Dental porcelain

Dental porcelain (also known as dental ceramic) is a porcelain used by a dental technician to create biocompatible lifelike dental restorations, such as crowns, bridges, and veneers, for the patient. Evidence suggests they are effective (they are biocompatible, esthetic, insoluble and have hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale), although for certain dental prostheses (such as three-unit molars porcelain fused to metal or in complete porcelain group) only zirconia-based restorations are recommended.