Evaluation of zirconia surface roughness after aluminum oxide airborne-particle abrasion and the erbium-YAG, neodymium-doped YAG, or CO 2 lasers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: The Journal of prosthetic dentistry Vol. 121; no. 6; p. 895
• Main Authors: Martins, Felipe V, Mattos, Cláudia T, Cordeiro, Wayne J B, Fonseca, Edgard M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2019

Veneer chipping and crown decementation are the most frequent failures in restorations using zirconia as an infrastructure. Increasing the roughness of the zirconia surface has been suggested to address this problem. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate yttria-stab...