economy agenda. Integration of additive manufacturing (AM) in dentistry should be regarded as a relentless opportunity to overcome conventional dissipative CAD-CAM milling drawbacks. ZIRAMDENT aims to validate the prospects of established and emerging AM technologies for zirconia dental ceramic fabrication. The preclinical in vitro investigation of zirconia ceramics manufactured by fused filament fabrication (FFF), thermoplastic 3D printing (T3DP) and stereolithography (SLA), three different AM technologies will be conducted by evaluating mechanical, optical, crystallographic and microstructural properties of AM-fabricated zirconia test samples. Besides, the AM techniques' accuracy and ability to reproduce clinically important marginal and occlusal details will be studied in detail, where special attention will be placed on simulation of real dental geometries of fixed partial dentures in clinically relevant environments and to identify possible future perspectives of AM technologies in dentistry. The proposed project group has clinical skills as well as research experience and knowledge to complete the proposed tasks. With the AM of dental ceramics, new technology will be introduced in Slovenia, that is currently not available. Precise printing od advanced prosthodontic suprastructures wil improve rehabilitation of demanding clinical cases.
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