Brittleness

Dental porcelain

Indentation hardness

Ceramic

Composite material

Materials science

Dentistry

Medicine

Microstructure

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

The selection of an appropriate restorative material based on fracture behavior is important for the marginal integrity of a dental restoration. For computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) restorative materials, information regarding their edge chipping resistance is scarce.

Impact of artificial aging by thermocycling on edge chipping resistance and Martens hardness of different dental CAD-CAM restorative materials